[PCA] FUNDING: Scholarship opportunities for professional training in butterfly conservation

[Olivia Kwong]

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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 21st 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 or 352-273-2022.