****************************************************************************** AWG E-MAIL NEWS November 30,1999 #9 ****************************************************************************** CONTENTS: ***SANDEEP ANRORA LETTER ***SURVEY FOR CAREER SCIENTISTS ***AGI GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM ***CICTA 2000 ***GeoEd III: EARTH SCIENCE LITERACY IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM AND DOWN UNDER ***JOB LISTINGS **Oberlin-Petrology **University of Tennessee-Low Temperature/Environmental Geochemist **University of Maine-Ice-Core Geochemist **Rutgers University (Camden)-GEMS Executive Director ***---Don't forget to check the JobWeb at www.awg.org---*** ***STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES **AWIS Graduate Fellowships **Paleontological Society Student Research Grants **Duke University Integrate Marine Conservation Program ***Thanks to everyone who contributed submissions to this issue of AWG E-Mail News ************************** Letter from Sandeep Arora ************************** This is to enquire about financial support toward environment education in U.S.A. I have a Master of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology, U.S.A., and wish to revert to U.S.A. for further study. However, due to several reasons, I cannot afford the expenditure involved. I would appreciate your reference to organizations/institutions that I could approach for the study/research, particularly for solid waste. My postal address is: Aziz Tower, Hyderguda, Hyderabad 500029, India. I hope you find my enquiry of interest and I look forward to your affirmative reply. Yours sincerely, Sandeep Arora **************************** Survey for Career Scientists **************************** My name is Victoria Roberts. I am a senior at the College of Charleston. This semester I am participating in an independent study on the history of women in geology. Specifically I am studying the factors which have helped and hindered women becoming scientists. The following is a survey which I am incorporating into my research. I have already sent this survey out to WISENET, but I did not receive enough responses from women geologists to complete my statistical analysis. It would help me out a lot if you could send this survey to your listserve. All responses should be sent to robertsv@edisto.cofc.edu. Thank you for your time. 1. What degrees do you hold and in what year did you recieve them? (if you have not yet received your degree, what is your expected field of study and what year do you expect to graduate?) YEAR Field of Study ________ BA or BS ____________________ ________ Ma or MS ____________________ ________ professional _____________________ degree ________ Ph.D. _______________________ 2. What is your sex? male female 3. How old were you on your last birthday? ________ 4. In what scientific field are you employed? ____________________ 5. If you have a sub-field specialty what is it? _____________________ 6. Do you work for: ___ University or college ___ Research foundation ___ industrial corporation ___ Federal government ___ State government ___ other ___________________________________ 7. Are there both male and female scientisits working at your place of employment? yes ___ no male only ___ no female only ____ 8. If there are both women and men what percentage of the scientific positions are filled by women? _________ 9. Do you think that men and women are treated equally at your place of employment? yes ___ no ___ 9a. If no, which group do you think is advantaged? men ____ women ____ 10. Do you have better working relationships with men or women colleagues? men _____ women _____ 11. Below are a list of problems some people say they encounter working with teams of highly educated colleagues. Please check the ones that you have experienced? imposter syndrone _____ invisible or overlooked _____ excluded by senior personel _____ restricted access to equipment _____ confined to a position or work role because of stereotypes _____ sabatoged by a colleague _____ credit stolen by a colleague _____ constantly required to prove _____ your competence 12. Did you have a mentor who helped you start your career? yes ___ no ___ IF YOU ANSWERED "NO" TO QUESTION 12 SKIP TO QUESTION 13 12a. If so, was your mentor male or female? male ____ female ____ 12b. How helpful was your mentor in obtaining positions and employment? very helpful somewhat helpful not very helpful 12c. How well known was your mentor in your field of science? very well known somewhat known not very well known 13. Do you have a network of colleagues that you contact for information and career support? yes ___ no ____ IF NO SKIP TO QUESTION 14. 13a. If yes, how helpful has your network been? very helpful somewhat helpful not very helpful no help at all 14. Have you ever had a problem because of your gender at work or with colleagues? yes ___ no ____ 14 a. If yes, please elaborate. ____________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 15. Do you think you have ever been discriminated against at work because of your gender? yes ____ no ____ IF NO SKIP TO 16. 