Courtesy of Jann E. Vendetti, coordinator of COA grants:

Please consider applying and/or forward to potentially interested students
and colleagues.
*Conchologists of America (COA) Academic Grant, 2024*

Deadline: February 28, 2024


Please see the website: http://www.conchologistsofamerica.org/grants/
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*The maximum award is US$2,500  *
>
*Eligibility:*
> - Degree-seeking students and others (*e.g.*, postdocs, professors,
> undergraduates, museum researchers, highschool students, etc.) engaged in
> *any** mollusk research* are eligible.
> - Persons of any nationality and country of residence may apply.
> - Applicants from previous years may re-apply.
> - Recipients of previous years may re-apply, but must include a submitted
> manuscript to or published article in the American Conchologist based on
> the previous award.
> - Degree-seeking students must have a letter of recommendation by their
> advisor emailed to *[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> *by
> the Feb. 28th deadline with the applicant's name in the subject line.
>
> * Rules &  Guidelines:*
> - Applications must be submitted via email as a .doc, or .pdf. under 3 MB.
> - The proposal must concern a malacological topic with any molluscan taxon
> or taxa as the focus, e.g., parasite studies should focus on the molluscan
> side of the interaction. All disciplines from autecology to zoogeography,
> including paleontology, are eligible.
> - *The project may be self-contained and covered entirely by the funds
> requested or be a component of the applicant's overall research.* *This
> allowance is different than what is outlined on the website.*
> - Major permanent equipment is not an allowable expense. However, time
> using a piece of permanent equipment (for example, SEM beam time) is
> allowable.
> - Institutional overhead is not permitted.
> - The maximum award is $2,500 US: smaller amounts can be requested and
> may be more likely to receive funding. Partial funding is possible.
> - All recipients are expected to submit a summary of their work to
> American Conchologist within 12 months of receiving the award.
> - All applications are evaluated by the Academic Grants Committee composed
> of three professional malacologists appointed by the Chair of the COA
> Academic Grants program.
> - The decisions of the Committee are final.
>
> *Application:*
> Must include 3 components: a proposal (up to 2 pages), budget (1 page),
> and CV (1–2 pages).
>
> *Proposal (2 pages)*
> title
> abstract of project, not to exceed 150 words
> body including background information, its significance, materials and
> methods, and proposed plan of research, and illustrations (if necessary)
> literature cited
> single-spaced, 12 point font
>


> *Budget (1 page):*
> list of estimated expenses, *note that per diem food costs may not be
> funded at all or in full.*
> list of grants applied to for same/similar project
>


> *CV/Academic Biography (1–2 pages):*
> include address, phone number, email address of applicant, academic and/or
> relevant professional history
>
> *Suggestions:*
> Keep the introduction short and relevant; consider that all committee
> members are broadly trained invertebrate zoologists. The inclusion of
> preliminary data is helpful, when applicable.
>
> Applications are judged by the COA Grants Committee. Awardees will be
> notified via email in May 2022 or earlier and announced at COA's annual
> convention and via email. Awardees need not be present at the convention.
>
> THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS FEBRUARY 28
> All application materials must be emailed to: [log in to unmask] or *[log in to unmask]
> <[log in to unmask]>*
>


-- 
Mr. Lindsey T. Groves
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Senior Collection Manager, Malacology Department
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA  90007
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213-763-3376 (voice)
213-746-2999 (fax)
“If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane" Jimmy Buffett (1977)
RIP JB (9-1-2023)

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