December 5: Application deadline for next year’s Grass Fellowship

Mid-January: Trustee meeting to select Grass Fellows (2012: January 13-14)

End of January: Fellows will be informed of decision.

February 20: Application deadline for the new Grass Fellowship in Advanced Imaging.

End of February: Animal protocols due for review with the director and associate director

Memorial Day (Last Monday of May): Beginning of the Grass Fellowship program at the Marine Biological Laboratory (please see specific dates for the upcoming year on the application)

July: Grass Fellowship in Advanced Imaging

Mid-July: Trustee visit to the Grass Laboratory, Forbes Lecturer (2012: July 18-21)

Saturday of Labor Day weekend (or 14 weeks after Memorial Day): end of Grass Fellowship Program

October 1: Reports from fellows due.