Application Deadline Extended to March 9, 2021
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. 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.
For additional information, contact Elise V. LeCompte, Chair, SPNHC Conference Grants Program, lecompte@flmnh.ufl.edu.
Applications here:
Fitzgerald Grant – https://spnhc.org/?p=5148
Allen Grant – https://spnhc.org/?p=5149