Alexander H. and Helen V. Smith Research Fund
Guidelines for applications for support from the Alexander H. and Helen V. Smith Research Fund.
Purpose: The primary purpose of the fund shall be to encourage thestudy of specimens of macrofungi, fleshy Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes, collected by Alexander H. Smith and his associates. These collections, and materials relating to them, are currently deposited at the University of Michigan Herbarium. The Fund will distribute grants-in-aid to coverall or a significant part of the expense of visiting the Herbarium andworking with the collections and materials relating to them.
Criteria for Awarding Grants: Grants may be made available to members of the Mycological Society of America who are working actively on the taxonomy or floristics of the fleshy fungi, with the main emphasis on supporting high quality research. Professional and trained “amateur” (i.e. para-professional) mycologists are eligible and are encouraged to submit proposals. The individual should be at a point in their studies where having full access to Alex’s material would advance the applicant’s work. These grants are not intended for preliminary studies of possible lines of investigations.
Documents required:
- a proposal indicating how the study of Alex’s specimens and manuscripts would advance the applicant’s work,
- an estimated budget to cover all or part of the anticipated expenses (e.g. travel, per diem, copying, etc.) and
- a current curriculum vitae.
Recipients will be chosen by an awards committee designated by the President of the Mycological Society of America. In addition, the agreement of the Director of the University of Michigan Herbarium (or its successor as custodian for Alex’s specimens and materials relating to them) to have the potential recipient(s) work there must be obtained before the grant is awarded. In the event there are no suitable applications requesting the utilization of Alex’s collections for floristic or monographic studies, the Awards Committee, at its discretion, may award grants to support field work on the fleshy fungi of North America, or for other types of studies on the fleshy macrofungi of North America. If support for a field project is awarded to an applicant, duplicate/representative collections resulting form the field work are to be deposited at the University of Michigan Herbarium. Prior arrangement should be made with the Director of the Herbarium. Recipients of these grants-in-aid are asked to provide the University of Michigan Herbarium with copies of any publications that result from this support. A summary of activity should be forwarded to the Awards Committee in a timely manner. In compliance with Internal Revenue Service Regulations, the grant recipient must submit all original receipts of expenditures of grant funds to the Treasurer of the MSA. The receipt of documented expenditures by the Treasurer may be necessary before complete funding of the proposal will be made.
Application deadline: February 15, annually
To apply: Send all items listed above in a single electronic file, preferably in pdf format to the Chair of the Research Awards Committee. A CD with the PDF file and a hard copy of the application would be appreciated as they may be useful in case there are problems with the electronic file. The application will be considered to have arrived once all electronic files have been received in working order by the Chair.
| Alexander H. & Helen V. Smith Research Fund | |
| 2007 | Gregory Bonito |
| 2006 | Matthew E. Smith |
| 2005 | Mahajabeen Padamsee |
| 2004 | Andrew Minnis |
| 2003 | Miao Mindy Liu |
| 2002 | Ari Jumponen |
| 2000 | Else Vellinga |
| 1998 | Victor Bandala M. Catherine Aime |
| 1997 | Lisa Grubisha Brian Perry Eric Peterson |
| 1996 | Jacqui Johnson |
| 1995 | Toby Feibelman |
| 1994 | Andrew Methven |
| 1993 | Jorge Wright |
| 1992 | Jim Ginns Rod Tulloss |
| 1991 | Meinhard Moser Solomon Wasser |
| 1990 | Jack States Don Prusso |
| 1988 | Egon Horak |
Oct 10th, 2007 by Webmaster
