Thanks to the generosity of the late Shirley Curson, LPL has been able to fund summer travel for students for the last few years. However, the number of excellent applications for that award made it clear that there is a real need for additional funding to help LPL students and staff trying to explore new avenues of research and develop new skills. Dan Cavanagh, chair of LPL’s External Advisory Board, has provided additional support for the last several years, but now the entire Advisory Board has made a commitment to fund career-development travel for both students and staff. We have made a call for proposals to students and staff and anticipate bringing you the experiences of our grant awardees in the Fall 2019 newsletter. If you’re not on the Advisory Board, but would like to contribute to this fund, please do—just make a donation to LPL, and include a note indicating the purpose as "career development travel."