Paleonet: John W. Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Program
Judith Nagel-Myers
jn226 at cornell.edu
Fri Jan 16 20:46:51 UTC 2009
*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 2009 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 February 15^th , 2009*.
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, please 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
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Dr. Judith Nagel-Myers
Collections Manager
Paleontological Research Institution,
affiliated with Cornell University
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Ph: (607) 273.6623 x 21
Fax: (607) 273.6620
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