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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you are considering applying for a Smith Fellowship, please know that The California Native Plant Society would be happy to discuss hosting applicants interested in addressing research that advances conservation of California’s plants and places. This is a broad range of research topics, as you can see from the session topics list for our big 2015 Conservation Conference (<a href="http://www.cnps.org/cnps/conservation/conference/2015/">http://www.cnps.org/cnps/conservation/conference/2015/</a>). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>To discuss ideas, please get in touch with one of our program staff. Contact information is at <a href="http://www.cnps.org/cnps/about/staff.php">http://www.cnps.org/cnps/about/staff.php</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> -Dan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1C6E2A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1C6E2A'> Dan Gluesenkamp, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1C6E2A'> Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1C6E2A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1C6E2A'> The California Native Plant Society<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1C6E2A'> 2707 K Street, Suite 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1C6E2A'> Sacramento, CA 95816<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1C6E2A'> 916.447.2677 x201<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1C6E2A'> <a href="https://support.cnps.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=298"><span style='color:#1C6E2A;text-decoration:none'>http://CNPS.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1C6E2A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1C6E2A'> </span><a href="https://support.cnps.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=298"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1C6E2A;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=266 height=90 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF92ED.49CC6470" alt="cnps_daisy-color"></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1C6E2A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Monotype Corsiva","serif";color:#4E7E54'> Protecting California’s native flora since 1965</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1C6E2A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Smith Fellows 2015 Call for Proposals Announced</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>The Society for Conservation Biology is pleased to solicit applications for the David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship Program. These two year postdoctoral fellowships enable outstanding early-career scientists to improve and expand their research skills while directing their efforts towards problems of pressing conservation concern for the United States.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Each Fellow is mentored by both an academic sponsor who encourages the Fellow’s continued development as a conservation scientist and a conservation practitioner who helps to connect the Fellow and her/his research to practical conservation challenges. Fellows may be administratively based at either their sponsoring academic institution or conservation organization, typically the location of either their academic or practitioner mentor. We encourage applicants to consider being based at the non-academic institution as that is the world less familiar to Fellows.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1A1A1A'>Fellows will spend up to three weeks per year during their fellowship attending Program-sponsored professional development retreats each year. These retreats provide opportunities to cultivate skills typically not covered during their academic education including: leadership, communications, professional and funder networks, and to gain better understanding of policy making and application of research.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>The Program especially encourages individuals who want to better link conservation science and theory with pressing policy and management applications to apply. We envision that the cadre of scientists supported by the Smith Fellows Program eventually will assume leadership positions across the field of conservation science. Fellows are selected on the basis of innovation, potential for leadership and strength of proposal.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>The deadline for receipt of application materials is <b>12 September 2014</b>. The Program expects to select four Fellows in January 2015 for appointments to start between March and September 2015. Fellowship awards include an annual salary of $50,000, benefits, and generous travel and research budgets.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>For detailed proposal guidelines, please visit </span><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.conbio.org/mini-sites/smith-fellows/apply/proposal-guidelines" target="_blank">http://www.conbio.org/mini-sites/smith-fellows/apply/proposal-guidelines</a></span><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Questions may be directed to Shonda Foster, Program Coordinator, by emailing </span><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:blue'><a href="mailto:sfoster@conbio.org" target="_blank">sfoster@conbio.org</a></span><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228'>_______________________________________________________</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#4F6228'>Shonda Gilliland Foster, Program Coordinator </span><span style='color:#0D0D0D'>| </span><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:sfoster@conbio.org" target="_blank">sfoster@conbio.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#0D0D0D'> David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#0D0D0D'> Society for Conservation Biology </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#0D0D0D'> 1017 O Street, NW </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#0D0D0D'> Washington, DC 20001-4229 US </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#0D0D0D'> phone: 1-202-234-4133 x 101</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#0D0D0D'> fax: 1-703-995-4633<br></span><span style='color:#1D1B11'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.smithfellows.org" target="_blank">www.smithfellows.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>