Invertebrate Paleontology

Charles Schuchert and Carl O. Dunbar
Grants-in-Aid Program for
Invertebrate Paleontological Research

The Division of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Yale Peabody Museum is pleased to announce a Grants-in-Aid Program for systematic research.

Two awards up to $1,000 will be granted to graduate students or young professionals who wish to visit our collections. Funds may be used for transportation and housing expenses. Use the following links for information on travel and accomodations.

Yale University Visitor Center | Yale Travel Services

Proposals should include a one-page description of a research project, anticipated time of visit, a budget, and a letter of support from a faculty advisor.

Past Recipients

Deadline for proposals: 15 January 2008
Notification by: 15 February 2008

Applications may be considered for funding beyond the deadline in certain circumstances. Please contact Dr. Susan Butts, Invertebrate Paleontology Collections Manager, before submitting an application after the deadline.

Contact:

Susan Butts
Collections Manager
203.432.3037
susan.butts@yale.edu

Send proposals to:

Invertebrate Paleontological Research Grants
Division of Invertebrate Paleontology
Peabody Museum of Natural History
Yale University
P.O. Box 208118
New Haven, CT 06520-8118 USA

Past Award Recipients

2007

Jocelyn Sessa, Pennsylvania State University
The effect of lithification on recovery from the Cretaceous mass extinction

Victoria McCoy, Michigan State University
A systematic study of the taphonomy of scorpion molts and carcasses

Neil Shannon, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Brachiopods of the Clore Formation

Mena Schemm-Gregory, Senckenberg Research Institute, Germany
Paleozoic stratigraphic collection (brachiopods)

2006

Donald Dressler, San Diego State University
Role of sampling bias in the diversity decline of Spiriferide brachiopods

2005

Michael Zuykov, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Ordovician Platystrophia-like brachiopods in North America

Bing Shen, Virginia Tech
Systematic study of Ediacaran fossils reposited at the Yale Peabody Museum

Jih-Pai Lin, Ohio State University
Cambrian Lagerstätten–Kinzers Shale, Parker Shale, Burgess Shale

Catherine Jamet, University of Southern California
Permian–Jurassic onshore-shore trends of bryozoan morphotypes


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