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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><a name="_Hlk259585"><span style="color:black">The Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) invites applications from
<b>undergraduate students,</b> <b>graduate students, and post-doctoral researchers for the 2024 John W. Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Program</b> to support collections-based research in any field of paleontology. The program awards grants of up to $500 to
visit PRI’s collections. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk259585"><span style="color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk259585"><span style="color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk259585"><span style="color:black">Applications should include a brief (one-page) description of the research project, a budget justification, and a letter of
recommendation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk259585"><span style="color:red"> <b>Application deadline has been extended to May 10, 2024</b></span><b><span style="color:black">.</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk259585"><span style="color:black"> Please e-mail your application material or any questions to Dr. Gregory P. Dietl, Curator of Cenozoic Invertebrates at
</span></span><a href="mailto:gpd3@cornell.edu" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk259585">gpd3@cornell.edu</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk259585"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk259585"><span style="color:black">.</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Leslie L. Skibinski<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Paleontological Research Institution<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">1259 Trumansburg Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Ithaca, New York 14850<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Phone: (607) 273-6623 ext. 128<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Fax: (607) 273-6620<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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