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<p class="MsoNormal">The <b>Spiritus Award</b> is presented annually by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) to recognize excellence in management, curation, or administration of natural history collections of fishes, amphibians,
or reptiles is accepting nominations. The award alternates each year between being awarded to an ichthyologist or herpetologist. In 2024, it will be presented to an Ichthyologist.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nominations should include the name, current address, and recent CV of the nominee, and letter(s) of support expressing the nominee’s qualifications. Nominations for the Spiritus award are effective for three award cycles over a five-year
period due to alternation between ichthyologist and herpetologist awardees. Note awardees must be members of ASIH (if nominees’ membership has lapsed, nominators are given the opportunity to resolve).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nominations for the Spiritus Award should be sent to Katherine Bemis (<a href="mailto:bemisk@si.edu" title="mailto:bemisk@si.edu">bemisk@si.edu</a>), Chair of the 2024 Spiritus Committee by <b>1 March 2024</b>. The full call for nominations
is posted here: <a href="https://www.asih.org/awards/spiritus-award" title="https://www.asih.org/awards/spiritus-award">https://www.asih.org/awards/spiritus-award</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please reach out with any questions!<br>
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Kate<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ps. This is just one of > 10 awards given by ASIH across career stages – review them all and nominate your colleagues or encourage your students to apply! <a href="https://www.asih.org/awards" title="https://www.asih.org/awards">https://www.asih.org/awards</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TMid-_EAAAAJ&hl=en"><span style="color:#0563C1">Katherine Elliott Bemis, PhD</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Research Zoologist,
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/national-systematics-laboratory" title="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/national-systematics-laboratory"><span style="color:black">National
Systematics Lab</span></a></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">,</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0;mso-ligatures:none"> NOAA Fisheries</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">,
Office of SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Curator of Fishes, Vertebrate Zoology,
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00C1D5;mso-ligatures:none">SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00778B;mso-ligatures:none">NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Phone: 202.633.1270 Emails: <a href="mailto:bemisk@si.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">bemisk@si.edu</span></a>;
<a href="mailto:katherine.bemis@noaa.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">katherine.bemis@noaa.gov</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Mail: NOAA National Systematics Lab, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, MRC-153, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C. 20013</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Courier: 1001 Constitution Ave N.W., National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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