ASPT Research Grants for Graduate Students in Systematics

American Society of Plant Taxonomists
2011 Research Grants for Graduate Students

The ASPT is pleased to announce the Society’s annual competition for research grants
for graduate student investigators. Support is available for both masters and doctoral
students to conduct fieldwork, herbarium studies, 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.

Proposals will be reviewed by the Society’s Awards and Honors Committee and must
include the following:

1. Curriculum vitae;
2. Proposal (the text, including figures but excluding literature cited, should
not exceed two single-spaced pages) that describes the research to be conducted,
emphasizing the role the grant funds will play;
3. Itemized budget;
4. A letter of recommendation from the student’s major professor or primary
research facilitator at the time of the proposal.

Eligibility: Applicants must be members of ASPT at the time of the application
deadline. Details regarding ASPT membership can be found at the ASPT homepage
(http://www.aspt.net/index.php).

Proposal submission: Proposal materials and letters of recommendation must be
submitted electronically as pdf files. Items 1-3 above should be submitted as a single
document. Use the following formats for filenames for the proposal materials and
reference letter, respectively:

student name_proposalASPT.pdf
student name_letterASPT.pdf.

All application materials should be submitted to Chelsea Specht via e-mail to
cdspecht at berkeley.edu

A list of past awardees and research topics can be found at
http://www.aspt.net/society/funding/gradstudentgrants.php

Submission deadline for all materials: 9 March 2011.

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Ms. Linda Brown
Business Office Manager
American Society of Plant Taxonomists
University of Wyoming
Department of Botany 3165
1000 E University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071

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