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Announcements
SPNHC Recognition and Grants
Nominations
The SPNHC Recognition & Grants Committee is inviting
nominations for the following:
The Carolyn L. Rose Award is our Society's highest honor
and is given to a practitioner (SPNHC membership is not
required) whose work and efforts have promoted the values
and objectives of the Society. Nominations should include a
letter of nomination, a current curriculum vitae, and letters of
recommendation.
The President's Award is presented to a member or former
member of SPNHC, whose activities have furthered the objectives of the Society through outstanding committee work,
prolonged officer roles, or promotion of activities of the
Society. Nominations should include a letter of nomination, a
current curriculum vitae, and letters of recommendation.

proposal text should include a statement of purpose, project plan (e.g., participants, methods, materials, schedule of
completion, etc.), and proposed use of funds. The application
document should be formatted to have one-inch margins, a
font with 10-12 characters per inch, and double line spacing.
The application, including cover page, should not exceed 10
pages. Curriculum vitae of the principal investigator and letters of commitment may be single spaced and attached as an
appendix.
Questions and proposals should be directed to the Chair of
the Recognition & Grants Committee, Linda S. Ford (lford@
oeb.harvard.edu) and must be submitted by 1 February 2020.

Honorary Membership can be conferred by Council in recognition of outstanding contributions to natural history collections or to the Society. Honorary Members have all the rights
and privileges of regular members.
The Vendor Recognition Award is presented to commercial
entities to recognize long-term support of the Society and/or
the Society's annual meetings. Nominations should include a
letter of recommendation highlighting evidence of contributions.
Questions and nominations should be directed to the Chair of
the Recognition & Grants Committee, Linda S. Ford (lford@
oeb.harvard.edu) and must be submitted by 15 November
2019.

Faber Innovation Grant Proposals
The SPNHC Recognition & Grants Committee requests proposals for the Faber Innovation Grant, a cash grant of up to
$1000, to support a project addressing issues on the management, care, conservation, or use of natural history collections.
Applicants for this Grant must be SPNHC members in good
standing for at least one year prior to the award date. The
successful applicant will be expected to 1) present a final or
interim report at the Annual Meeting of the Society and 2)
publish the results, with the understanding that the manuscript will be sent first to the SPNHC Publications Committee
for first right of refusal. Each applicant may submit only one
proposal per funding period. The cover sheet should include
a project title, name(s) of project personnel (including title,
address, phone number and email), and a single line spaced
100-word abstract describing the proposed project. The
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