PaleoNet: One month left to apply for the SVP Futures Award!

[Alexis Mychajliw]

Hello PaleoNet members!

I am writing to remind you all that there is just one month left to apply
for the SVP Futures Award! This is an award specifically for *undergraduate
students. *More information can be found on the SVP website at
https://vertpaleo.org/svp-futures-award/
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.

Vertebrate paleontology, like many geoscience fields, has poor
representation of scientists who are Black, Indigenous, or members of other
racial and ethnic minority groups. Research shows that this
underrepresentation is not due to a lack of interest, but rather a lack of
opportunities and resources and that this disparity is amplified at later
career stages. In recognition of our need to increase access for
underrepresented groups, SVP has established the Futures Award, a new grant
program that supports summer research experiences for undergraduates from
underrepresented minority backgrounds.

*DESCRIPTION OF GRANT PROGRAM*

This grant aims to provide funding for one applicant per cycle. Each grant
will provide $5,000 for a research experience during the student’s
regularly scheduled break from school (eight to ten weeks). The award can
be used to support travel to and room and board at a research site,
research expenses, and stipend for the award recipient. The award cannot be
used to support field school or a similar experiential course required by
the applicant’s degree program. All funds must be spent on the proposed
project within two years of awarding.  Our aim is for students to then
apply for a *Jackson School of Geosciences Student Travel Grant
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to
attend SVP the next year to share the results of their project, where they
may participate in a new mentorship program organized by the Student and
Postdoc Liaison Committee.

*Applications for the 2024 SVP Futures Award are now open! Click HERE
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to
access the online application form. Applications must be received by 11:59
pm Eastern Time on Friday, March 1.*

*QUESTIONS?*

*Alexis Mychajliw
<amychajliw at middlebury.edu?subject=SVP%20Futures%20Award%20Inquiry&>*,
Chair, SVP Futures Award Panel


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*Alexis M. Mychajliw, PhD*
Holocene ecology, diversity, & global extinctions (HEDGE) lab
she/her/hers, *insectivora.org <http://insectivora.org>*

*Assistant Professor*
Departments of Biology & Environmental Studies
Middlebury College, Vermont USA

*Research Associate*
La Brea Tar Pits / Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California USA
National Museum of Natural History / Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC USA
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