April 30, 2008
The Jackson School of Geosciences Student Travel Grant submission deadline has been extended until Wednesday, May 21 at NOON, Central Time Zone, USA.
The travel grants provide traveling cost assistance to the SVP Annual Meeting for SVP Student Member Presenters.
To read more about the grant, click here.
To enter a submission for a student travel grant, click here.
QUESTIONS? Contact the SVP Business Office at E-mail: svp@vertpaleo.org; or Phone: 847/480-9095, ext. 240 or 249.
April 29, 2008
Clarification of Award Submission Deadlines:
Romer Prize: Wednesday, May 21, through the SVP Online ABSTRACT Submission System.
Colbert Award: Wednesday, May 21, through the SVP Online ABSTRACT Submission System.
(formerly the Student Poster Prize)
All other SVP Awards*: Monday, May 5, through the SVP Online AWARD Submission System.
*except for the Patterson Award, which closed in January and the Lanzendorf Award which closed on April 18.
Is there an award for you? Is there someone you think should be recognized for their contribution to SVP or vertebrate paleontology?
Click on the award title below for more information about each award and how to apply.
Edwin H. and Margaret M. Colbert Award
(Previously known as the Student Poster Prize)
The Edwin H. and Margaret M. Colbert Award recognizes an outstanding poster presentation by a student.
Current SVP membership required? Yes.
Application Deadline: May 21.
Richard Estes Memorial Grant
The Estes Grant is directed toward research in nonmammalian vertebrate paleontology, with emphasis on systematics, morphology, biogeography and paleoecology.
Current SVP membership required? Yes.
Application Deadline: May 5.
Joseph T. Gregory Award
The Gregory Award honors individuals who have given freely of their time and expertise in support of SVP. These individuals often work diligently behind the scenes. The Gregory Award gives us the opportunity to recognize these individuals and to thank them for their service in furthering the causes and goals of the Society. Please consider nominating a deserving individual for this important award.
Current membership in SVP is not required for nominees.
Nomination Deadline: May 5.
Honorary Membership Awards
In recognition of distinguished contributions to the discipline of vertebrate paleontology, SVP awards individuals with Honorary Membership. Honorary Members receive a lifetime, complimentary SVP membership.
Current membership in SVP is not required for nominees.
Nomination Deadline: May 5.
Jackson School of Geosciences Student Member Travel Grant
To encourage student members of SVP to participate in the SVP Annual Meeting, Jackson School of Geosciences Student Member Travel Grants provides assistance to cover the cost of attending the annual meeting. The grant is available to student members who are presenting oral or poster presentations.
Current SVP membership required? Yes
Application Deadline: May 5.
ALERT! Please submit your application for the travel grant even if you have not yet submitted your abstract (this will not disqualify your application). (The travel grant application - May 5 - occurs before abstract status notifications are sent.)
Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize
The John J. Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize recognizes outstanding achievement in paleontological scientific illustration and naturalistic art. The award has three separate categories: Scientific Illustration, 2-Dimensional Art and 3-Dimensional Art. There is one awardee per category.
Current Membership in SVP is not required to submit work for the award.
2008 award amount: $600 USD per category.
Application Deadline: April 18.
Predoctoral Fellowship Grant
The Predoctoral Fellowship Grant is intended to promote a professional career in vertebrate paleontology by allowing the recipient greater freedom to pursue research during the final stages of the doctoral program. The grant helps to fund this research.
Current SVP membership required? Yes.
Application Deadline: May 5.
Preparators' Grant
Now in its tenth year, the Preparator's Grant furthers the field of vertebrate paleontology through the advancement of preparation. YOU NEED NOT BE A PREPARATOR TO APPLY. Researchers, conservators, and technicians are encouraged to solicit funding for traineeships, improvement of mechanical, chemical, or digital materials or methods, and advancement of archivally sound preparation practices.
Current SVP membership required? Yes.
Application Deadline: May 5.
Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to contact committee co-chair Joseph Groenke (E-mail: jgroenke@notes.cc.sunsyb.edu; Phone: (631) 444-3171) prior to electronic submission.
