Beginning Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Central Time Zone (USA), through Monday, May 5, 2008 at noon Central Time Zone (USA), applications and nominations for most* 2008 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) awards can be submitted.

New for 2008 awards:

• Applications and nominations for most* SVP awards will now be submitted using the new SVP Online Award Submission System.
• The prize amount for all SVP awards have been increased for 2008.
• The Student Poster Prize has been renamed the Edwin H. and Margaret M. Colbert Award.

* 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.  Link to the Web pages of these awards below for submission guidelines.

Click on any of the links below for more information about each award and to link to the SVP Online Award Submission System.
 
 
Edwin H. and Margaret M. Colbert Award
for best student poster
Note:  This award opens in mid-March.  Submissions will be accepted through the SVP Online Abstract Submission System.

Richard Estes Memorial Grant 
for graduate research in non-mammalian paleontology

Joseph T. Gregory Award 
for outstanding service to the welfare of the Society

Honorary Membership Award
for distinguished contribution to the field of vertebrate paleontology

Jackson School of Geosciences Student Member Travel Grants 
for traveling cost assistance to the SVP Annual Meeting for SVP Student Member Presenters

John J. Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize 
for outstanding achievement in paleontological illustration and art
NOTE:  This award opened for submissions February 18, 2008.  Check the Web page for submission guidelines and instructions.

Bryan Patterson Memorial Grant 
 for student fieldwork in vertebrate paleontology
NOTE:  This award is closed for submissions.

Predoctoral Fellowship Grant  
to promote a professional career in vertebrate paleontology

Preparators' Grant 
to advance preparation and preparators

Alfred Sherwood Romer Prize 
for best student presentation
Note:  This award opens in mid-March.  Submissions will be accepted through the SVP Online Abstract Submission System.

A.S. Romer – G.G. Simpson Medal 
for lifetime achievement in the field of vertebrate paleontology

Morris F. Skinner Award 
for contributions to science through the collection of fossil vertebrates