Dinamation Society Scholarships, Internships, and Symposium

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This message is posted at the request of Jim Kirkland, Senior
Paleontologist, Dinamation International Society (dis@gj.net). Please
direct all inquiries to him or to the addresses listed below.

Norm MacLeod

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DINAMATION INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY PALEONTOLOGY SCHOLARSHIPS


Alfred and Rose Miniaci Scholarships

        Two awards of $1500.00 each to students seeking a career in
paleontology.

                One to a qualified graduate student.

                One to a qualified undergraduate.

        Demonstration of active community involvement and service (such as
outreach programs as a volunteer, assisting school children, et.) is
important.


Ying Chang Scholarships.

        Two awards of $1000.00 each to qualified graduate students seeking
an advanced degree specializing in paleontology.

John and Mary Gosule Student Award.

        One award of $1500.00 to qualified undergraduate students seeking
to specialize in paleontology. Applicant must demonstrate a strong aptitude
for science and paleontology together with a demonstrated financial need.

To Apply:

        Interested candidates for one of these five scholarships must
submit a cover letter, resume, and three letters of recommendation, one of
which is from a major advisor. verification of acceptance into graduate
school or active attendance in an accredited university or college is
required. Must be a person of good character and integrity, and have
demonstrated a potential for success.

        Application deadline is April 1, 1997. Scholarships are available
for the 1997-98 school year. Send application materials to:

 Scholarship Awards Committee
 Dinamation International Society
 550 Jurassic Court
 Fruita CO 81521   USA




        SUMMER INTERNSHIPS

         DINAMATION INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY
        550 Jurassic Court
        Fruita, CO 81521

        The Dinamation International Society has openings for summer
interns to work with our participant funded field research program. Work
will involve assisting in the supervision of participants in the excavation
of a dinosaur quarry in western Colorado and assisting the Bureau of Land
Management in providing interpretation and security for the site. A minimum
of a two month commitment and a personal vehicle is required. The applicant
should be "people oriented," with a deep interest in dinosaur paleontology
and be able to provide own transportation. Benefits include housing in a
trailer on site and a stipend of $500 per month for living expenses.
Interns will receive training in all aspects of field paleontology and will
have many opportunities for training in laboratory techniques as well.
Field work will be under the direction of Dr. Jim Kirkland at the
Mygatt-Moore Quarry in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation in western
Colorado. There will be many opportunities to visit and work at other sites
as well; including the several new Lower Cretaceous sites. These positions
envisioned as field experience for advanced undergraduate students and
beginning graduate students planning on going on in vertebrate
paleontology. It is hoped that the interns will use this position as an
opportunity for independent study credit. Send two letters of
recommendation and resume to Michael Perry, Director Dinamation
International Society, 550 Jurassic Ct., Fruita, CO 81521 by April 1st,
1997. Other summer assistant volunteer positions may be available as well,
for more information call on these programs call Dr. Jim Kirkland at 1
(970) 858-7282, email dis@gj.net.




LOWER AND MIDDLE CRETACEOUS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS:
FILLING THE GAP

An International Symposium
To Present New Findings On The Lower and Middle Cretaceous

to be held at the
Devil's Canyon Science and Learning Center
Fruita, Colorado 81521

October 7 & 8, 1998

        Papers reporting on regional stratigraphy, biostratigraphy,
biogeography, and faunas are being requested as are summary papers on
Paleoclimatology, Continental reconstructions. Summary papers on classic
sections and faunas will be particularly sought, with as complete as
possible global coverage a goal.

         A symposium volume published by the New Mexico Museum of Natural
History will be published at the date of the meeting. In addition to
expanded papers on the topics, expanded Abstracts or short summary papers
will be published as necessary.



The symposium follows the

1998 Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
in Salt Lake City , Sept 30-Oct 3, 1998.

and  a  SVP sponsored post-meeting  field trip, Oct. 4-6, 1998

LOWER TO MIDDLE CRETACEOUS TERRESTRIAL FAUNAS
 OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO PLATEAU


        Participants planning on attending both meetings may fly into Salt
Lake City and fly out of Grand Junction, Colorado.

        Those interested in attending the symposium or submitting a paper
to the volume please either e-mail the information requested at the bottom
of this flyer  to :  dis@gj.net

or fill out the bottom of this flyer and mail to:

 Dr. James I. Kirkland, Dinamation International Society, 550 Jurassic
Court, Fruita, CO 81521
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Tentative title of talk or Poster presentation and Paper.






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Dr. Norman MacLeod
Micropalaeontological Research
N.MacLeod@nhm.ac.uk (E-mail)

Address: Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum,
         Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD

Office Phone: 0171-938-9006
Dept. FAX: 0171-938-9277
E-mail: N.MacLeod@nhm.ac.uk
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