15a. If yes, please elaborate. _____________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 15b. Has that discrimination had an effect on your creativity and productivity at work? yes _____ no _____ 15c. If yes, in what way has it effected your work? _______________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 16. What is your family status? ___ married ___ divorced or separated ___ never married and not cohabitating ___ cohabitating ___ widowed 16. Do you have children? yes ___ no ___ IF NO SKIP TO If so how many and what age? number ages number ages daughters ________ ________ sons _________ _________ Do they live with you? yes ___ no ___ 17. Children often affect career progress. Below are some potential conflicts between work and responsibilities toward children. Please indicate whether you have experienced these problems. ____ workload and flexibility conflict with parenting ____ tenure or promotion difficulty cause by pregnancy or parenting ____ insufficient maturity or family leave ____ inadequate child care facilities ____ inadequate or unavailable leave for sick children ____ travel demands conflict with partenting responsibility 18. Did you face any obstacles in becoming a scientist that were caused by your gender? yes _____ no ____ If so, What were the biggest obstacles you faced? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Thank you for answering the survey. Would like a copy of the results? yes ______ no _______ ************ CICTA 2000 ************ The Organising Committee and the SICTA (Iberian Society for Contamination and Environmental Toxicology) are glad to announce the 3rd Iberian Congress on contamination and Environmental Toxicology For a Sustainable Environmental Development in the Next Millennium To be held at the Universidade do Algarve - Faro, April 2000, 26th-30th For further information, please contact: Mrs. Lina Assis Lopes, UCTRA- Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8000-810 Faro, PORTUGAL phone: 351 89 800 923, Fax: 35189818353, Email: lassis@ualg.pt Website: www.ualg.pt/cima/cicta.htm ******************************************************** AGI GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM SPECIAL UPDATE: 11-24-99 ******************************************************** *** Congress Passes Final Spending Bills, Leaves for Holidays Nearly two months into fiscal year 2000, Congress and the White House reached agreement on five remaining appropriations bills, including those that fund the USGS and NOAA. The $385 billion omnibus bill (H.R. 3194; H. Rpt. 106-479), however, has yet to yield final budget numbers since both sides agreed to a 0.38 percent across-the-board cut to all federal agencies, leaving control over specific cuts to agency heads. The bill includes $101 million for the purchase of the Baca Ranch in northern New Mexico, site of the world-famous Valles Caldera. It also includes provisions that impact oil royalties and hardrock mining on public lands. Almost as notable are the provisions left out, including a highly controversial one relating to coal-mining practices in West Virginia. A separate tax bill extends the percentage depletion allowance for marginal oil and gas wells. Before heading home for the holidays, Congress passed a flurry of bills that had been held up by the budget debate, including H.R. 1528, the National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 1999, which now awaits the President's signature. With the last of the appropriations bills completed, the first session of the 106th Congress is over. Legislators return January 24th to begin the second session. Although budget debates are famous for producing some unusual maneuvers, this year's process yielded a bumper crop, including proposals for a thirteenth month (quickly named "Spendtember"), an unprecedented number of controversial legislative provisions tacked onto spending bills (after the Senate passed a rule to limit them), symbolic amendments attached to dead bills, and of course all manner of creative accounting. It took seven continuing resolutions to keep the government operating into the new fiscal year, but the last five of the thirteen appropriations bills for fiscal year (FY) 2000 are now on the President's desk with his approval assured. Included in this summary are reports on funding for geoscience agencies in the omnibus bill and synopses of geoscience-related provisions in both the omnibus spending and tax bills. The final omnibus bill, totaling $385 billion, rolled together five remaining appropriations bills-Interior, District of Columbia, Foreign Operations, Commerce, and Labor/HHS-as well as four separate authorization bills. At the top of the agenda for negotiating sessions between the White House and congressional leaders was modification or elimination of the many contentious "riders"-unrelated legislative provisions added to spending bills. The final compromise left no clear winners, but it has left some members of Congress with their nose out of joint. In particular, Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) was uncharacteristically unsuccessful in his attempt to include language overturning a recent federal court decision that found the coal-mining practice known as mountaintop removal to be in violation of the Clean Water Act. His amendment was ultimately added by the Senate to a continuing resolution that had already been superceded by a later resolution and thus was purely symbolic-it was not even brought up before the House. After compromises had been reached on the riders, negotiations slowed over congressional insistence on an across-the-board one percent cut that would affect all federal agencies. The final compromise bill includes a smaller 0.38 percent cut to all federal agency discretionary spending with decisions left to individual agency administrators as to the distribution of the cuts (but with no program to be cut more than 15 percent). *** U.S. Geological Survey Budget In the President's budget, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) requested $838.5 million. The final appropriation for the USGS -- pending the impact of the 0.38 percent across-the-board reduction-is $823.8 