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Applications are open for the SPNHC Awards and Grants listed below. Details about how to nominate or apply for these awards can be found on the SPNHC website on this page:</div>
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Deadlines for applications/nominations for the awards listed below is <b>15 January 2022</b>.</div>
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The Carolyn L. Rose Award (formerly the SPNHC Award) is our Society’s highest honor and given to a *practitioner* (membership not required), whose work and efforts have promoted the values and objectives of the Society.</p>
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Award is for superior service to the Society. Normally, this would involve exceptional service to appointed offices, committees, and/or ongoing activities of SPNHC. Nominee must be a current or previous SPNHC member.</p>
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Award is for the recognition of an individual for exceptional contributions to natural history collections or to the objectives of the Society.</p>
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Recognition of individual(s) and sister organizations for any noteworthy effort leading to the success of an important event, activity or objective of the Society. The award is primarily a statement of appreciation.</p>
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Recognition of long-term repeated and/or substantial acts of support of the Society and/or the Society’s annual meetings by a commercial organization.</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;">The FABER INNOVATION GRANT</span><span style="color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (</span><span style="color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;">formerly
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A cash grant ($1000 maximum) for an original proposal, intended to encourage innovative projects that promote the objectives of the Society in collections management, conservation, use or other collection-oriented aspects of natural history.</p>
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</section><span style="color:rgb(10, 10, 10);font-family:Montserrat, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(254, 254, 254);display:inline !important">Questions and nominations should be directed to Barbara Thiers Recognitions and Grants Committee chair
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