Last Name ________________________________ PLEASE PRINT AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY OFFICE OF GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS Central Park West at 79 th Street New York, New York 10024-5192 RESEARCH GRANTS APPLICATION for (please check one): q THEODORE ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL FUND Application deadline: February 15, Announcement: April 30 q LERNER-GRAY FUND FOR MARINE RESEARCH Application deadline: March 15, Announcement: May 15 INSTRUCTIONS A completed signed form and all supporting material (except letters of recommendation) should be submitted IN DUPLICATE to the attention of the appropriate Fund, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York, 10024-5192. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF FUNDS The Lerner-Gray Fund for Marine Research is intended for projects in marine zoology with emphasis on systematics, evolution, ecology, and field-oriented behavior; it does not support marine botany. The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund is directed toward research on North American fauna, except birds. These funds support research in either neontology or paleontology. Awards are for one year and average $1,750; most grants range between $200-$2,500. Applicants are usually allowed a maximum of two awards . APPLICATION GUIDELINES • The budget on 1 separate page must show clearly the amounts and purposes for which the award will be used. If travel by automobile is required, an allowance of up to 40.5 cents per mile may be used in calculating costs. The following items are most commonly supported: Consumable supplies or expendable equipment, living expenses in the field or at a research station, and travel expenses. The following items are not supported: Permanent equipment, salary for principal investigator, overhead, conference or meeting costs, expenses and travel for field assistant. • Describe in 2 pages, the proposed investigation in sufficient detail to be evaluated by scientists in your discipline. • Two letters of recommendation in signed, sealed envelopes must accompany application. • If applicant has previously received an award from any of the above funds, a progress report must be submitted by the current application deadline. • The application should be 12 pt Times New Roman font and cannot exceed 5 pages. It should includes 2 pages for • Applications lacking any information requested will not be reviewed. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the application form and all supporting documents be postmarked on or before the appropriate deadline date. Signature ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________________