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Loans of Specimens
Under
certain circumstances, material from the collection may be loaned
to researchers for a period of one year (12 months). Requests for
loans of specimens should be made via e-mail to
mammloans@amnh.org or in writing
to the Curator-in-Charge. Loans are not made to individuals, but
rather to the institution where the borrower works. In the case
of loans made for student use, a faculty member at the borrowing
institution (in most cases the student's academic advisor) must
agree to take responsibility for the loan. Please note that the
Department of Mammalogy does not normally loan primates or type
specimens. Requests
for loans of specimens must include complete contact information
for the person requesting the loan (institution, mailing address,
phone and email), a brief project description including methods
and goals, type of storage and security available for the specimens
while on loan, as detailed specimen list as is possible, preparation
type(s) requested and any other information you feel will assist
the loan approval committee.
To simplify the application process, an application
form is available here. Simply open the application and
fill in the blanks. Save the completed application to your computer
and e mail it to mammloans@amnh.org
when you're finished. If
you propose to undertake any destructive sampling of AMNH specimens,
including making molds, you must also submit an application (with
full justification) for that (See the destructive
sampling page for details.) Tissue loan requests should be submitted on the tissue loan application. Note
that we do not send any loans between Thanksgiving and New Years
and ask that those returning specimens also avoid this period. |
