You are invited to attend the ASPT Business Meeting. It will take place on Tuesday, July 24th from 5:30-6:15pm in 110 Mayo Civic Center.
Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits
Meet with Your Lawmakers This Summer and Help Inform Science Policy
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The American Institute of Biological Sciences is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 10th annual Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits event.
Botany 2018 Schedule
The schedule for Botany 2018 is now live! Its a very full and exciting program.
BOTANY 2018 Schedule Online -
https://mailchi.mp/a3414e39cad7/smz97oxl9i-1522421
We look forward to seeing you all there!!
Chelsea Specht
ASPT President
ASPT Privacy Policy
In order to comply with EU Data Privacy obligations, we have developed a new Privacy Policy on the website where it is posted in the website footer. This policy pertains to members and the data associated with our Membership Website. In addition, there is a separate Publications Privacy Policy that is posted under the Systematic Botany tab on the website header.
ASPT Election Results
Letter re GLOVAP from ASPT Leadership to Society
Student Travel Grants 2018
The ASPT Membership Committee is happy to announce that the popular student travel grant lottery from previous years will continue this year. The ASPT Council approved awarding 45 travel grants, each for $300, to attend Botany 2018 in Rochester, MN from July 21 - 25, 2018. Please see the application form and instructions. or READ ON...
Botanical Advocacy Leadership Award 2018
The Botanical Society of America (BSA) and the American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT) are pleased to invite applications for the annual Botanical Advocacy Leadership Award. This award organized by the Environmental and Public Policy Committees of BSA and ASPT aims to support local efforts that contribute to shaping public policy on issues relevant to plant sciences.
Tropical Botany Class 2018
Tropical Botany is an intensive course of study in the biology and systematics of tropical plants. The class is largely based on the extensive holdings of tropical vascular plants at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, The Kampong of the National Tropical Botanical Garden, University of Miami’s Gifford Arboretum, and the Montgomery Botanical Center.
2018 ASPT CVD Travel Award
The ASPT Environmental and Public Policy Committee (EPPC) invites applications for the first annual ASPT CVD Travel Grant. This award provides up to $750 to be reimbursed for expenses such as transportation, room, and board for one early-career botanist to attend the Congressional Visits Day (CVD) in Washington, D.C., held 17–18 April 2018.
Call for Nominations for 2018 ASPT Awards
Feedback requested on The National Plant Systems Initiative (NPSI)
ASPT members should have recently received a letter via email from ASPT President Chelsea Specht (it came through Mail Chimp) requesting your feedback on a survey about an initiative called the "The National Plant Systems Initiative (NPSI) ".
Joint BSA/ASPT award funds sustainability workshop in the Dominican Republic
The 2017 Botany Advocacy Leadership Award provided funds for awardee Jackeline Salazar to hold a sustainability workshop for women on August 31st, 2017, in Oviedo, Perdenales, Dominican Republic. The workshop was entitled "Plant Conservation and Sustainable Management by women in the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve, Dominican Republic: Community Workshop and Local Capacity” and was a great success!
Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany
Orchid Research funding opportunity
From Ken Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu):
I would like to draw to your attention to the renewed funding source for orchid research by the American Orchid Society. The submission guidelines have been posted on the web:
http://www.aos.org/about-us/orchid-research/application-guidelines.aspx
Download ASPT's Botany 2017 poster
2015 GSRG Award Reports
ASPT presidents' letter addresses elimination of NSF DDIG
On June 9th, ASPT presidents present and past cosigned a letter addressing NSF's June 6 announcement of the elimination of the NSF doctoral dissertation improvement grants program in the Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) and the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS).