<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_ledbi7qu0" alt="image.png" width="216" height="52" style="margin-right: 0px;"></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">REMINDER - the SPNHC 2023 Travel Grant <span style="color:black">application deadline is next Tuesday: </span><b style=""><span style="color:red">February
28, 2023, COB</span></b><span style="color:black">
(close of business your local time).</span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt"> </span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">The
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) <b>is
offering travel grants for the</b> </span><a href="https://www.calacademy.org/spnhc-2023"><b><span style="color:blue">2023 SPNHC</span></b></a><b><span style="color:black"> Annual Meeting</span></b><span style="color:black"> in San Francisco, CA, USA 28</span><sup><span style="color:black">th</span></sup><span style="color:black"> May-2</span><sup><span style="color:black">nd</span></sup><span style="color:black"> June 2023.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">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.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Applicants
must be members of the Society. Members who have received a SPNHC Conference
Travel Grant within the last five (5) years are not eligible. While not
required, applicants who have been accepted to do a presentation or poster and
are first author will be given priority.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Currently
there are two travel grants available—the </span><a href="https://www.calacademy.org/sites/default/files/assets/ibss/ibss/application_form_-_fitzgerald_travel_grant_2023.pdf"><span style="color:blue">Fitzgerald Travel Grant</span></a><span style="color:black"> and the </span><a href="https://www.calacademy.org/sites/default/files/assets/ibss/ibss/application_form_-_allen_travel_grant_2023.pdf"><span style="color:blue">Christine Allen Travel Grant</span></a><span style="color:black">. There are multiple
Fitzgerald travel grants available and one Christine Allen grant available.
Other travel grants may be available as SPNHC receives sponsorships to fund
additional grants. Please check back periodically for updates.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Applications
are also available on the SPNHC conference </span><a href="https://www.calacademy.org/spnhc-2023"><span style="color:blue">website</span></a><span style="color:black">. For additional information, contact Elise V. LeCompte, Chair,
SPNHC Travel Grants Program, </span><a href="mailto:lecompte@flmnh.ufl.edu"><span style="color:blue">lecompte@flmnh.ufl.edu</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">
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<span style="color:black">To become a SPNHC member, please visit </span><a href="https://spnhc.wildapricot.org/join-us" style=""><span style="color:blue">https://spnhc.wildapricot.org/join-us</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span></font><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10pt;font-size:10pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span style="color:black"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span style="color:black">SPNHC 2023 Diamond Sponsors</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span style="color:black"><br></span></font></p><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_ledbj1cz1" alt="image.png" width="216" height="83" style="margin-right: 0px;"><img src="cid:ii_ledbjazc2" alt="image.png" width="128" height="87" style="margin-right: 0px;"></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span style="color:black"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span style="color:black"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>