CONCHOLOGISTS OF AMERICA GRANTS

CONCHOLOGISTS OF AMERICA (COA) is pleased to announce its year 2000 program of grants to support molluscan research. Grants of up to $1,500 will be available to qualified persons undertaking field or laboratory research on recent or fossil mollusks. Awards are made only to citizens or permanent residents of the Americas or to students attending graduate school in the United States. Awards are not made to high school students, and rarely to college students.

Although proposals of up to $1,500 will be entertained, grants rarely exceed $1,000, due to the large number of qualified applicants. Partial funding is not unusual. For a list of previous grantees, see <http://coa.acnatsci.org/conchnet/grantees.html>.

THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS is February 1, 2000. This is a postmark deadline, not a receipt deadline.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION can be found at <http://coa.acnatsci.org/conchnet/coagrant.html> and are repeated below.

There is no official application form. Applications should not exceed six pages single spaced and should include the following items:

1) title of project;
2) summary of project, not to exceed 150 words;
3) body of the proposal including
   a) background information necessary to understand the project and its significance,
   b) materials and methods, and proposed plan of research;
   c) itemized budget of estimated expenses;
   d) references cited.
4) a one page biography or resume including address, phone number and other means of contacting the applicant. US citizens and residents should include their social security number.

STUDENT APPLICANTS should also submit a letter of recommendation from an academic or professional source.

If funding is being requested from several sources, an overall budget for the project may be presented, with items and total amount requested from COA clearly indicated. Normal budget items include supplies, expendable equipment, and travel expenses. Grants will not cover salaries, overhead, permanent equipment, conferences or meeting costs.

Applications must be sent in TRIPLICATE via regular mail to:

     Dr. Gary Rosenberg
     Director for Grants, COA
     Academy of Natural Sciences
     1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
     Philadelphia, PA 19103-1195 USA

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Applications are judged by the COA Grants Committee. Awards will be announced by April 30th.