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FUNDING AND AWARD OPPORTUNITIES
Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
Application deadline: February 1, 2012
The Lewis and Clark Fund encourages exploratory field studies for the collection of specimens and data and to provide the imaginative stimulus that accompanies direct observation. Applications are invited from disciplines with a large dependence on field studies, such as archeology, anthropology, biology, ecology, geography, geology, linguistics, and paleontology, but grants will not be restricted to these fields.
Grants will be available to doctoral students who wish to participate in field studies for their dissertations or for other purposes. Master’s candidates, undergraduates, and postdoctoral fellows are not eligible. Proposals that are archival in nature or museum based will not normally be considered. The competition is open to U.S. citizens and residents wishing to carry out research anywhere in the world. Foreign applicants must either be based at a U.S. institution or plan to carry out their work in the United States.
Grants will depend on travel costs but will ordinarily be in the range of several hundred dollars to about $5,000. Recipients will be designated as Lewis and Clark Field Scholars.
Additional information, including the application forms and instructions, is available at the American Philosophical Societys Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research webpage: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/lewisandclark as well as by contacting Linda Musumeci, Director of Grants and Fellowships, at LMusumeci@amphilsoc.org or 215-440-3429. [Posted 13 January 2012]
Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research in Astrobiology
Application Deadline: February 1, 2012
The American Philosophical Society and the NASA Astrobiology Institute have partnered to promote the continued exploration of the world around us through a program of research grants in support of astrobiological field studies undertaken by graduate students, postdoctoral students, and junior scientists and scholars.
The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research in Astrobiology supports field studies in any area of interest to astrobiology by graduate students, postdocs, and early-career scientists and scholars who are affiliated with U.S. institutions. Grants may be used for travel and related expenses, including field equipment, up to $5,000. Applications will be reviewed by a committee that includes members of the NAI, the APS, and the wider science community as needed. Recipients will be designated as Lewis and Clark Field Scholars in Astrobiology.
Additional information, including the application forms and instructions, is available at the APSs Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research in Astrobiology webpage: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/astrobiology as well as by contacting Linda Musumeci, Director of Grants and Fellowships, at LMusumeci@amphilsoc.org or 215-440-3429. [Posted 13 January 2012]
The California Desert Research Fund supports graduate student research that contributes to the understanding and conservation of desert parks, wildernesses, and other ecologically significant open spaces in the California Desert in San Bernardino, Riverside, Inyo, and Imperial Counties. See the guidelines and application form. [Posted 22 September 2011]
AAAS Invites Nominations for the AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science
Do you know an early-career scientist or engineer whose efforts to engage the public with science and technology are worthy of recognition? Nominations are invited now through October 15 for the 2011 AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science. The award specifically focuses on recognizing individual scientists for their public engagement activities that promote interactive dialogue with a non-scientific, public audience.
The award includes a $5,000 prize and support to attend the 2012 AAAS Annual Meeting in Vancouver, B.C. Nominations may be made by AAAS affiliate organizations, universities, government agencies, media, research organizations, and individuals. The award is open to individual early career scientists and engineers who have been working in their current field for less than seven years at a pre-tenure or equivalent level.
More information: http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2011/0816pe_early_career.shtml
Award eligibility and nomination procedures: http://www.aaas.org/go/PESaward [Posted 22 September 2011]
Lawrence Memorial Award – 2012 Nominations
The Award Committee of the Lawrence Memorial Fund invites nominations for the 2012 Lawrence Memorial Award. Honoring the memory of Dr. George H. M. Lawrence, founding Director of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, the annual Award of ($2,000) is given to support travel for doctoral dissertation research in systematic botany or horticulture, or the history of the plant sciences, including literature and exploration.
Major professors are urged to nominate outstanding doctoral students who have achieved official candidacy for their degrees and will be conducting pertinent dissertation research that would benefit significantly from travel enabled by the Award. The Committee will not entertain direct applications. A student who wishes to be considered should arrange for nomination by his/her major professor; this may take the form of a letter which covers supporting materials prepared by the nominee.
Supporting materials should describe briefly but clearly the candidate s program of research and how it would be significantly enhanced by travel that the Award would support. Letters of nomination and supporting materials, including seconding letters, should be received by the Committee no later than 1 May 2012 and should be directed to: Dr. R. W. Kiger, Hunt Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 USA. Tel. (412) 268-2434. [Posted 22 September 2011]
The Rupert Barneby Award
The Rupert Barneby Award, named in honor of the late NYBG scientist and renowned legume expert, consists of US$1000.00 granted annually to assist researchers to visit The New York Botanical Garden to study the rich herbarium collection of Leguminosae. Graduate students and early career professionals with herbarium-based research in systematics and/or legume floristics are given special consideration. Anyone interested in applying for the award should submit their curriculum vitae, a two-page proposal describing the project for which the award is sought, and the names of two references. The application should be addressed to Dr. Benjamin M. Torke, Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY 10458-5126, USA, and received no later than December 1, 2011. Submission by e-mail is preferred (send to: btorke@nybg.org). Announcement of the recipient will be made by December 20. Travel to NYBG should be planned for some period during 2012. Recipients are asked to give a presentation about their research at NYBG.
Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle Prize
The Societe de Physique et d'Histoire naturelle of Geneva (SPHN) is pleased to announce the award in 2012 of the Botany Prize instituted by A.-P. de Candolle in 1841, which recognizes the author or co-authors of the best monograph of a genus or family of plants. The Prize is intended preferably to scientists early in their career. Monographs will be considered if unpublished, or published after December 31st 2007.
The monograph should be a complete coverage of the group considered and include its arrangement in a system of hierarchical classification. It should contain descriptions of external morphological characters and internal characters - anatomical, caryological, physiological, genetic and molecular - as far as they can be used to distinguish sub-groups. A complete bibliography, critical synonymy, and identification keys are requested. The work should comply with the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Partial treatments, i.e. a monograph of a sub-family, tribe, sub-genus or section, would be acceptable provided that the group is clearly defined with respect to its neighbours.
The Prize is open to authors of any nationality or country. The text may be written in Latin, French, German, English, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese. A summary, restricted to a maximum of 4000 words, must be provided in French or English. Two copies of the manuscript, along with author's curriculum vitae and summary, must reach the
following address before February 29th 2012:
Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle Prize
Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Geneve
Case postale 60
CH-1292 Chambesy - Switzerland
The Prize is endowed with an amount of CHF 5'000. If the submitted monographs are judged of insufficient level or do not fulfill the criteria of this notice, the reward may be reduced, or not awarded. The Prize will be awarded in October-November 2012. Rights on the selected monograph remain the property of the author. Copies of the manuscript will not be returned to their authors. For any further information, please contact: prix-candolle.cjb [at] ville-ge.ch
- The President of the SPHN
Also see the pdf announcement here. [Posted 16 June 2011]
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