million, $14.7 million below the President's request but $24.9 million above the FY 1999 allocation. According to AAAS calculations, the USGS total funding for actual research and development for FY2000 is $496 million, a small decrease from last year. The USGS spending levels in the omnibus bill are the same as in the conference report for the Interior and Related Agencies appropriations bill (H.R. 2466; H. Rpt. 106-406), which the President vetoed in October. As reported by AGI in an earlier special update: "the USGS would receive $823.8 million, slightly more than either the House ($820.4 million) or Senate ($813.1 million) bills provided but still less than the $838 million request. Most of the increase over FY 1999's $798 million goes toward uncontrollable costs with no funds provided for presidential initiatives to create community information partnerships or a disaster information network. Other increases are $2.4 million for upgrading seismic networks and other real-time hazard programs in the Geologic Division and another $2.0 million for upgrading streamgage networks in the Water Resources Division. Quite a number of increases go to specific, earmarked projects including $0.5 million for the Great Lakes geologic mapping project, $2 million for minerals programs in Alaska, and a number of smaller increases for various volcanic, hydrologic, and biologic projects. The conferees accepted the USGS's proposal to create consolidated survey-wide Science Support and Facilities accounts but rejected the proposed Integrated Science line item." For more information on USGS appropriations, see http://www.agiweb.org/gap/legis106/appropsfy2000up.html#int. *** NOAA Budget As reported by AGU, "funding for NOAA in FY2000 totals $1.7 billion, $213 million more than the House approved level but $95 million less than the Senate-passed appropriation. Oceanic and Atmospheric Research will receive $300.5 million, National Ocean Service gets $278.8 million, and National Marine Fisheries receives $421.7 million for the year." For more information on NOAA appropriations, see http://www.agiweb.org/gap/legis106/appropsfy2000up.html#noaa. *** Funds for Valles Caldera Purchase In two separate parts of the omnibus bill, The U.S. Forest Service is provided with $40 million and $61 million for acquisition of the Baca Ranch in northern New Mexico. The ranch property encompasses much of the Valles Caldera, a spectacular collapsed volcano. The combined amount of $101 million would cover the purchase price agreed to in September by the Clinton Administration and the current owner. Expenditure, however, is contingent upon passage of separate legislation to authorize the purchase and submission to Congress of an appraisal of the property by the General Accounting Office. Identical House (H.R. 3288) and Senate (S. 1892) versions of the necessary authorizing legislation were introduced on November 9th by Reps. Heather Wilson (R-NM) and Tom Udall (D-NM) and by Sens. Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Jeff Bingaman (D-NM),respectively. *** Oil Royalty Moratorium Lifted For several years, the Administration and Congress have been in a pitched battle over proposed Minerals Management Service (MMS) regulations on how royalty calculations are made for oil and gas from federal lands. The oil industry has argued that the proposed rule would cost them an unjust amount, whereas environmental groups and others accuse the industry of underpaying. Both industry and congressional Republicans have favored a shift toward providing royalty payments in kind, allowing the government to obtain the best price it can on the open market. For the past two years, appropriations bills have been amended to suspend implementation of the new rule while negotiations continued. In a compromise, the omnibus bill continues the moratorium only until March 15, 2000. MMS quickly announced that it was reproposing the rule and would hold public workshops in January before a final version is published in March. Details on those meetings will be placed in the Federal Register once arrangements have been made. *** Mining Provisions Republicans in Congress had included a provision in the Interior appropriations bill reversing an opinion by the Department of the Interior's Solicitor that limits the size of mill sites associated with mining claims to five acres. Last year, Sen. Slade Gorton (R-WA) successfully included a provision in the FY1999 omnibus spending bill overturning the solicitor's opinion with respect to the Crown Jewel mine in Washington (see http://www.agiweb.org/gap/legis106/crownjewel.html). This time, the White House forced a compromise by which the restrictions will only apply to mining operations that began after the November 1997 opinion was released. Another mining-related provision allows the Bureau of Land Management to release revised Sec. 3809 regulations on hardrock mining in early 2000 provided that the new regulations "are not inconsistent with the recommendations contained in the National Research Council report entitled 'Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands'" or existing statutes. (For more on the NRC report, see AGI's September 1999 monthly review at http://www.agiweb.org/gapac/review999.html#six). *** Tax Legislation After dealing with the last appropriations bill, the Senate passed H.R. 1180, the Tax Extenders Bill, which had already passed the House. Although designed primarily to deal with Social Security taxes, the bill includes several tax provisions related to environment and resources. According to the Environment & Energy Daily budget summary, the "tax package extends through 2001 the