PS Arthur James Boucot Research Grants

PS Arthur James Boucot Research Grants is sponsored by The Paleontological Society. These grants support early career paleontologists in the fields of morphology, taxonomy, and biostratigraphy, working on any taxa, preferably with some combination of these approaches and a significant fieldwork component.

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Art Boucot, a former President of the Paleontological Society (1980-1981), was an internationally renowned paleontologist, specializing in Paleozoic fossils, specifically brachiopods and gastropods. He was a recipient the SEPM R. C.

Moore Medal and the Paleontological Society Medal, among many other honors and distinctions. Art had a seven-decade career devoted to fieldwork in invertebrate paleontology that covered all continents, including Antarctica, resulting in over 500 peer-reviewed publications and books.

Art made major contributions to paleocommunity evolution, paleobiogeography, biostratigraphy, and refinements to the geologic time scale, including resolutions of problems concerning Ordovician, Silurian and Devonian boundaries.

The Arthur James Boucot Research Grants support early career paleontologists in the fields of morphology, taxonomy, and biostratigraphy, working on any taxa, preferably with some combination of these approaches and a significant fieldwork component.

Arthur James Boucot Research Grants support original research by current postdoctoral students, assistant professors (pre-tenure), and other early career paleontologists with a PhD, with the possible exception of an occasional individual deemed to be unusually qualified. Paleontologists must be associated with universities, institutes, and academies of science, or equivalent institutions.

Applicants must be Paleontological Society members unless there are extenuating circumstances. The Paleontological Society has $30,000 to award. Typically, awards are around $5000, but larger awards are possible, up to $30,000.

Awards are made directly to individuals and not to institutions. Awards cannot be used for institutional overhead, publication costs, or modeling studies that rely on fossil or modern databases. Applications are encouraged from anywhere in the world except those from countries with economic or trade sanctions imposed by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

Grant applications are due Feb. 1 of each year. Applicants must be Paleontological Society members unless there are extenuating circumstances.

Arthur James Boucot Research Grants support original research by current postdoctoral students, assistant professors (pre-tenure), and other early career paleontologists with a PhD, with the possible exception of an occasional individual deemed to be unusually qualified. Paleontologists must be associated with universities, institutes, and academies of science, or equivalent institutions.

Applications are encouraged from the United States and elsewhere in the world. The Paleontological Society cannot award grants to applicants from countries with economic or trade sanctions imposed by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Application requirements: Name and professional affiliation.

Brief description of proposed research, including abstract and methods (one page, with name, professional affiliation and project title included). Research significance (one-half page). References, tables and figures (one page).

Research budget and justification (one-half page). Appropriate uses of the Arthur James Boucot and Norman Newell Research Grant funds include (but are not limited to): domestic and foreign travel for research, field research, and equipment purchases. Funds do not cover institutional overhead or publication costs.

Current and pending support (one-half page). Are you currently supported by a grant organization on a project similar to or inclusive of the current grant proposal? Please give details.

Have you submitted this grant proposal or similar proposal(s) to other grant organizations? Please list them and give details of proposed levels of support, length of the project, and how this proposal differs (if it does). To apply please fill out this form.

An email message of confirmation will be sent to all applicants. Your email address, institutional affiliation, address, and telephone number are required, as are names and addresses of two professional paleontologists who are writing letters of support. Be sure to include your name and the project title in this document.

The file should be titled with your last name, the grant you are submitting for, and the word “App”. Example: Doe_AJBoucot_App Deadline: Grant applications and letters of recommendation must be received by end of February 1 (by 12:00 midnight Pacific Time). Applications and letters received after that date will not be considered.

Letters of recommendation: In addition to the application, two letters of recommendation are required from the professors or other qualified individuals who know the applicant well and can address the qualification of the applicant and their ability to complete the proposed work for the Arthur James Boucot Research Grant Letters of recommendation need to be on Institutional letterhead and no longer than two pages single spaced, signed and dated.

