<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-weight:bold"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">The Xerces Society is now accepting applications for two awards for research into Lepidoptera conservation</font></div><div style="font-weight:bold"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Joan Mosenthal DeWind was a pioneering member of the Xerces Society. A psychiatric social worker by profession, she was also an avid butterfly gardener and an accomplished amateur lepidopterist. Her contributions of time, organizational expertise, and financial support were essential to the early growth and success of the Xerces Society, and helped found a robust organization that has continued to expand in the decades since and become a conservation leader. In Joan's memory, Bill DeWind established this student research endowment fund. Award amounts are determined annually, but are a minimum of $3,750 each. </span><br></font></div><div style="padding-top:5px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="padding-top:5px"><font color="#000000"><strong><font face="arial, sans-serif">Submission Requirements: </font></strong><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The DeWind Awards are given to students who are engaged in studies and research leading to a university degree related to Lepidoptera conservation and who intend to continue to work in this field. All proposals must be written by the student researcher. Proposed research should have a clear connection to Lepidoptera conservation and must be completed within one year from receiving funds. Applicants may be graduate or undergraduate students; however, please note that all but one awardee, to date, have been pursuing graduate research. Applications from countries outside the United States will be considered but must be written in English and international applicant work</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><em style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">cannot</em><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">involve work in the United States.</span></font></div><div style="padding-top:5px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="padding-top:5px"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><strong>Submission Deadline: </strong>The submission deadline is Sunday, January 5, 2020, at 11:59 PM PST. Award winners will be announced by March 31, 2020, with initial awards payments by May 2020.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><b>For more information on how to apply, and to view previous winners, please visit</b>: <a href="https://xerces.org/dewind" target="_blank">https://xerces.org/dewind</a>. </font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">The DeWind <b>FAQs page</b> can be viewed here: <a href="https://xerces.org/dewind/faqs" target="_blank">https://xerces.org/dewind/faqs</a>.</font></div></div><div><font color="#000000">Read about recent publications by two of our DeWind alumnae on the <b>Xerces blog</b>: <a href="https://xerces.org/blog/dewind-alumnae-publish-three-new-research-papers-about-monarch-butterflies">https://xerces.org/blog/dewind-alumnae-publish-three-new-research-papers-about-monarch-butterflies</a></font></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Candace
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