Please call to the attention of your students, post on boards and get the word out to botanists working on any aspect of the flora of New England.
See www.rhodora.org NEW ENGLAND BOTANICAL CLUB GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD The New England Botanical Club offers each year up to $2,000 total in support of botanical research to be conducted by graduate students. The awards are made to stimulate and encourage botanical research on the New England flora, and to make possible visits to the New England region by those who would not otherwise be able to do so. It is anticipated that two awards will be given, although the actual number and amount of awards will depend on the proposals received. The awards are given to the graduate student(s) submitting the best research proposal dealing with systematic botany, biosystematics, plant ecology, or plant conservation biology. Papers based on the research funded must acknowledge the NEBC's support. Submission of manuscripts to the Club's journal, Rhodora, is strongly encouraged. Applicants must apply electronically by submitting each of the following: Proposal of no more than three double-spaced pages, written in a scientific format and with a stated hypothesis; Budget with brief justification, on a single page; Curriculum vitae (CV); and Literature cited, on a singe page. The electronic submission (in either MS Word or Rich Text Format) should be e-mailed to the committee chair (Dr. Julie Richburg, [email protected]). In addition, two letters in support of the proposed research, one from the student's thesis advisor, should be sent directly by the sponsors to the Graduate Student Research Awards Committee to the committee chair (email preferred, but also accepted at Dr. Julie Richburg, The Trustees of Reservations, 193 High Street, Holyoke, MA 01040. Proposals and supporting letters for the 2011 award must be received no later than March 1, 2011. The recipient(s) will be notified by April 30, 2011. See the NEBC website for information on the New England Botanical Club, the award announcement and history of the awards at: http://www.rhodora.org/ Julie Richburg, PhD Regional Ecologist The Trustees of Reservations 193 High Street Holyoke, MA 01040 Tel: 413-532-1631 x12 Email: [email protected] www.thetrustees.org
