Paleonet: John W. Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Program, Paleontological Research Institution

[Gregory P Dietl]

*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 2010 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 can be
searched online at www.pricollectionsdatabase.org.

*The application deadline is February 15th, 2010*.

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 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