The ASP Conservation Committee would like to solicit grant proposals for the ASP Conservation Small Grants competition of 2006. These grants, up to $1500, are specifically designed to help fund conservation research or related projects, including conservation education. ASP members working in habitat countries are especially urged to apply or to help someone from a habitat country submit a meaningful project that can be a portion of a larger effort. Guidelines for the grant applications are available on the ASP website, < http://www.asp.org>, and may also be obtained from Dr. Janette Wallis, Chair of the ASP Conservation Committee, ABTI-American University of Nigeria, e-mail <janettewallis@sbcglobal.net> or <jwallis@aaun.edu.ng>.

Please note that the Conservation Small Grants will be awarded early again this year, in order to expedite the delivery of grant money to the winners in time for the summer months when many of these projects begin. The deadline for grant proposals is 16 January 2006. Materials may be submitted online at the ASP website beginning in early December or sent as an e-mail attachment to the Committee Chair at the address above. Successful grants will be announced in late March, 2006.