Primary Recipient

MUSEUM OF THE EARTH AT THE PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION

Amount

$497,100.00

Award Date

9/22/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

The Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) collection includes more than 2.5 million specimens and is among the 10 largest and most scientifically important fossil collections in the US. Allowed to deteriorate and become largely inaccessible for many