Importantly, letters of recommendation are submitted by the referees and not the applicants. File name for the letter is as follows: Last name of letter writer_Last name of Applicant_AJBoucot Example: Walker_Doe_AJBoucot Letters of recommendation in pdf format are due February 1 by midnight Pacific Time and submitted to: [email protected] An email message of confirmation will be sent to all applicants.

Research Reports are due May 1 of the year following the receipt of an Arthur James Boucot Research Grant Name and professional address. Brief description and significance of research results, including abstract. Please comment on whether the research is completed or ongoing.

References, tables and figures. Presentations and publications resulting from the grant. Research expenditures in relation to the initial budget.

The file should be titled with your last name, name of grant, and then Reseach Report shortened to “ResReport”, like this: Doe_AJBoucot_ResReport_date Example: Walker_AJBoucot_ResReport_2024 Upload your annual report on or before May 1 (a year following the receipt of your award) with email to : [email protected] There is no limit to the number of times an early career paleontologist may apply for a Boucot Research Grant, however applicants are asked to submit a different proposal after two unsuccessful submissions of the same or similar proposals.

Only one application per year will be considered. Applicants who have received a Boucot Research Grant may reapply only after they have submitted their annual report due May 1, a year after their initial award. Applicants will be notified via email the week of May 1 as to whether their grant was funded or not.

Awardees who are not able to undertake the proposed research must return any unused portion of the grant to the Paleontological Society. Awardees are encouraged to present research stemming from this award at scientific conferences and to publish their work in Paleontological Society journals. The Arthur James Boucot Research Grants should be acknowledged in publications and presentations.

Awardees are required to submit a research report to the chair of the Boucot Research Grants committee approximately one year after being awarded a grant. The deadline for this report is May 1, a year after the funds are awarded. The report should summarize research results and indicate how the funds were spent.

Chair, Arthur J.

Boucot Grant Committee E-mail: [email protected] If you have any questions about applications or the submission process for grants, please contact [email protected] Title : Pre-Columbian leaf deposits reveal the recent history of Amazonian rainforests Title : Refining Faunule Chronology to Uncover the Drivers of Ecological and Evolutionary Transformation Associated with the Emergence of the Isthmus of Panama Title : Testing relationships between facies, fossil preservation, and basin history in the Basin and Range Title: Jack of all trades, master of none?

Dietary specialization at the dawn of modern mammals Dr. Daniel Andrés Morón-Alfonso Title: Exploring the paleobiology of Colombian ammonoids from the Alto Ricaurte Region (Early Cretaceous, Colombia) Title: Chronology and spatial distribution at Maricopa brea, late Pleistocene of inland California Title: Australia, the Island Ark: Investigating the Paleogene origins of Australia’s terrestrial fauna Title : Investigating the origins of diapsid reptile growth patterns through osteohistology of a growth series of the Early Permian diapsid Araeoscelis Title: Morphological diversity and convergence in Late Triassic high paleolatitude flat-clam communities Title: Diversity of benthic foraminifera and paleoenvironmental changes across the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene in northern Patagonia, Argentina Title : Taxonomic revision and natural history of the rare cassiduloid echinoid Oligopodia Title : Exploring the Middle Silurian proliferation of diploporan echinoderms in Laurentia Title : Plant paleoecophysiology and paleoecology of fossil geothermal systems from the Jurassic of Patagonia Argentina.