suspension of net income limitation on percentage depletion from marginal oil and gas wells," a tax credit for wind and bio-mass produced electricity, an extension "of the credit for brownfields remediation expenses through the end of 2001," and several other tax packages, including a five-year extension of the research and experimentation credit that allows companies a 20 percent tax credit on qualified research expenditures. ************************************************************** GeoEd III: Earth Literacy in the New Millennium and Down Under ************************************************************** -From the AWG Potomac Area Chapter Newsletter, Marilyn Suiter, Editor The Organizing Committee of GeoSciEd III, in collaboration with the Steering Committee of the International Geoscience Education Organization, invite all those interested and devoted to Geoscience Education to participate in the 3rd International Conference on Geoscience Education and to converge on the Olympic city of Sydney, Australia, from Monday 17 January to Thursday 20 January, 2000. The central theme for GeoSciEd III "DEDICATED TO TEACHING AND LEARNING" highlights the concept that while we may be teaching, we can all learn from each other's experiences and practices. The conference will be the venue for you to present your research in Geoscience Education to "teach" your fellow Geoscientists, and it is thus also the venue for those who want to "learn". The conference will be held at the University of New South Wales, one of Australia's premier Universities, a short distance south of downtown Sydney. Sydney is to host the Olympic Games in the year 2000 so even though the games are not until September, the city will be in a costume that will engender a festive atmosphere and wonderful memories. Workshops are being organized to stimulate teachers in all levels of the education system especially those in middle and high schools, where geoscience is becoming increasingly more important in the course content. Workshops on specialized areas of teaching and research have also been organized for University academics to increase their skills. A number of excursions have been organized for the conference. Pre-conference excursions will allow participants to take in Australia's Great Barrier Reef, or Uluru (Ayers Rock) and National Parks. Novice teachers can spend a weekend learning how to run a field trip, to optimize both teaching and learning processes. All conference participants are invited to attend amid-conference excursion, which will examine the geological setting of Sydney. Conference excursions include a trip to the natural field laboratory of Kangaroo Island in South Australia, a tour of the geology of Canberra, Australia's Capital,or an adventure through New Zealand, an extremely tectonically active landmass. A social program befitting the Olympic city of Sydney has been organized to entertain the conference participants. A true Aussie barbie will entice the taste buds on the first night. A cruise on Sydney Harbor on the last night of the conference with a selection of Australian wines and beers on offer, will be a suitable climax to your visit to Sydney. We have organized a modest "Accompanying Persons" program. Please join us in Sydney in January 2000. Contact details for the Conference Administration Office: GeoSciEd III, AGSO Geoscience Awareness Unit, GPO Box 378, Canberra ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA Ph: +61 2 6249 9570; Fax: +61 2 6249 9982; Email: glewis@agso.gov.au WWW URL: http://www.agso.gov.au/geoscied/ ********************* JOB LISTINGS ********************* ***OBERLIN COLLEGE-TENURE TRACK FACULTY POSITION IN PETROLOGY The Department of Geology at Oberlin College invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences. Initial appointment to this position will be for a term of four years, beginning July 1, 2000 and will carry the rank of Assistant Professor. We seek candidates with a specialization in igneous and/or metamorphic petrology, especially individuals with broad interests who are willing and able to teach outside of their specialization. The incumbent will be responsible for four courses per year. One of those courses will be an advanced course in igneous and metamorphic petrology (with laboratory). In addition, the incumbent will teach an intermediate level course (with laboratory) appropriate to their expertise, an introductory physical geology course with laboratory, and a topical introductory course for non-majors (without laboratory). He or she will also be expected to participate in the full range of faculty responsibilities, including academic advising, service on committees, and sustained scholarly research. Among the qualifications required for the appointment is the Ph.D. degree in hand or expected by December 2000. Candidates must demonstrate interest and potential excellence in undergraduate teaching. Successful teaching experience at the college level is desirable. The Department consists of four full-time faculty members. We have about 35 majors, with approximately equal numbers of men and women. The faculty encourage students to conduct Honors and other research projects; many of our students eventually earn Ph.D.'s in earth sciences. The Department has an extensive petrological teaching collection, and the facilities and a technician to make thin sections. XRD, SEM and other analytical tools are available for both teaching and research. The College is committed to helping the incumbent set up his or her research facilities, has a generous faculty leave program, and has yearly competitions for research grants. To be assured of consideration, letters