The Garden Club of America’s Anne S. Chatham fellowship provides Ph.D. students or recent graduates with $4500 to support direct costs of a one-year research project relating to medicinal plants. Any field of research (e.g., ethnobotany, systematics, ecology, phytochemistry) is eligible so long as the project involves a plant or plants with traditional medicinal uses. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents studying at a U.S.-based institution.
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The Biology Department at the University of Montana Western seeks a passionate plant biologist dedicated to innovative undergraduate education to join our dynamic group of researchers and educators. The position is a full-time, tenure-track appointment at the assistant or associate professor level. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a teaching approach that will take advantage of Montana Western’s unique immersion scheduling model (Experience One). This block-scheduling model, where students take and faculty teach a single 3.5-week course at a time, is the mission of the campus and an unparalleled opportunity for a talented and creative educator to merge research with undergraduate learning.
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The Department of Biology invites applications for a 9-month tenure-track Assistant Professor in Botany specializing in specimen–based research, with an emphasis on vascular plants, to begin on August 1, 2026.
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The Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden (FWBG) seeks a highly motivated Research Botanist with a primary focus on plant systematics and complementary interests in floristics, ecology, and/or conservation. Research incorporating a combination of scientific collections, field work, and genomics is preferred. The successful candidate will maintain an active research program as measured by scientific peer-reviewed journal publications, grant-funded proposals in support of research, collections development, collaborations with colleagues, contributions to the institute’s outreach activities, and participation in the graduate programs associated with Texas Christian University (TCU) and the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), including opportunities for teaching in specialty areas. The starting date for the position is flexible; our target date is January 5, 2026.
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The post-doctoral scholar will contribute to the new ICTB herbarium and associated living collections and will also develop their own research program.
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The School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln invites applications for the endowed John F. Davidson PhD and Marian J. Fuller PhD Presidential Chair in the Life Sciences. We seek an outstanding scientist with a record of impactful scholarly achievements within the broad field of integrative plant biology. We expect to make the appointment at the senior associate or full professor level with tenure.
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