ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christopher Tyrrell
ASPT supports the DUKE Herbarium

As a society, we are standing with The Duke Herbarium and request that Duke University reconsider the decision to divest their herbarium. We ask that you also consider adding your support by signing this petition (https://www.change.org/p/urge-duke-university-to-reconsider-closing-their-herbarium) organized by AIBS, iDigBio, NSCA, and SPNHC with the support of ASPT, ABLS, BSA, and SHC.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christopher Tyrrell
ASPT Statement on Ukraine

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The Rupert Barneby Award of the New York Botanical Garden

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The Rupert Barneby Award: a small grant to visit the New York Botanical Garden to study the rich herbarium collection of Fabaceae

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2025/the-rupert-barneby-award-of-the-new-york-botanical-garden
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Post-doctoral Living Collections Curator

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Exciting post-doctoral Curatorial Position at the beautiful Botanical Garden of UCLA. Join our team to lead efforts on developing a strategic plan to use and enhance the extensive and historically significant collections of our garden located in the heart of Los Angeles, CA.

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2024/post-doctoral-living-collections-curator
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The Rupert Barneby Award of the New York Botanical Garden

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The Rupert Barneby Award: a small grant to visit the New York Botanical Garden to study the rich herbarium collection of Leguminosae.

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2024/the-rupert-barneby-award-of-the-new-york-botanical-garden
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Hesler Visiting Researcher Fellowships

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Visiting Researcher Fellowships provide opportunities for scientists to use the collections at the University of Tennessee Herbarium (TENN) in Knoxville, Tennessee to enhance and facilitate a biodiversity-focused research project. TENN houses over 649,000 specimens of vascular plants, bryophytes, fungi, and lichens. Our vascular plant collection is unique in having the largest collection of specimens from the state of Tennessee and the historical collections documenting the flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a World Biosphere Reserve. Our bryophyte collection houses 183,000 specimens from throughout the world, with a strong emphasis on species found in Tennessee (Appalachian Region), North America (particularly the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and the southeastern US), Mexico, and Asia. Our fungal collection houses nearly 73,000 specimens with searchable online records, including international and domestic collections with an emphasis on the southern Appalachians.

Graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty, and independent researchers from any country are eligible to apply. Funds are for travel, housing, and other visit-related expenses while conducting research at the TENN Herbarium. A maximum of two awards will be given out annually. Please see the application for further information about requirements, how to apply, and deadlines.

● Application deadline: 4 February 2024

● Letter/s of support deadline: 4 February 2024

● Applicant awards announced: 4 March 2024

● Awardee accept/decline deadline: 18 March 2024

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2023/hesler-visiting-researcher-fellowships
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The Rupert Barneby Award of the New York Botanical Garden

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The Rupert Barneby Award: a small grant to visit the New York Botanical Garden to study the rich herbarium collection of Leguminosae

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2023/the-rupert-barneby-award-of-the-new-york-botanical-garden
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Postdoc in Melastamataceae Phylogenomics at The New York Botanical Garden

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Two year postdoctoral position in collaborative project between NYBG and the University of Florida.

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2021/postdoc-in-melastamataceae-phylogenomics-at-the-new-york-botanical-garden