<div dir="ltr">Of possible interest to our younger members and to teachers with promising students.<div><br></div><div>Peter<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Marco Duretto</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Marco.Duretto@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au">Marco.Duretto@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 6:11 PM<br>Subject: FW: NOW OPEN!! - 2015-16 ABRS National Taxonomy Research Grant Program - Research and Capacity-Building Grants [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]<br>To: "<a href="mailto:G-DL-GARDE-ALL-SCVolunteersHonoraryAssociatesStudents@environment.nsw.gov.au">G-DL-GARDE-ALL-SCVolunteersHonoraryAssociatesStudents@environment.nsw.gov.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:G-DL-GARDE-ALL-SCVolunteersHonoraryAssociatesStudents@environment.nsw.gov.au">G-DL-GARDE-ALL-SCVolunteersHonoraryAssociatesStudents@environment.nsw.gov.au</a>><br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 26 August 2014 4:02 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> NOW OPEN!! - 2015-16 ABRS National Taxonomy Research Grant Program - Research and Capacity-Building Grants [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear Administrator/Scholarship Officer,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Australian Biological Resources Study provides grants to Honours, Masters and PhD students for taxonomic research.  The ABRS also provides research grants to established researchers for taxonomic projects. 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The </span>2015-16<span style="color:black"> round of the ABRS National Taxonomy Research Grants Program - Research and Capacity-Building Grants streams are </span><span style="color:red">NOW OPEN</span><span style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please find attached a flier for the ABRS Grants containing details for distribution amongst prospective applicants, early career and established researchers.  We would be grateful if you could please place this
 on Departmental notice boards and in institution newsletters.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">All applications close on<b> 31 October 2014.</b> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For more information, please don't hesitate to contact the ABRS or check out our websites:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><img width="210" height="123" src="cid:image003.png@01CFC1D6.E4B6A190" align="left" hspace="12" alt="ABRS-landscape-blue"><u></u><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#005595">Samantha
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><a name="148149701a706fb0______replySeparator"></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Ph: 02 6250 9558<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">GPO Box 787, Canberra, ACT, 2601<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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