Dear MSA Members, Please encourage your undergraduate and graduate students to apply for the MSA Grant for Student Research in Mineralogy and Petrology. Funded by an endowment created by contributions from the MSA membership, two awards of up to $5,000 each will be made for research in the general areas of mineralogy and petrology. Proposal submissions are to be made online and returned to the MSA Business Office by March 1, 2021. Further information, including eligibility requirements, can be found at: http://www.minsocam.org/msa/Awards/Min_Pet_Award.html With Best Regards, Jennifer Jackson Chair, Student Research in Mineralogy and Petrology Research Grant Committee -- Jennifer M. Jackson (she/her) William E. Leonhard Professor of Mineral Physics Seismological Laboratory, MC 252-21 Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 91125 http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~jackson