SVP's Abstract Submission Dates for 2008. The Countdown Begins!

SVP's New Online Award Submission Site is Open


SVP's Abstract Submission Dates for 2008. The Countdown Begins!
The abstract submission site for the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology will be open from Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at NOON Central Time Zone (USA), through Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at NOON, Central Time Zone (USA). All abstracts, including regular sessions, Romer Prize, the Edwin H. and Margaret M. Colbert Award (formerly the Student Poster Prize), Preparators' Session, and all symposia presentations, must be submitted to this site within this interval. Late submissions will not be considered under any circumstances.

A link to the Abstract Submission Site will be active from the SVP Web site starting on March 18, 2008 at NOON Central Time Zone (USA). Presentation guidelines will be provided on the submission site and on the SVP Web site.

An e-mail notice, announcing the opening of the site, will be sent to all members on Tuesday, March 18, 2008.


SVP's New Online Award Submission Site is Open
As of Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Central Time Zone (USA), applications and nominations for most* 2008 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) awards are being accepted through the new SVP Online Award Submission Site. Applications and nominations will be accepted through Monday, May 5, 2008 at noon Central Time Zone (USA),

New for 2008 awards:

-- Applications and nominations for most* SVP awards must now be submitted using the new SVP Online Award Submission System.

-- The prize amount for all SVP awards has been increased for 2008.

-- The Student Poster Prize has been renamed the Edwin H. and Margaret M. Colbert Award.

Go to the SVP Award page to find out more about the individual award guidelines and to link to the New SVP Online Awards Submission Site.

* Awards not using the new SVP Online Award Submission System are the Colbert Award, the Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize, the Patterson Memorial Grant and the Romer Prize.