The American Society of Mammalogists has established a program to fund African nationals studying mammals anywhere in Africa (including Madagascar). Our intent is to promote mammalogy in Africa, a continent with exceptional mammalian diversity but lacking in adequate resources for training and educating young professionals. The African Graduate Student Research Fund <http://www.mammalogy.org/committees/african-graduate-student-research-fund> supports African graduate students in any degree-granting graduate program who show promise of becoming leaders of the next generation of mammalogists. We anticipate awarding up to three grants of $1500 US in 2019. Applications are due 15 March 2019.

More information for applicants and donors can be found here <http://www.mammalogy.org/committees/african-graduate-student-research-fund> .

Please encourage any eligible applicants to apply!

-- Link Olson <http://linkolson.org/>, Ph.D. Curator of Mammals, University of Alaska Museum <http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/mammal/> Professor, Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks tel: (907) 474-5998, link.olson@alaska.edu

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