of application, including a curriculum vita, graduate academic transcripts, and three letters of recommendation should be sent to Steven F. Wojtal, Chair, Department of Geology, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074 (steven.wojtal@ oberlin.edu) by February 4, 2000. Application materials received after that date may be considered until the position is filled. Salary will depend on qualifications and experience. Oberlin College has admitted women since its beginnings in 1833 and has been historically a leader in the education of African Americans. ***UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-LOW TEMPERATURE/ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMIST The Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville invites applications for the Jones Environmental Geochemistry Professorship, a tenure track faculty position at the assistant professor level. We seek an individual with expertise in low-temperature, aqueous, or isotope geochemistry or biogeochemistry, with emphasis on environmental applications. The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate great promise in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses; to develop a strong, externally funded research program that complements the Department's current efforts in hydrogeology and geochemistry; and to direct graduate theses and dissertations. The appointment will begin on or after August 2000. A PhD in geochemistry, environmental chemistry, or a related field is required. The Jones Professorship includes an annual stipend to support research activities. In developing his or her research program, an environmental geochemist may take advantage of the Department's strong ties with nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the multidisciplinary UT Center for Environmental Biotechnology. Applicants should send a resume, a letter describing research and teaching interests, copies of recent publications, a listing of relevant university courses, and the names and addresses of four references to Professor Harry McSween, Search Committee Chair, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410; E-mail: mcsween@utk.edu. Review of applications will begin on January 10, 2000 and will continue until the position is filled. For additional information about the Department see our Web site: http://geoweb.gg.utk.edu/. UT Knoxville is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services. ***THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE-ICE-CORE GEOCHEMIST The University of Maine is seeking a Quaternary Scientist with expertise in stable isotopes and ice cores. We seek a candidate whose scientific interests include the use of ice-core geochemistry to understand Quaternary environmental change and whose research interests complement the ongoing work in climate change by University of Maine faculty. The position will carry a tenure-track, Asst. Prof. faculty appointment in both the Institute for Quaternary Studies (http://iceage.umeqs.maine.edu) and an appropriate academic department, with a negotiable mix of research, teaching and other academic duties. This person will also be the faculty supervisor for the Institute's Stable Isotope Laboratory -- overseeing laboratory operations, generating support for the laboratory and interacting with other Quaternary scientists, oceanographers, and geologists in an interdisciplinary research and teaching environment. The Stable Isotope Laboratory has one VG-SIRA and one VG-PRISM automated mass spectrometer. The instruments are fitted with automated sample preparation devices for high precision measurement of carbonate materials, water and organic material. The laboratory is also equipped with all necessary ancillary apparatus for routine analysis, and ancillary equipment and laboratory support. One full-time laboratory manager/mass spectrometer technician operates the laboratory. Qualifications for this position include: a Ph.D. in an appropriate field of Quaternary science; a proven record of scholarship; a commitment to teaching excellence; the proven ability to obtain research funding; substantive field experience collecting ice cores; and significant, successful experience in the operation of a stable isotope laboratory. Applicants should send a letter of interest along with a curriculum vitae and names, addresses, and phone numbers of three referees to: Dan Sandweiss, Quaternary Search Committee, Institute for Quaternary Studies, Bryand Global Sciences Center, University of Maine, Orono ME 04469 USA Review begins Jan. 10, 2000 and will continue until a suitable candidate is chosen. The University of Maine is an equal opportunity affirmative action ***Executive Director Position on Gender Equity Project Rutgers University in Camden The GEMS project (Girls in Engineering, Mathematics and Science) is looking for an Executive Director. The goal of this research project is the creation of a national model which, through a hands-on science project and a long-term community-based mentoring program, will result in career and role compatibility awareness for inner-city girls. Working with a population of competent inner-city girls we create a high-interest program in which the girls will design their own line of cosmetics and learn biochemistry and material science in the process. To address the issue of makeup and stereotyping we will introduce traditional uses of body decoration as rites of passage, in which strong personal identities are developed and made visible. The research to be conducted during the course of the project will be used as the basis for scholarly publications on issues of gender equity