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American Society of Plant Taxonomists
2008 Research Grants for Graduate Students
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The ASPT is pleased to announce the society’s annual competition for research grants for graduate student investigators. Support is available for students (both master’s and doctoral levels) conducting fieldwork, herbarium travel, and/or laboratory research in any area of plant systematics. No award will exceed $1000, and it is unlikely that proposals from previous recipients will be funded. Proposals will be funded on the basis of merit, regardless of the research area within systematics (e.g., if all of the best proposals emphasize fieldwork, grants will be made only in that area).
Proposals will be reviewed by the Society’s Awards and Honors Committee and must include:
1. Curriculum vitae;
2. Proposal (the text of which should not exceed two single-spaced, typed pages) describing the research to be conducted and emphasizing the role the grant funds would play;
3. Itemized budget;
4. One letter of recommendation from the major professor or primary research facilitator at the time of writing.
Eligibility: Applicants must be members of the ASPT at the time of the application deadline. Details regarding ASPT membership can be found at the ASPT homepage.
IMPORTANT: Submit electronic versions, as PDF files only (with your surname first in the file name, e.g. Name_proposalASPT.pdf, Name_letterASPT.pdf), of all items in the proposal (including letters of recommendation) to:
ROBERT NACZI
DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES
1200 N. DuPONT HIGHWAY
DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY
DOVER, DE 19901-2277
E-MAIL: rnaczi@desu.edu
TELEPHONE: 302-857-6450
Deadline for receipt of all materials is 14 March 2008.
Downloadable pdf of these instructions (pdf).