CONCHOLOGISTS OF AMERICA GRANTS
 
CONCHOLOGISTS OF AMERICA (COA) is pleased to announce its 1998
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. Applications are
judged by the COA Grants Committee. Awards will be announced at
COA's annual convention, July 19-25, 1998, in Orlando, Florida.
Applicants will be notified of decisions shortly thereafter.
 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION: There is no official application
form. Applications should not exceed six pages single spaced and
should include the following items: title of project; summary of
project, not to exceed 150 words; body of the proposal including
background information necessary to understand the project and
its significance, materials and methods, and proposed plan of
research; itemized budget of estimated expenses; literature
cited; and a one page biography or resume including address,
phone number and other means of contacting the applicant. 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.
 
THE POSTMARK DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS MAY 15, 1998.
Applications and recommendations must be sent in TRIPLICATE to:
 
            Dr. Gary Rosenberg
            Malacology Department
            Academy of Natural Sciences
            1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
            Philadelphia, PA 19103-1195 USA
 
            Internet: [log in to unmask]
 
IF A GRANT IS AWARDED, the recipient will be expected to submit a
brief, popular account of the completed phase of the project to
the editor of COA's magazine, American Conchologist.
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