Alfred Sherwood Romer Prize
The Alfred Sherwood Romer Prize recognizes an outstanding scientific contribution in vertebrate paleontology by a predoctoral student and is awarded on the basis of the scientific value of the study and the quality of the oral presentation.
Current SVP membership required? Yes.
Application Deadline: May 21.
A.S. Romer – G.G. Simpson Medal
The A.S. Romer - G.G. Simpson medal, the society's highest award, is awarded for sustained and outstanding scholarly excellence and service to the discipline of vertebrate paleontology.
Current Membership in SVP is not required for nominees.
Nomination Deadline: May 5.
Morris F. Skinner Award
The Morris F. Skinner Award honors outstanding and sustained contributions to scientific knowledge through the making of important collections of fossil vertebrates — it shall also be made to those persons who encourage, train or teach others toward the same pursuits.
Current Membership in SVP is not required for nominees.
Nomination Deadline: May 5.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE WEDNESDAY!
SVP North American Field Conference Application Deadline
is Wednesday, April 30
The application deadline for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Hanna Basin Field Conference is Wednesday, April 30. The SVP North American Summer Field Conference will be held August 5-7, 2008, in the Hanna and Carbon Basins of south-central Wyoming. The conference will address field-based geological documentation to paleobiological research.
The 2008 field conference will involve three day-trips (conducted from the town of Medicine Bow) to parts of the Hanna and Carbon Basins. These relatively tiny, Laramide basins in south-central parts of Wyoming have long been recognized for their astonishingly thick sections of marine and nonmarine, Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene strata.
This conference is co-sponsored by SVP and the Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, and co-organized by Jay Lillegraven, Jaelyn Eberle, Pennilyn Higgins and Mark Clementz.
Applications for participation must be submitted electronically to Annalisa Berta by April 30, 2008.
More information is available on the SVP Web site.
April 22, 2008
SVP Field Conference Deadline is April 30
SVP Award Submission Deadline is May 5
Abstract Submission Deadline is May 21
SVP North American Field Conference Application Deadline is April 30
The application deadline for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Hanna Basin Field Conference has been extended to Wednesday, April 30. The SVP North American Summer Field Conference will be held August 5-7, 2008, in the Hanna and Carbon Basins of south-central Wyoming. The conference will address field-based geological documentation to paleobiological research.
The 2008 field conference will involve three day-trips (conducted from the town of Medicine Bow) to parts of the Hanna and Carbon Basins. These relatively tiny, Laramide basins in south-central parts of Wyoming have long been recognized for their astonishingly thick sections of marine and nonmarine, Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene strata.
This conference is co-sponsored by SVP and the Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, and co-organized by Jay Lillegraven, Jaelyn Eberle, Pennilyn Higgins and Mark Clementz.
Applications for participation must be submitted electronically to Annalisa Berta by April 30, 2008.
More information is available on the SVP Web site.
SVP Award Submission Deadline is May 5
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's various annual awards cover a broad spectrum of categories including: recognition of those who have contributed to the field of vertebrate paleontology, recognition of artistic works in vertebrate paleontology, supporting student research ranging from non-mammalian paleontology to fossil preparation, and student travel grants which provide financial support for students to attend the SVP annual meeting.
New developments for 2008:
--The prize amounts for ALL SVP awards have been increased for 2008.
-- Most* SVP awards applications are now being accepted through the new and easy-to-use, SVP Online Award Submission System.
The deadline for most* 2008 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology awards is Monday, May 5, 2008 at NOON Central Time Zone (USA).
* Awards not using the new SVP Online Award Submission System are the Colbert Award, the Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize, the Patterson Memorial Grant and the Romer Prize.
Go to the SVP Awards Page to find out more about the individual award guidelines and to link to the new SVP Online Awards Submission Site.
Abstract Submission Deadline is May 21
Submit your abstract! The abstract submission site for the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology will be open through Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at NOON, Central Time Zone (USA). All abstracts, including regular sessions, Romer Prize, the Edwin H. and Margaret M. Colbert Award (formerly the Student Poster Prize), Preparators' Session and all symposia presentations, must be submitted by May 21. Late submissions will not be considered under any circumstances.
