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The Florida Museum of Natural History/McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and
Biodiversity at the University of Florida and the Butterfly Conservation
Initiative are requesting scholarship applications for a new
professional training program funded in part by an Institute for Museum
and Service's 21st Century Museum Professionals Grant designed to
strengthen the capacity of institutions and their staff to play a
strategic role in imperiled butterfly recovery.
/Imperiled Butterfly Conservation and Management /(/IBCM/)/ /is designed
for professionals from natural history museums, zoos, aquariums,
botanical gardens, arboretums, nature centers, science/technology
centers or similar conservation-based institutions. Successful
applicants will participate in a series of five (5) intensive four-day
laboratory and field training workshops over three years from 2009 to
2011. Workshops and on-going mentoring will provide structured, hands-on
skills training, opportunities to share information, learn
best-practices, and foster new collaborations, as well as the resources
necessary to launch or enhance important butterfly-focused conservation
programs.
*A total of twenty-five (25) full scholarships will be available*.
Scholarships cover ALL participant costs including domestic airfare and
ground transportation, hotel accommodations, and meal stipend. Multiple
individuals from each institution may apply. Application deadline is
February 23, 2009.
For an application or more information, please contact Dr. Jaret Daniels
at [log in to unmask] or 352-273-2022.
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Betty A. Dunckel, Ph.D.
Center Director and Associate Scientist
Center for Informal Science Education
Florida Museum of Natural History
Powell Hall
P.O. Box 112710
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-2710
***New Phone Number: 352-273-2088; FAX: 352-846-0253
[log in to unmask] http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu
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