Forest Fungal Ecology Research Award
This award supports ecological studies of fungal interactions in old growth forests or other unique or endangered ecosytems.
Award Amount: $1000, approximately.
Application deadline: February 15, annually
Eligibility: Applicants must be students working on their Masters or Ph.D. degrees. Recent recipients of a Ph.D. Honors thesis for BA/BS degree may be considered.
Proposals should address innovative approaches to examining fungal systems or interactions of individuals, or groups of fungi, with hosts or substrates in old growth forest or other sensitive ecosystems. Floristic and systematic studies will not be considered.
Documents required:
- Cover letter
- Proposal of not more than 6 single-spaced pages that includes the rationale for the study and the hypotheses to be tested, a detailed description of the site to be studied, methodologies to be used, description of the study design, including specifics on the time line to complete the proposal (generally one year), and a plan for dissemination of results.
- A letter of support from the major professor.
- Copy of the permit or letter requesting a permit if it is needed to work in a sensitive site.
To apply: Send all items listed above in a single electronic file, preferably in pdf format to the Chair of the Research Awards Committee. Confidential letters of reference may be submitted separately and directly from the referee to the Chair. 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.
| Forest Fungal Ecology Research Award | |
| 2007 | Jordan R. Mayor |
| 2006 | Paul Trusty |
| 2005 | Andrew Wilson |
| 2004 | Benjamin Wolfe |
| 2003 | Steven A. Trudell Matthew E. Smith |
Oct 6th, 2007 by Webmaster
