Paleonet: Research Grant of the Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca

[Judith Nagel-Myers]

*John W. Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Program*

The Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) invites applications from 
graduate students and post-doctoral researchers for the 2008 John W. 
Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Program to support collections-based 
research in any field of paleontology. The program awards grants of up 
to $500 to visit PRI’s collections.

This grant honors John W. Wells (1907-1994), past President of the PRI 
Board of Trustees, a long-time geology faculty member at Cornell 
University, and one of the world’s leading authorities on fossil and 
living corals.

PRI houses one of the largest collections of invertebrate fossils in 
North America, with particular strengths in Cenozoic mollusks from the 
Western Hemisphere and marine invertebrates of the northeastern U.S., 
especially the Devonian of Central New York. PRI’s Type and Figured 
collection is searchable online at www.pricollectionsdatabase.org 
<http://www.pricollectionsdatabase.org/>.

The application deadline is May 31^st , 2008. Applications should 
include a brief (1-page) description of the research project, a budget 
justification and a letter of recommendation.

For further information about the grant application or PRI’s 
collections, see 
http://www.museumoftheearth.org/research.php?page=888262 or contact:
Dr. Gregory P. Dietl, Director of Collections, Paleontological Research 
Institution, 607-273-6623 ext. 17; gpd3 at cornell.edu.

Application materials can be emailed to gpd3 at cornell.edu 
<mailto:gpd3 at cornell.edu> or mailed to the address below:
John W. Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Program
Paleontological Research Institution
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, NY 14850 USA

-- 
Dr. Judith Nagel-Myers
Collections Database Manager
The Paleontological Research Institution
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, NY 14850

Ph:   (607) 273.6623 x 21
Fax:  (607) 273.6620