View the complete Presentation/Abstract Guidelines and visit the Abstract Submission Site.
April 15, 2008
The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) is now accepting proposals for sabbatical scholars, working groups and catalysis meetings. Proposals for postdoctoral fellowships are accepted at the December 1 deadline only. Proposals for sabbatical scholars (one semester to a full year), working groups and catalysis meetings are accepted twice a year, with June 15 and December 1 deadlines. Proposals for short-term visitors (2 weeks to 3 months) are considered four times a year, with deadlines on January 1, April 1, July 1 and September 1. For more information, please see our Web site at https://www.nescent.org/science/proposals.php.
Thank you. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Regards,
Karen Henry
Assistant Director of Research Administration National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
2024 W. Main Street, Suite A200
Durham, NC 27705
telephone: 919-668-4574
fax: 919-681-8444
The 9th North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC-2009), will be held on the campus of the University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH), June 21-26, 2009. The centrally-located Cincinnati region is world renowned for its Upper Ordovician fossils and strata, and has a long-established heritage of paleontological research and teaching.
NAPC provides an opportunity to bring together an unusually wide range of scientists with a common interest in the history of life, and the organizing committee is planning a slate of activities to provide a memorable experience for all participants. There will be a variety of regional field trips; a plenary session commemorating the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Darwin and the sesquicentennial of the publication of "The Origin of Species;" workshops on the creationism/evolution controversy and other topics; an evening banquet at the Cincinnati Museum Center; a special social event for students and postdocs; and numerous other social and educational activities. Pending procurement of funding, the organizing committee expects to be able to offer deep discounts for students. A conference Web site has been established at http://www.napc2009.org/ , where preliminary details can be found, including information about on-campus facilities and housing. The Web site will continue to evolve as additional plans for the meeting are developed.
The organizing committee is currently soliciting proposals for symposia, which will form the backbone of the meeting. The deadline for proposal submission is September 15, 2008. Please note:
--Symposium organizers must identify a minimum of eight invitees who have agreed to participate in the proposed session.
--All talks at the meeting, except for plenary-session presentations, will be fifteen minutes in duration.
--When abstracts of talks are submitted beginning in Fall 2008, authors will have the opportunity to volunteer their submissions to symposium sessions that are not already fully subscribed with invitees (16 presentations for a half-day session).
--Symposium organizers will have the option of sponsoring an accompanying poster session.
Because the electronic-submission site, which can be accessed at http://www.napc2009.org, was constructed for submission of talk abstracts, a few items might seem a bit confusing. Therefore, "author" and "co-authors" really mean "convener" and "co-conveners". In addition, "abstract" really means "symposium" throughout the submission pages. If symposium proposers have any questions or problems they should feel free to contact Dr. Arnold I. Miller (arnold.miller@uc.edu ), chair of the NAPC organizing committee. Upon submission of a proposal, an e-mail should also be sent to Dr. Miller to ensure that the submission is viewed promptly. Submission of abstracts of presentations will commence during Fall, 2008, with a deadline of February 12, 2009.
In addition, the organizers are soliciting proposals for field trips, to take place immediately before or after the meeting, or on the planned mid-week "break" day on Wednesday, June 24. Interested parties should contact Dr. Carl Brett (brettce@email.uc.edu ), who will be organizing field trips.
We hope to see you in Cincinnati for NAPC!
April 14, 2008
Application Deadline Extended to April 30 for the SVP North American Field Conference in the Hanna Basin, Wyoming
Do not miss this unique field study opportunity.
Space is limited.
The application deadline for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Hanna Basin Field Conference has been extended to Wednesday, April 30. The SVP North American Summer Field Conference will be held August 5-7, 2008, in the Hanna and Carbon Basins of south-central Wyoming. The conference will address field-based geological documentation to paleobiological research.
The 2008 field conference will involve three day-trips (conducted from the town of Medicine Bow) to parts of the Hanna and Carbon Basins. These relatively tiny, Laramide basins in south-central parts of Wyoming have long been recognized for their astonishingly thick sections of marine and nonmarine, Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene strata.
