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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:red">REMINDER—Application Deadline—March 9, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt">SPNHC 2021 Conference Registration Grants<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC)
<b>is offering grants to cover conference registration for the</b> <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">2021
</span></strong><span class="markhrv9ywt18"><b>AIC</b></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> and SPNHC Joint Virtual
</span></strong><b>Annual Meeting</b>, <a href="https://www.culturalheritage.org/events/annual-meeting/current-meeting">
https://www.culturalheritage.org/events/annual-meeting/current-meeting</a>. The joint conference will be held
</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt">May 3-7, 2021 (pre-sessions and workshops) and M</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt">ay 10 to June 24, 2021 (main conference).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><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. SPNHC members
from the following countries are strongly encouraged to apply—Central and South America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">APPLICATION DEADLINE: <b><span style="color:red">March 9, 2021, COB</span></b><span style="color:red">
</span>(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 or apply for membership before the application will be accepted. To become a SPNHC member, please visit
<a href="https://spnhc.org/get-involved/become-a-member/">https://spnhc.org/get-involved/become-a-member/</a>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Awardees will be required to contribute to SPNHC in some manner. Ideas of ways to do so include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Contributing a session/workshop review or report (e.g., a description of a collections management/conservation project or a description of your research) to the SPNHC
newsletter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Submitting an article for publication in
<i>Collections Forum</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Submitting a virtual collections tour.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Having been accepted to present a paper or poster at this year’s joint AIC/SPNHC 2021 virtual conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Applications are attached. For additional information, contact Elise V. LeCompte, Chair, SPNHC Conference Grants Program,
<a href="mailto:lecompte@flmnh.ufl.edu">lecompte@flmnh.ufl.edu</a>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">A SPNHC Member’s Guide to the 2021 AIC/SPNHC Joint Virtual Annual Meeting highlighting SPNHC sessions and events can be found here,
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.culturalheritage.org/events/annual-meeting/current-meeting/guide-to-spnhc-sessions">https://www.culturalheritage.org/events/annual-meeting/current-meeting/guide-to-spnhc-sessions</a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">___________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/">www.flmnh.ufl.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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