[inactive] Garden Club the America (GCA): Summer Scholarship in Field Botany

Summary: 

$3000 for graduating seniors or master’s level students to pursue summer field work in botany. Research must be conducted in the Western Hemisphere.

Application Deadline Date: 
Thursday, February 1, 2024
# Awards: 
1
Upper Limit Amount ($): 
3,000
Academic Area: 

Botany

Description: 

Purpose:  To support student’s field studies and offer an opportunity to gain knowledge and experience beyond the regular course of study.

History: In the late 1990s, to help offset this trend of declining or consolidated botany programs at colleges and universities the GCA’s Scholarship Committee added a proposal for a summer scholarship in field botany to its list of possible new offerings. Beginning in 2000, Mrs. Henry Streeter, an ardent horticulturist and member of the North Shore Garden Club of Massachusetts, generously offered to fund this opportunity.

Provisions:  Provides $3000 annually to one student for out-door summer study in the field.

Award Purpose: 
Research
Year In School: 
Masters
Eligibility Requirement - Gender: 
Any
Eligibility Requirement - Citizenship: 

Any

Eligibility Requirement - Residency: 

Any

Eligibility Requirement - Other: 

Open to undergraduate and master’s degree students. All candidates must be enrolled in an accredited US college or university. Research must be conducted in the Western Hemisphere.

Specializations: 
Ecosystem Management and Conservation
Forestry
 
Date Updated: 
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Recurring: 
Annual - Feb