This conference is co-sponsored by SVP and the Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, and co-organized by Jay Lillegraven, Jaelyn Eberle, Pennilyn Higgins and Mark Clementz.
Applications for participation must now be submitted electronically to Annalisa Berta by April 30, 2008.
More information is available on the SVP Web site.
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology North American Summer Field Conference
Hanna and Carbon Basins, South-central Wyoming — Cosponsored by The University of Wyoming, Department of Geology and Geophysics
August 5–7, 2008
General theme — “The Importance of Field-based Geological Documentation to Paleobiological Research”
Co-organizers: Jay Lillegraven, Jaelyn Eberle, Pennilyn Higgins, and Mark Clementz
Principal Scientific Goals for the Conference:
This conference centers on special opportunities, as gained uniquely through the field study of rocks, to the discipline of paleobiology. The trip will be practical, emphasizing on-site examination of documented examples involving fossil vertebrates in detailed geological context. How did regional tectonism (expressed through changing sedimentary sources, appearance of well-defined basins, development of various nonconformities, and influences of superficial versus deep-centered faulting) affect our stratigraphic interpretations? In turn, how did post-depositional modification of physical stratigraphy affect our interpretations of organic evolution and biogeographic change through geologic time? How did basin evolution influence ancient geochemical environments, and how did that complex interaction affect the bias, or even the very existence, of a fossil record? In what new ways can stratigraphic sampling for isotopic geochemistry be used in concert with traditional biostratigraphy to help accept or reject claims of temporal correlation within and among basins? Looking broadly, how reliable are existing stratigraphic studies upon which so much of our interpretation of North American vertebrate evolution depends? Is field-based research still necessary in the 21st century, or has enough already been done on this continent and elsewhere? Do theoretically oriented specialists in paleobiology really need sophisticated knowledge about the strengths and limitations of procedures in field geology?
General Background:
The field conference will involve three day-trips (conducted from the town of Medicine Bow) to parts of the Hanna and Carbon Basins. These relatively tiny, Laramide basins in south-central parts of Wyoming have long been recognized for their astonishingly thick sections of marine and nonmarine, Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene strata. Originally, the Hanna and Carbon Basins were interpreted as discrete centers of deposition that had separate geological histories. We now recognize, however, that they represent eastern depositional components of an originally unified, enormous Green River Basin that secondarily became subdivided during the Eocene by deep-centered, basement-involved faulting. Because of regional contractional relationships, the eastern Hanna Basin exhibits the most complex structural history of any basin in the Rocky Mountain region. Recently mapped, out-of-the-basin thrusting is ubiquitous and magnificently expressed along the margins of adjacent uplifts. Such faulting greatly affects interpretations of local stratigraphy. Incontrovertibly superpositional assemblages of fossil vertebrates have become increasingly important in dating parts of local Paleocene sections, in testing the reliability of North American Land Mammal ‘Ages,’ and in recognizing the taxonomic nature of transitions from one NALMA to the next. Geological essentials related to paleogeographic interpretations (paleobiological and geological) of basin subdivision will constitute an important introduction to detailed features to be observed in the field.
Principal Localities to be Visited and Topics of Discussion:
Day 1 — ‘The Breaks’ (northeastern corner of Hanna Basin). Big-picture geologic setting; how to tell an erosional unconformity from a fault; what out-of-the-basin thrust faults look like; problems in documenting such thrusts; nature of local fossil-bearing section; Torrejonian–Tiffanian NALMA transition; geochemical concepts of uranium roll-fronts; taphonomic importance of roll-fronts; recognizing the Paleocene–Eocene boundary globally; and relevance of all this detail to paleobiology.
Day 2 — Margins of Simpson Ridge anticline (east-central Hanna Basin, northwestern Carbon Basin, southeastern Hanna Basin). Big-picture geologic setting; recognition of out-of-the-basin thrusting at multiple scales; significance of stratigraphic curtailment caused by down-section thrust vergence; appreciating blessings of marker beds; recognition of thrusting-related stratigraphic curtailment within largely unexposed sections; interpreting meanings of sudden changes in stratigraphic dip; recognition of overturned strata; coping with geopetal surprises during mapping; judging just where to measure a representative section; view toward eastern edge of Dana klippe and consideration of its paleogeographic significance; and relevance of all this detail to paleobiology.
