Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections September 2020 - 21

Announcements
SPNHC Recognitions and Grants
Nominations
The SPNHC Recognition and Grants Committee invites
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.
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 or recommendation highlighting evidence of contributions.
Questions and nominations should be directed to the Chair of
the Recognition and Grants Committee, Barbara M. Thiers
(bthiers@nybg.org) and must be submitted by 15 November
2020.

refusal. The application consists of a coversheet, the application document, curriculum vitae of the applicant and letters
of commitment from the institution where the work will take
place and from collaborators.
The cover sheet should include a project title, name(s) of
project personnel (including title, address, phone number and
email), and a 100-word abstract describing the project. The
application document should include a statement of purpose,
project plan (e.g., participants, methods and materials, schedule of completion) and budget and budget explanation. It
should be sent as a Word document, no more than 10 pages in
length, double-spaced.
Questions and proposal should be directed to the Chair of
the Recognition and Grants Committee, Barbara M. Thiers
(bthiers@nybg.org) , and must be submitted by February 1,
2021.

Preservation Publication Award:
Lisa Elkin and Christopher A. Norris
Lisa Elkin, chief registrar and director of Conservation,
American Museum of Natural History, and Christopher A.
Norris, director of Public Programs, Yale Peabody Museum,
are the 2020 recipients of the Preservation Publication Award
given by the Society of American Archivists (SAA) for their
book, Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage (the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, The
American Institute for Conservation, the Smithsonian Institution, and the George Washington University Museum Studies
Program, 2019). The award recognizes the author or editor of
an outstanding published work related to archives preservation. [Read more]

Faber Innovation Grant Proposals
The SPNHC Recognition and Grants Committee requests
proposals for the Faber Innovation Grant, a cash grant of up
to $1000, to support a project addressing issues relating to
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 present a final or
interim report at an annual meeting of the Society and publish
the results, with the understanding that the manuscript be sent
first to the SPNHC Publications Committee for first right of
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