<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)">The Xerces Society is now accepting applications for 2024 DeWind
Awards- Two $10,000 awards supporting the future of Lepidoptera conservation</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(9,163,186)"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The Xerces Society offers annual awards to
support students pursuing educational research in Lepidoptera conservation.
This year, the awards will be $10,000 each, with two awards
available. We're investing in the future of our planet and our field
by sponsoring the next generation of butterfly and moth conservationists
through these grants. Apply today for a 2024 award! </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)">Submission Requirements:</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)">The Joan Mosenthal DeWind Awards are given to students
who are engaged in studies and research leading to a university degree related to
Lepidoptera conservation and who intend to continue to work in this field. All proposals
must be written by the student researcher. Proposed research should have a clear
connection to Lepidoptera conservation and must be completed within one year from
receiving funds. Applicants may be graduate or undergraduate students; however,
please note that all but one awardee, to date, have been pursuing graduate research.
Applications from countries outside the United States will be considered but must
be written in English and international applicant work <i>cannot</i> involve work in the United States.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)">Submission Deadline: </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)">The submission deadline is <b>Sunday,
January 7, 2024, at 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time (PST)</b>. Award winners will
be announced by March 31, 2024, with initial award payments received by
recipients by June 2024.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(64,63,66)">For full award information and instructions visit</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto"><a href="https://xerces.org/dewind" target="_blank">https://xerces.org/dewind</a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">. </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Our FAQs page can be
viewed here:  </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto"><a href="https://xerces.org/dewind/faqs" target="_blank">https://xerces.org/dewind/faqs</a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">.</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"></span></p><div><div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1.5pt solid windowtext;padding:0in 0in 1pt">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="color:rgb(64,63,66)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="1">Joan Mosenthal DeWind was
a pioneering member of the Xerces Society. A psychiatric social worker by profession,
she was also an avid butterfly gardener and an accomplished amateur lepidopterist.
Her contributions of time, organizational expertise, and financial support were
essential to the early growth and success of the Xerces Society, and helped found
a robust organization that has continued to expand in the decades since and become
a conservation leader. In Joan's memory, Bill DeWind established this student research
endowment fund. Award amounts are determined annually, but are $10,000 each in 2024.</font><br>
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