Day 3 — Along uppermost reaches of Seminoe Reservoir (west-central Hanna Basin). Big-picture geologic setting; viewing a gloriously undeformed and unequivocally superposed, fossil-rich section; Lancian–Puercan boundary and its global implications; validity of subdivisions of Puercan NALMA; regional and more distant paleogeography of Puercan NALMA (faunal alliances with Denver Basin, Williston Basin, San Juan Basin, Chinese equivalents, etc.); value of such sections to other disciplines within paleobiology (especially invertebrates, palynology, macrofloras); view to western edge of Dana klippe and consideration of its paleogeographic significance; and relevance of all this detail to paleobiology.
Number of participants: Because of the need to keep the group together within a complex terrain, the number of participants must be limited to approximately 35.
Cost per participant, which will include transportation in the field, three nights lodging at The Virginian Hotel in Medicine Bow, breakfast and packed lunches (dinner not included), and field guides will be $400. A limited number of scholarships for student members will be available. Applications for participation must be submitted electronically to Annalisa Berta by April 30, 2008.
Click here to apply for the field conference
April 9, 2008
The Clock is Ticking:
Apply or Nominate Someone for an SVP Award Today
April 18: The Lanzendorf PaleoArt Award applications are due.
May 5: Applications due for: Estes Memorial Grant, Gregory Award, Honorary Membership Awards, Jackson Student Member Travel Grants, Predoctoral Fellowship Grant, Preparators' Grant, Romer-Simpson Medal and Skinner Award.
May 21: The Colbert Award and the Romer Prize applications are due.
Take a moment to read about each Society of Vertebrate Paleontology award below. Is there an award for you? Is there someone you think should be recognized for their contribution to SVP or vertebrate paleontology?
Did you know that:
-- The prize amounts for ALL SVP awards have been increased for 2008?
-- Most* SVP awards applications are now being accepted through the new and easy-to-use SVP Online Award Submission System?
*Awards not using the new SVP Online Award Submission System are the Colbert Award, the Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize, the Patterson Memorial Grant and the Romer Prize.
Click on the award title below for more information about each award and how to apply.
Edwin H. and Margaret M. Colbert Award
(Previously known as the Student Poster Prize)
The Edwin H. and Margaret M. Colbert Award recognizes an outstanding poster presentation by a student.
Current SVP membership required? Yes.
2008 award amount: $550 USD.
Application Deadline: May 21.
Richard Estes Memorial Grant
The Estes Grant is directed toward research in nonmammalian vertebrate paleontology, with emphasis on systematics, morphology, biogeography and paleoecology.
Current SVP membership required? Yes.
2008 grant amount: $1,100 USD.
Application Deadline: May 5.
Joseph T. Gregory Award
The Gregory Award honors individuals who have given freely of their time and expertise in support of SVP. These individuals often work diligently behind the scenes. The Gregory Award gives us the opportunity to recognize these individuals and to thank them for their service in furthering the causes and goals of the Society. Please consider nominating a deserving individual for this important award.
Current membership in SVP is not required for nominees.
Nomination Deadline: May 5.
Honorary Membership Awards
In recognition of distinguished contributions to the discipline of vertebrate paleontology, SVP awards individuals with Honorary Membership.
Current membership in SVP is not required for nominees.
Honorary Members receive a lifetime, complimentary SVP membership.
Nomination Deadline: May 5.
Jackson School of Geosciences Student Member Travel Grant
To encourage student members of SVP to participate in the SVP Annual Meeting, Jackson School of Geosciences Student Member Travel Grants provides assistance to cover the cost of attending the annual meeting. The grant is available to student members who are presenting oral or poster presentations.
Current SVP membership required? Yes
2008 grant amount: $300 USD for students from the United States and Canada and $500 USD for those coming from outside the United States and Canada.
