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<p class="p3"><span class="s1">Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1">A quick reminder that applications are due March 15, 2021 for two funding opportunities supported by the Paleontological Research Institution:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="li4" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="https://www.priweb.org/collections/grant-opportunities"><span class="s2"><span style="color:blue">John W. Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Program</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="li4" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="https://www.priweb.org/research/dutro-award"><span class="s2"><span style="color:blue">J. Thomas Dutro, Jr. Award</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1">Details about both opportunities are below.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1"><b>John W. Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Program</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1"><b> </b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2"><a href="https://www.priweb.org/collections/grant-opportunities">https://www.priweb.org/collections/grant-opportunities</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">The Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) invites applications from undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-doctoral researchers for the 2021 John W. Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Program to support collections-based
research in any field of paleontology. The program awards grants of up to $500 to visit PRI’s collections. Please note that the 2021 application deadline has been extended until March 15, 2021.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p6"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">This grant honors John W. Wells (1907 – 1994), past President of the PRI Board of Trustees, a long-time geology faculty member at Cornell University, and one of the world’s leading authorities on fossil and living corals.</span><span class="s3">
</span><span class="s1">PRI houses one of the largest collections of invertebrate fossils in North America, with particular strengths in Cenozoic mollusks from the Western Hemisphere, and marine invertebrates of the northeastern U.S., especially the Devonian
of central New York.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p6"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">Applications should include a brief (one page) description of the research project, a budget justification and a letter of recommendation. Application deadline is March 15, 2021. Please e-mail your application material or any
questions to Dr. Gregory P. Dietl, Curator of Cenozoic Invertebrates at <a href="mailto:gpd3@cornell.edu">
<span class="s4">gpd3@cornell.edu</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p7"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1"><b>J. Thomas Dutro, Jr. Award</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2"><a href="https://www.priweb.org/research/dutro-award">https://www.priweb.org/research/dutro-award</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p8"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">In recognition of the importance of basic systematic research to the science of paleontology, the Paleontological Research Institution annually presents the J. Thomas Dutro, Jr. Student Award in Systematic Paleontology to a deserving
graduate student. This award of $500 is available to any student enrolled in an advanced degree program (Masters or Ph.D.) who is pursuing research in any area of systematic paleontology. Acceptable costs are research supplies, bench fees, and/or travel in
support of fieldwork, museum visits, or to present research at a scientific meeting.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p6"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">Successful proposals will include clearly articulated hypotheses, descriptions of how anticipated data will help to test them, and why the work is significant. Studies of living taxa must clearly articulate the connection to deep
time and evolutionary history.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p6"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">The application deadline is March 15 of each year. To apply, email a brief description of the research project (two-page maximum, including a simple budget of how the funds will be used, references, any images, etc.) to <a href="mailto:studentaward@priweb.org"><span class="s4">studentaward@priweb.org</span></a>.
The student's primary research advisor must email a separate letter of recommendation in support of the project to <a href="mailto:studentaward@priweb.org?Subject=Dutro%20Student%20Award%20nomination"><span class="s4">studentaward@priweb.org</span></a>, also
by March 15. Award recipients are</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">expected to provide a progress report on supported research within one year of the award.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Leslie L. Skibinski<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Collections Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paleontological Research Institution<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1259 Trumansburg Road<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ithaca, New York 14850<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ph. (607) 273-6623 ext. 128<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fax: (607) 273-6620<o:p></o:p></p>
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