The South Carolina Federation of Museums is offering scholarships to attend the 2008 annual meeting, Connecting Nature & Culture: SC Museums in a Changing Environment. The meeting will present an opportunity for increased networking and professional development. The 2008 SCFM annual conference will be held February 27-29 in Beaufort.

Who Is Eligible?
The one-time scholarships are available to senior-level undergraduates, graduate students preparing for careers in museums, as well as new and seasoned museum professionals. Special consideration will be given (but is not limited) to those attending the conference for the first time or representatives from the museum's technical and support fields.

Scholarship winners receive a one-year membership in SCFM and a $250 stipend, in addition to a waiver of the full conference registration. Recipients will be recognized at the Annual Awards Luncheon and Business Meeting held on February 29, 2008.

How Can I Apply?
Scholarship applications must include the following materials:

- A cover letter that details the applicant's career or institutional goals and describes how conference attendance will help the applicant or the applicant's museum achieve those goals
- Applicant's resume and contact information
- Two letters of recommendation

Applicants must send three copies of their application materials to:

Christian Cicimurri
Chair, SCFM Scholarship Committee
Bob Campbell Geology Museum
103 Garden Trail
Clemson, SC 29634-0130

The SCFM Scholarship Committee will review applications.

What Is The Deadline?
Applications must be received on or before January 23, 2008. Scholarship recipients will be notified by telephone no later than February 1, 2008.

For further information, contact the SCFM Scholarship Committee Chair, Christian Cicimurri at 864-656-4602; fax 864-656-6230; email cmcici@clemson.edu.

The SCFM scholarship program is named for Christopher T. Loeblein, Curator of History for the Charleston Museum from 1977 to his passing in 2001. These awards honor Mr. Loeblein's support of the development of emerging museum professionals, his service to SCFM, and his enduring spirit of collegiality and friendship.