APPLICATION DEADLINE: Nov 30, 2010 - 11:59 pm. Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Pittsburgh, PA) is currently accepting proposals for its 2011 Botany in Action Fellowship program, which fosters the development of a next generation of plant-based scientists who are committed to both excellent research and educational outreach.
Open to PhD students enrolled at US graduate institutions and conducting plant-based scientific field research, the BIA program provides each Fellow with: 1) $3000 for use towards field research expenses (including travel, food, housing and supplies) at study sites in the US or abroad, 2) an all-expenses paid 3-day trip to receive training at Phipps Conservatory in translating and communicating his or her PhD research to non-scientific, public audiences through written, visual, oral and multimedia means, and 3) subsequent opportunities to communicate his or her PhD research to public audiences through presentations in Pittsburgh area K-12 classrooms, public lectures at Phipps, and in educational exhibits at Phipps, online, and other venues. BIA Fellowship research priorities:* - Ethnobotany, with special interest in medicinal plants; - Diversity and conservation, particularly in regional (southwest Pennsylvania and tri-state area) and tropical forests; - Landscape and brownfield restoration, particularly in plant-based ecosystem services; - Sustainable landscapes. *For 2011, special consideration will be given to research in: - Medicinal plants; - Plant-based ecosystem services for landscape and brownfield restoration; - Sustainable landscapes in the US, particularly southwestern Pennsylvania and tri-state area. Learn more about the program and how to apply at: http://phipps.conservatory.org/project-green-heart/botany-in- action/index.aspx Questions? Contact Molly Steinwald, Associate Director of Science Education, at [email protected] or 412-441-4442 ext. 3804. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Molly Steinwald, MS Associate Director of Science Education, Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens (http://www.phipps.conservatory.org) Chair, Environment Committee, North American Nature Photography Association (http://www.nanpa.org) Affiliate Council member, International League of Conservation Photographers (http://www.ilcp.com) Board member, Society for Conservation Biology’s Religion and Conservation working group (http://www.conbio.org) Visiting Scholar, University of Pittsburgh Center for Learning in Out of School Environments (http://upclose.lrdc.pitt.edu/) Student Section officer, Ecological Society of America (http://www.esa.org) PhD Zoology candidate, Miami University (http://www.muohio.edu/cryolab) Fellow, Fine Outreach for Science, Carnegie Mellon University (http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~fofs) Faculty, Project Dragonfly (http://www.projectdragonfly.org) http://www.mollysteinwald.com