Application Deadline: May 5.
ALERT! Please submit your application for the travel grant even if you have not yet submitted your abstract (this will not disqualify your application). (The travel grant application - May 5 - occurs before abstract status notifications are sent.)
Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize
The John J. Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize recognizes outstanding achievement in paleontological scientific illustration and naturalistic art. The award has three separate categories: Scientific Illustration, 2-Dimensional Art and 3-Dimensional Art. There is one awardee per category.
Current Membership in SVP is not required to submit work for the award.
2008 award amount: $600 USD per category.
Application Deadline: April 18.
Predoctoral Fellowship Grant
The Predoctoral Fellowship Grant is intended to promote a professional career in vertebrate paleontology by allowing the recipient greater freedom to pursue research during the final stages of the doctoral program. The grant helps to fund this research.
Current SVP membership required? Yes.
2008 grant amount: $2,750 USD. The grant can either be awarded to one individual in its entirety, or divided equally between two individuals.
Application Deadline: May 5.
Preparators' Grant
Now in its tenth year, the Preparator's Grant furthers the field of vertebrate paleontology through the advancement of preparation. YOU NEED NOT BE A PREPARATOR TO APPLY. Researchers, conservators, and technicians are encouraged to solicit funding for traineeships, improvement of mechanical, chemical, or digital materials or methods, and advancement of archivally sound preparation practices.
Current SVP membership required? Yes.
The amount of the Preparators' Grant will be determined based on the project proposal, but will not exceed $5,800 USD.
Application Deadline: May 5.
Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to contact committee co-chair Joseph Groenke (E-mail: jgroenke@notes.cc.sunsyb.edu; Phone: (631) 444-3171) prior to electronic submission.
Alfred Sherwood Romer Prize
The Alfred Sherwood Romer Prize recognizes an outstanding scientific contribution in vertebrate paleontology by a predoctoral student and is awarded on the basis of the scientific value of the study and the quality of the oral presentation.
Current SVP membership required? Yes.
2008 award amount: $750 USD.
Application Deadline: May 21.
A.S. Romer – G.G. Simpson Medal
The A.S. Romer - G.G. Simpson medal, the society's highest award, is awarded for sustained and outstanding scholarly excellence and service to the discipline of vertebrate paleontology.
Current Membership in SVP is not required for nominees.
Nomination Deadline: May 5.
Morris F. Skinner Award
The Morris F. Skinner Award honors outstanding and sustained contributions to scientific knowledge through the making of important collections of fossil vertebrates — it shall also be made to those persons who encourage, train or teach others toward the same pursuits.
Current Membership in SVP is not required for nominees.
Nomination Deadline: May 5.
April 7, 2008
SVP Award Submission Deadline is May 5
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's various annual awards cover a broad spectrum of categories including: recognition of those who have contributed to the field of vertebrate paleontology, recognition of artistic works in vertebrate paleontology, supporting student research ranging from non-mammalian paleontology to fossil preparation, and student travel grants which provide financial support for students to attend the SVP annual meeting.
New developments for 2008:
- The prize amounts for ALL SVP awards have been increased for 2008.
- Most* SVP awards applications are now being accepted through the new, and easier to use, SVP Online Award Submission System.
The deadline for most* 2008 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology awards is Monday, May 5, 2008 at Noon Central Time Zone (USA).
* Awards not using the new SVP Online Award Submission System are the Colbert Award, the Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize, the Patterson Memorial Grant and the Romer Prize.
Go to the SVP Awards Page to find out more about the individual award guidelines and to link to the new SVP Online Awards Submission Site.
Hanna Basin Field Conference Application Deadline is April 15
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Development Committee announces the SVP North American Summer Field Conference, August 5-7, 2008, in the Hanna and Carbon Basins of south-central Wyoming. The conference will address field-based geological documentation to paleobiological research.
The 2008 field conference will involve three day-trips (conducted from the town of Medicine Bow) to parts of the Hanna and Carbon Basins. These relatively tiny, Laramide basins in south-central parts of Wyoming have long been recognized for their astonishingly thick sections of marine and nonmarine, Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene strata.