Title: A high-resolution biostratigraphic framework for the Campanian Gulf Coastal Plain Title: Benthic foraminiferal and paleoenvironmental changes across the Cretaceous- Paleogene (K/Pg) transition in shallow platform environments, Central Taurides, Turkey Title : Evaluating the effect of the Cretaceous-Paleogene event on the diversity, abundance, composition, and body size of decapod crustaceans Dr. Viktor Karádi-Kapiller Title : Application of objective methodologies for morphological analysis of Lower Norian conodonts: filling the gaps in Triassic biozonation Title : Paleoenvironmental and ecological effects on the diversification of carnivoran body shape Title: Expanding the horizons of erniettomorphs from the Great Basin, USA: Taxonomy, taphonomy and paleoecology of the last members of the Ediacara Biota in Laurentia Dr. Arturo Miguel Heredia Title: Examining the little-known pterosaur track record from Gondwana Dr. Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig Title: The oldest definitive pachycephalosaur (Ornithischia: Marginocephalia): a remarkable new specimen from the Lower Cretaceous Khuren Dukh Formation (Albian) of Mongolia Title: Assessing the impact of land-use on reef ecosystems in San Salvador Island, Bahamas Dr. Elisabete Fernandes de Almeida Malafaia Title: Evolutionary history of Late Jurassic theropod dinosaurs from the peri-North Atlantic realm: understanding the paleobiogeographic link between Iberia and North America Title: Diversity and environmental stability in the late Cambrian of Laurentia Title: Big applications of small shelly fossils: Building the early Cambrian timescale Title: Hemphillian ecosystems of the Columbia Basin Title: The Evolution of the Lumbosacral Spinal Column in Coelurosaurs Title: Taphonomic investigation of early sponge fossils in South China Title: Macroevolutionary trends of Paleozoic Gondwanan and Laurentian echinoderms.

Title: Amber insights into Caribbean extinction, stasis, and niche evolution with ant morphometrics. Title: Skeletal morphology of extinct chondrichthyans from the Late Mississippian Fayetteville Shale (Arkansas, USA). Title: Quantifying drought severity, frequency, and spatial extent in Maharashtra State, India using ostracodes preserved in lake sediment.

Title: Living on the edge: the Miocene primates from Poland in the context of the Eastern Paratethys. Title: Phylogenetic paleoecology of crinoid echinoderms from the Upper Ordovician (Katian) Berchin Lagerstätte. Title: Preparing for a change: using modern and legacy collections to create a pre-ocean acidification baseline for pteropods.

Title: Eukaryotic richness across the Neoproterozoic Bitter Springs carbon isotopic anomaly. Title: Diversity of Cretaceous permineralized floras along western North America: Shedding light on a possible biogeographic link between Vancouver Island and Southern California.

Dr. Holly Woodward Ballard Title: Osteohistology permits a robust ontogenetic assessment of the extinct dire wolf ( Canis dirus ) and life history comparisons with the extant gray wolf ( Canis lupus ).

Title: Isopod parasitism in fossil crustaceans: patterns through time, effect of host abundance, and influence on host body size Title: Soft-bodied fossils in the Spence Shale: their distribution, preservation, paleoecology and implications for other Burgess Shale-type deposits Title: Gastropods from the far south: Early Cretaceous associations from west-central Argentinian Patagonia Title: The non-mineralized prelude to the Cambrian Explosion Title: Mid-Cretaceous terrestrial vertebrates from the Winton Formation, Queensland (northeast Australia) Title: Revising the systematics, biogeography, and evolutionary history of Alnus (Betulaceae) Title: First ash-derived radiometric date from the Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation: Paleogeographic, tectonic, and biostratigraphic implications Title: Ichnology and ichnostratigraphy of the latest Ediacaran in southern Namibia Title: Detritus and Pearls — Late Holocene and Anthropocene history of human- and monsoon-induced alteration of the Pearl River Estuary ecosystem and food web Title: Floristic response to climatic change across the Atokan-Desmoinesian boundary (middle Pennsylvanian) in the Illinois Basin Title: Biotic and abiotic drivers of shifting marine tropical biodiversity hotspots during the Eocene-Oligocene Title: South polar forests of the mid-Cretaceous global greenhouse Title: Evolution of brain anatomy of toothed whales revealed by CT scans Title: The Oligocene-Miocene record of marine mammals (sea cows) from Central and Zagros basins of Iran, Western Asia.

Awarded but not funded Title: Decapod crustaceans in cold, deeper water coral reefs: vision, body size and facies-related diversity. Title: Effect of environment and community morphospace in Devonian brachiopods. Title: Examining the relationship between early animal evolution and the development of bioturbation in the late Ediacaran of South China.

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