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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt">To Help You Attend the 2020 SPNHC Conference</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) has a Travel Grant program designed to assist members with the costs of attending the Society’s annual
meetings. The 2020 annual meeting/conference is a joint meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) and the International Council of Museums Committee for Museums and Collections of Natural History (ICOM NATHIST), to
be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, June 7-13, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Any SPNHC member who works in fields related to the management and preservation/conservation of natural history collections may apply; we especially encourage students and emerging professionals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:red">APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 14, 2020, COB (close of business your local time)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Applicants must be members of the Society. Applicants from the institution(s) hosting the meeting are not eligible. Members who have received a Travel Grant within the last five (5) years are not eligible.
Receipt of a grant is contingent on the acceptance of the applicant’s abstract by the SPNHC conference local organizing committee, and recipients are required to make either an oral or poster presentation at the meeting and to be first author on the presentation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Applications are attached to this email and will also be available on the SPNHC conference website
</span><a href="http://www.spnhc-icomnathist2020.com/"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">http://www.spnhc-icomnathist2020.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:13.0pt">. For additional information, contact Elise V. LeCompte, Chair, SPNHC Travel Grants Program,
</span><a href="mailto:lecompte@flmnh.ufl.edu"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">lecompte@flmnh.ufl.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:13.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">To become a SPNHC member, please visit
</span><a href="https://spnhc.org/get-involved/become-a-member/"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">https://spnhc.org/get-involved/become-a-member/</span></a><span style="font-size:13.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Elise V. LeCompte<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Registrar and Coordinator of Museum Health & Safety<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Florida Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dickinson Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">1659 Museum Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Gainesville, FL 32611-7800<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">TEL: 352-273-1925<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">www.flmnh.ufl.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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