Davis Botanical Society: Student Grants Program

University of California, Davis

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Deadline: Mar 1, 2021

Grant amount: US $1,500 - US $2,000

Fields of work: Horticulture & Gardening Botany

Applicant type: Undergraduate Student, Graduate Student

Funding uses: Research

Location of project: Anywhere in the world

Location of residency: California

University restriction: University of California, Davis

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Overview:

Each year, the Davis Botanical Society awards research grants to UC Davis undergraduate and graduate students to carry out:

  • field-oriented botany projects in taxonomy, evolutionary biology, ecology, and/or floristics; or
  • research projects related to the cultivation and propagation of succulents (or horticultural materials of these groups).
As part of the requirement of the funded projects, it is expected that plant voucher specimens and/or population samples will be obtained during the field component of the project and deposited in the UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity herbarium or the UC Davis Conservatory as a return contribution. Grant recipients are invited to contact herbarium staff for information on the proper collection, preparation, and documentation of voucher specimens

Please contact President–Elect of the Davis Botanical Society to apply.

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website.

Eligibility:

  • Must be a UC Davis undergraduate or graduate student.
  • Project must be:
    • field-oriented botany projects in taxonomy, evolutionary biology, ecology, and/or floristics; or
    • research projects related to the cultivation and propagation of succulents (or horticultural materials of these groups).

This page was last reviewed January 07, 2021 and last updated January 07, 2021