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<div style="margin-bottom:6pt;"><b>FITZGERALD TRAVEL GRANT PROGRAM</b></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;"><font color="#221E1F">The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) is pleased to announce the Fitzgerald Travel Grant Program, designed to assist members with the costs
of attending the Society’s annual meeting. Four grants were awarded for the 2012 meeting in New Haven, including one postponed from 2011. </font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;"><font color="#221E1F">Grants will be available for attendance at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society in Rapid City, South Dakota, June 17-22, 2013. A total of $3,000 has been allocated to the
program and grants will be for a minimum of $750 USD each. The deadline for application is 18 March 2013. Some conditions apply.</font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:6pt;"><font color="#221E1F">See this fall’s Newsletter for more details on the conference. More details will also be available on the conference website as soon as it is up and running. Check back at
<a href="http://www.spnhc.org">http://www.spnhc.org</a> and the Conference Facebook page (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/SPNHC2013CFR10/"><font color="blue"><u>https://www.facebook.com/groups/SPNHC2013CFR10/</u></font></a>) for updates.</font></div>
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