This conference is co-sponsored by SVP and the Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, and co-organized by Jay Lillegraven, Jaelyn Eberle, Pennilyn Higgins and Mark Clementz.
Do not miss this unique field study opportunity. Applications for participation must be submitted electronically to Annalisa Berta by April 15, 2008. More information is available on the SVP Web site.
Watch Your Mail for the SVP 68th Annual Meeting Circular
The first circular for the SVP 68th Annual Meeting - to be held October 15-18, 2008 at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio - has been mailed out to all SVP members. The circular is also available on the SVP Web site.
Some not-to-miss special events scheduled during the meeting are: a forum on global warming, Frans Lanting presenting on his book, Life: A Journey Through Time and a lecture by Neil Shubin (sponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History). These events are in addition to the strong array of annual meeting events offered that include: symposia, workshops, field trips, the Town Hall Meeting, Student Roundtable Forum and Reprint Exchange, the Annual Auction and the Awards Banquet.
The New SVP Merchandise Site Open
Great gift ideas for VP enthusiasts - check out the large assortment of SVP items to choose from including: shirts, t-shirts, tracksuits, caps, sweatshirts, children's clothing, dog clothes, backpacks, coffee mugs, magnets, buttons, bumper stickers and more.
The new site is managed by CafePress and can be reached through the SVP Web site.
SVP Membership Renewal Reminder
Did you renew your SVP membership for the membership year starting on October 1, 2007? If not, and you are a JVP subscriber, you are no longer receiving print copies of the JVP or have access to the online, electronic version. All missed issues of this year's JVP will be shipped to hard copy subscribing members once your membership is renewed.
To renew your membership for 2007-2008 contact the SVP business office at:
Phone: (847) 480-9095 ext. 240
E-mail: svp@vertpaleo.org
April 4, 2008
Ten Days Left!
Submit an entry for a Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize
Deadline is April 18
Only ten days are left to submit an entry for a Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize. All submissions must arrive at the office of the Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize Committee Chair, Farish Jenkins (address below), or be postmarked by, Friday, April 18.
The John J. Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize recognizes outstanding achievement in paleontological scientific illustration and naturalistic art. Annual awards are supported through the generosity of PaleoArt collector John J. Lanzendorf.
Categories:
-- Scientific Illustration: works that typically would be regarded as text - figures within the body of a scientific paper or as online supplementary material.
--- 2-Dimensional Art: works that typically would NOT be regarded as text - figures within the body of a scientific paper or as online supplementary material.
-- 3-Dimensional Art: works that exist in the 3D physical (not digital) realm (e.g., sculpture).
Submissions should be sent by mail or courier service to Lanzendorf Paleoart Prize Committee Chair Farish A. Jenkins, as per below:
Farish A. Jenkins
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge, MA 02138-1232 USA
Check the Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize Web page for more information about the award, including detailed submission guidelines.
Any questions regarding the award may be directed to Lanzendorf Paleoart Prize Committee Chair Farish A. Jenkins at:
Phone: 617/ 495-2499
E-mail: mjohnsen@oeb.harvard.edu (Dr. Jenkin's assistant)
April 1, 2008
Allegations against Dr. Spencer Lucas and three coauthors (Dr. Adrian Hunt, Mr. Justin Spielmann and Dr. Andrew Heckert) have been aired in a recent commentary in Nature as well as via a number of Web sites and e-mail exchanges. We take such matters seriously and we have a process for evaluating such allegations through the SVP Ethics Education Committee. This committee is following its stated process, which is intended to be fair to both the accusers and the accused. This committee does not release information, nor does it engage in public dialogue about any case under review. It is important to safeguard an impartial process based on facts gathered from all parties concerned. At the completion of its process, the Ethics Education Committee will make a recommendation to the Executive Committee, and the Executive Committee will then make a public statement on the SVP Web site.
The vrtpaleo listserver has been the locus of many e-mail exchanges on this topic. We wish to make clear that this listserver is independent of SVP, which does not moderate, promote, restrict, or in any way regulate the exchanges on this listserver.
SVP Executive Committee
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