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Peter Rankin Trust Fund for Herpetology
Call for 2008 Applications

Applications are now being called for the twenty-second round of grants-in-aid to be awarded by the Peter Rankin Trust Fund for Herpetology. Applications will be considered in any of the following three categories:

• any private individual with a general interest in herpetology
• honours student
• postgraduate student

Individual grants will be in the range $50 to $1,000. The opening date for applications is 1 November 2006. Closing date for applications has been extended to 31 July 2008. It is expected that awards will be announced by 14 August 2008.

Applicants must be a resident in Australia and must not already hold a professional appointment. We particularly seek applications from young, relatively inexperienced people with a beginning interest in reptiles and amphibians.

An application form is available here (PDF 67k). This application form is only available in PDF format. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat, a FREE reader is available from Adobe.

This application form must be used. The application should be brief and concise but with enough detail to allow the proposal to be evaluated. Additional pages may be used if absolutely necessary.

In accepting an award, successful applicants will thereby agree to the following:

• To comply with all State and Commonwealth fauna regulations
• To submit a brief report within one month of the completion date
• To acknowledge the Peter Rankin Trust Fund for Herpetology in any publications

The Peter Rankin Trust Fund for Herpetology is an Australia-wide fund which seeks to provide small grants-in-aid to Australian residents interested in herpetology. The Fund was established in 1979 to commemorate the memory of Peter Rankin, a young herpetologist who died accidentally while collecting in New Caledonia shortly after having graduated from university. The Fund makes awards annually to a total of approximately $3,000. Contributions to the invested capital of the Fund are continually being sought by the Committee overseeing the Fund. Contributions are tax deductable. The members of the committee are Mr Ross Sadlier (Chair), Dr Allen E. Greer, Mr Philip Rankin, Dr Glenn Shea, and Mr Peter Comber.

Any questions should be directed to:
Mr Ross Sadlier
Herpetology Section
The Australian Museum
6 College Street
SYDNEY NSW 2010
Ph: (+612) 9320 6259
Email Ross Sadlier

Examples of previous awards

Name	State	Amount	Project
Browne, C.	NSW	$570	Impact of urbanisation on the Eastern Long-necked Tortoise, Chelodina longicollis .
Davis, R.	WA	$700	Impacts of salinity and habitat fragmentation on wheatbelt frogs in Western Australia.
Heard, G.	VIC	$400	Aspects of the ecology of the Inland Carpet Python, Morelia spilota metcalfei.
Doak, N.	QLD	$900	Movement and habitat use by two species of Mixophyes.
Stauber, A.	NSW	$460	Genetic differentiation in the Red-crowned Toadlet, Pseudophryne australis.

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