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THE 2011 <br>
JOAN MOSENTHAL DEWIND AWARD</span></b></p>
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into Lepidoptera conservation. </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black;">The DeWind awards are given to students who are engaged in
research leading to a university degree related to Lepidoptera
conservation and who intend to continue to work in this field. Proposed
research should have a clear connection to Lepidoptera conservation and
must be completed within one year from receiving funds. All proposals
must be written by the student researcher. Applicants may be graduate or
undergraduate students; however, please note that all but one awardee, to
date, have been pursuing graduate research. There are no geographic
restrictions, and applications from countries outside the United States
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Pacific Standard Time (GMT -8 hours). Award winners will be announced by
March 31, 2011, with the awards given by May 2011.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: rgb(230, 120, 3);">Instructions for Submitting the Proposal</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(230, 120, 3);"></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black;">All proposals must be
submitted by email to <a href="mailto:dewind@xerces.org" target="_blank">dewind@xerces.org</a>.
The proposal should be attached as a single file in one of the following
file formats: Microsoft Word, RTF text, or PDF. The subject line of the
email should read "DeWind Award Proposal."</span></p>
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2. <u>Cover page (1 page)</u>. </span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><i><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Title</span></i><span style="font-size: 8pt;">. List
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for the applicant and his or her major advisor. Include
institutional affiliations, complete mailing address, and country.
Also provide an email address and telephone number (include country
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a project summary immediately following the title and contact
information. The summary should be limited to 100 words and should
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statement of the problem or objectives, follow with a clear methods
section, and end with a substantial conclusion. The proposal should
include a discussion of potential conservation applications and results,
and what products, if any, will result from this work.<br>
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4. <u>Additional information</u>. On separate pages, please include the
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literature,</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">detailed
project budget,</span></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">It is
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