[Pollinator] Scholarship opportunities for professional training in butterfly conservation

[Jaret Daniels]

All:

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The Florida Museum of Natural History/McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and 
Biodiversity at the University of Florida and the Butterfly Conservation 
Initiative are requesting scholarship applications for a new 
professional training program funded in part by an Institute of Museum 
and Library Service’s 21^st Century Museum Professionals grant designed 
to strengthen the capacity of institutions and their staff to play a 
strategic role in imperiled butterfly recovery.

/Imperiled Butterfly Conservation and Management /(/IBCM/)/ /is designed 
for professionals from natural history museums, zoos, aquariums, 
botanical gardens, arboretums, nature centers, science/technology 
centers or similar conservation-based institutions. Successful 
applicants will participate in a series of five (5) intensive four-day 
laboratory and field training workshops over three years from 2009 to 
2011. Workshops and on-going mentoring will provide structured, hands-on 
skills training, opportunities to share information, learn 
best-practices, and foster new collaborations, as well as the resources 
necessary to launch or enhance important butterfly-focused conservation 
programs.

*A total of twenty-five (25) full scholarships will be available*. 
Scholarships cover ALL participant costs including domestic airfare and 
ground transportation, hotel accommodations, and meal stipend. Multiple 
individuals from each institution may apply. Application deadline is 
February 23, 2009.

For an application or more information, please contact Dr. Jaret Daniels 
at jdaniels at flmnh.ufl.edu <mailto:jdaniels at flmnh.ufl.edu> or 352-273-2022.

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Jaret C. Daniels, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity 
Florida Museum of Natural History 
S.W. 34th Street and Hull Road 
P. O. Box 112710 
Gainesville, FL  32611-2710 (USA)
***New Phone: (352) 273-2022
Email: jdaniels at flmnh.ufl.edu