Final Call - Please Post and Distribute Deadline for applications to the 2012 GCA Zone 6 Fellowship in Urban Forestry is January 31st, 2012!!
The Garden Club of America<http://www2.gcamerica.org> is offering national urban forestry fellowships, made possible through the generous donations of its Zone VI members, national membership, and Casey Trees<http://www.caseytrees.org/>. The fellowships serve as one way that the Garden Club of America seeks to fulfill its goal of advancing knowledge of urban forests and increasing the number of scientists in the field of urban forestry. Multiple fellowships in the amount of $4,000 each will be awarded to graduate or advanced undergraduate students studying urban forestry, environmental studies, horticulture, forestry, or a closely related field at any four-year college or university degree program in the United States. Applicants must be U.S. students who will be enrolled as juniors, seniors, or graduate students during the fellowship period (2012-2013). Fellowship recipients may apply for one additional year of funding. For application forms and instructions, visit the Garden Club of America Fellowship in Urban Forestry website<http://urbanforestry.frec.vt.edu/scholarship/index.htm>. For more information, email<mailto:gcaurbanfores...@vt.edu> the selection committee. The application deadline is Jan. 31, 2012.
