<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4">Now accepting applications for 2025 DeWind Awards</font></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Xerces Society offers annual awards to support students pursuing educational research in Lepidoptera conservation. This year, the awards will be $10,000 each, with two awards available. We're investing in the future of our planet and our field by sponsoring the next generation of butterfly and moth conservationists through these grants. </span><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For full award information and instructions visit</span><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><a href="https://xerces.org/dewind" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://xerces.org/dewind</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(64,63,66);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700"><font size="4"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(64,63,66);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700"><font size="4">Submission Requirements:</font></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Submission Deadline: The submission deadline is Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time (PST). Award winners will be announced by March 31, 2025, with initial award payments received by recipients by June 2025.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For full award information and instructions visit</span><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://xerces.org/dewind" target="_blank">https://xerces.org/dewind</a></span><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. </span><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Our FAQs page can be viewed here:  </span><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://xerces.org/dewind/faqs" target="_blank">https://xerces.org/dewind/faqs</a></span><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Joan Mosenthal 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;color:rgb(64,63,66);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">cannot</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> involve work in the United States.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p>________<br></p><p><b><span style="font-size:10pt">Matthew Shepherd</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt"><br>Director of </span><span style="font-size:10pt">Outreach & Education<br></span>Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation<br><span style="font-size:10pt">(503) 212-0802   </span><span style="color:rgb(28,28,28);font-family:Roboto;font-size:16px">|</span><span style="font-size:10pt">   </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><a href="mailto:matthew.shepherd@xerces.org" target="_blank">matthew.shepherd@xerces.org</a><br></span><i style="font-size:10pt">he / him / his<br></i><a href="https://xerces.org/" style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">xerces.org</span></a> <font size="1">  <span style="color:rgb(28,28,28);font-family:Roboto">|</span><font color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">   </font></font><font color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">@xercessociety on </font><a href="https://www.facebook.com/xercessociety/" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(31,73,125)" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Facebook</span></a><font color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">, </font><a href="https://www.instagram.com/xercessociety/?hl=en" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(31,73,125)" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Instagram</span></a><font size="1">, </font><a href="https://twitter.com/xercessociety" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(31,73,125)" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">X</span></a><br><font color="#000000" style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Support our work: </font><a href="https://secure.qgiv.com/for/xerces" style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Donate</span></a><font color="#000000" style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">!</font></p></div></div></div></div>