in science education. The executive director will be responsible for 1)Coordinating community- Rutgers activities; 2) Developing mentoring activities in the the community; 3) Developing and implementing a replication/dissemination plan; 4) Seeking follow up funding; 5) Overseeing the daily administrative/organizational elements of the project for which program staff are responsible. Qualifications are: 1) Graduate degree(s) in a field related to the project; 2)two or more years experience in successfully completing the above tasks or their equivalent; 3) Knowledge of gender equity research issues and methodology; 4) A well-developed sense of humor. CONTACT: Prof. Beth Adelson, Program Director, adelson@cs.rutgers.edu phone: 215.925.1774 (morning); 856.225.6485 (afternoon and evening) employer. ********************** STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES ********************** AWIS GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS Association for Women in Science (AWIS) sponsors about 5-10 graduate fellowships are awarded each year, including four memorial awards: (1) Amy Lutz Rechel Award - for an outstanding graduate student in the field of plant biology; (2) Luise Meyer-Schutzmeister Award designated for a graduate student in physics; (3) Ruth Satter Memorial Award open to women students who interrupted their education for 3 years or more to raise a family, and (4) the Diane H. Russell Award given to a graduate student in the fields of biochemistry or pharmacology. In addition, Citations of Merit may be given. Female students enrolled in a behavioral, life, physical, or social sciences or engineering program leading to a Ph.D. degree (see application instructions for a complete list of eligible fields) may apply. Awardees have traditionally been at the dissertation level. U.S. citizens may use the money for study in the U.S. or abroad. Non-U.S. citizens must be enrolled in a U.S. institution of higher education. Restrictions are subject to change. DEADLINE: January 15, 2000 http://www.usalert.com/htdoc/usoa/fnd/any/any/proc/any/awis11089901.htm To search for research funding online, go to: http://www.sciencewise.com/grantscontracts/grantscontracts.htm PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS The PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY invites applications from student members and members with postdoctoral research appointments for a limited number of $500 grants to support research in any field or aspect of paleontology. Undergraduate and graduate student members of the Paleontological Society conducting research in any aspect of paleontology may apply. Paleontological Society members with a postdoctoral research appointment and primary involvement in a program of paleontological research are also eligible. DEADLINE: February 15th, 2000 SEE Paleontological Society Web Page for Application Form and Guidelines. http://www.uic.edu/orgs/paleo/grantin.html To apply, complete the application form (available at PS Web Site). On a separate, SINGLE page, describe the research for which aid is requested. Support may be for field work, travel, supplies, etc., but relationship to applicant's research program must be clear. Hypotheses, methods, goals, and significance also must be stated clearly along with a summary of the proposed budget. Include (3) copies of project description (total four [4] copies). Obtain signature of departmental chairperson or research supervisor, if the latter is also a member of the Paleontological Society. Enclose an original plus three (3) copies (total four[4] copies) of a letter of support from your research supervisor in a sealed envelope that is signed across the flap. Mail completed application and three (3) copies (total four [4] copies) to selection committee at address printed at end of application form. Please staple each copy on the top left corner. To be considered in the competition, applications must arrive to the selection committee by or before February 15th. If joining the Society at the time the the grant application is submitted, include one (1) copy of the completed application with proposal. However, in order to become a member, membership applications and payment must be sent separately to the address printed on the membership application form. MAIL completed application to: Dr. Steven J. Hageman, Paleontological Society Grants, Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608-2067 ***DUKE UNIVERSITY INTEGRATED MARINE CONSERVATION PROGRAM The Nicholas School of the Environment Marine Laboratory at Duke University is offering an unparalleled educational opportunity from July 10 to August 11, 2000. Duke's Integrated Marine Conservation Program teaches the principles necessary for the conservation and preservation of the coastal and oceanic environment. The focus is on interdisciplinary problem solving--using natural and social science theory to resolve real world environmental problems. Scholarships are available, including several earmarked for international students. In order to receive full consideration, applications for general scholarships must be received by March 1. Applications for international student scholarships must be received by April 1. For further information, see our web site at http://www.env.duke.edu/marinelab/mlterm2.html or contact Ms. Helen Nearing at hnearing@duke.edu, (252) 504-7502. ******************************************************************************* For submissions, contact Editor Joanne Kluessendorf at editor@awg.org For advertising, contact Ad Editor Kata McCarville at Kata.McCarville@sdsmt.edu For more information about AWG, contact office@awg.org