Funding for Tropical Botany research Opportunity
Deadline to apply for GCA Awards in Tropical Botany is January 15, 2015.
FOR DOCTORAL CANDIDATES IN BOTANY
Purpose: To promote the preservation of tropical forests by enlarging
the body of botanists with field experience.
Provisions: Provides two or more grants of $5500 annually to enable
field study in tropical botany. (Award amounts were increased from
$5000 in 1994.) Generally, one grant is awarded in the area of
tropical plant systematics and a second is awarded in tropical forest ecology.
Eligibility: Open to students who anticipate completing the
requirements for a Ph.D. in Botany within two years. Applicants must
already be Ph.D. candidates enrolled at a US university.
To Apply: See
<https://www.gcamerica.org/images/FCKUploads/file/TropicalBotanyAwardsApplication.pdf>guidelines
for application
(https://www.gcamerica.org/index.cfm/scholarships/details/id/30).
Applications must be postmarked by January 15 preceding the proposed
period of study.
Selection: World Wildlife Fund has organized and managed the program
since its inception. A panel of botanists appointed by WWF screens
and selects candidates, and final approval is at the discretion of
the GCA Scholarship Committee.
Fund: The Marjorie Arundel Awards in Tropical Botany Fund and the
Visiting Gardens Tropical Botany Scholarship Fund are managed by the GCA.
Contact: Andrea Santy, Director, Education for Nature Program, World
Wildlife Fund, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, DC 20037. Phone:
(202) 495-4447, e-mail:
<mailto:[email protected]?subject=GCA%20Awards%20in%20Tropical%20Botany>[email protected].
