[Nhcoll-l] REMINDER -- SPNHC Conference Registration Grants Deadline March 9, 2021

[Lecompte,Elise V]

REMINDER-Application Deadline-March 9, 2021

SPNHC 2021 Conference Registration Grants

The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) is offering grants to cover conference registration for the 2021 AIC and SPNHC Joint Virtual Annual Meeting, https://www.culturalheritage.org/events/annual-meeting/current-meeting. The joint conference will be held May 3-7, 2021 (pre-sessions and workshops) and May 10 to June 24, 2021 (main conference).

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.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 9, 2021, COB (close of business your local time)

Applicants must be members of the Society or apply for membership before the application will be accepted. To become a SPNHC member, please visit https://spnhc.org/get-involved/become-a-member/.

Awardees will be required to contribute to SPNHC in some manner. Ideas of ways to do so include, but are not limited to:


*        Contributing a session/workshop review or report (e.g., a description of a collections management/conservation project or a description of your research) to the SPNHC newsletter.

*        Submitting an article for publication in Collections Forum.

*        Submitting a virtual collections tour.

*        Having been accepted to present a paper or poster at this year's joint AIC/SPNHC 2021 virtual conference.

Applications are attached. For additional information, contact Elise V. LeCompte, Chair, SPNHC Conference Grants Program, lecompte at flmnh.ufl.edu<mailto:lecompte at flmnh.ufl.edu>.

A SPNHC Member's Guide to the 2021 AIC/SPNHC Joint Virtual Annual Meeting highlighting SPNHC sessions and events can be found here, https://www.culturalheritage.org/events/annual-meeting/current-meeting/guide-to-spnhc-sessions.


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Elise V. LeCompte
Registrar and Coordinator of Museum Health & Safety
Florida Museum of Natural History
Dickinson Hall
1659 Museum Road
Gainesville, FL 32611-7800
TEL: 352-273-1925
www.flmnh.ufl.edu<http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/>

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