conservation

Senior Field Technician, Atlanta Botanical Garden's Southeastern Center for Conservation

The Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Southeastern Center for Conservation seeks a Senior Field Technician to advance field work to achieve the management goals of the Ecological Management for Enhanced Resilience in the Northwest Florida Sentinel Landscape project, funded through the United States Department of Defense Readiness & Environmental Protection Integration Program (REPI). This project aims to enhance and survey habitats to achieve the management goals of the Nokuse Land Trust (Nokuse) and its adjacent neighbor, Eglin Air Force Base (EAFB). The Senior Field Technician’s work will support that of project Field Biologists.

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Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany, Ph.D. student or recent graduate

The Garden Club of America’s Anne S. Chatham fellowship provides Ph.D. students or recent graduates with $4500 to support direct costs of a one-year research project relating to medicinal plants. Any field of research (e.g., ethnobotany, systematics, ecology, phytochemistry) is eligible so long as the project involves a plant or plants with traditional medicinal uses. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents studying at a U.S.-based institution.

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M.Sc. Student – PEC-PG Scholarship (UFPE, Brazil)

Fully funded M.Sc. opportunity in Brazil for students from PEC-PG partner countries – apply now!

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Research Botanist at BRIT

The Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden (FWBG) seeks a highly motivated Research Botanist with a primary focus on plant systematics and complementary interests in floristics, ecology, and/or conservation. Research incorporating a combination of scientific collections, field work, and genomics is preferred. The successful candidate will maintain an active research program as measured by scientific peer-reviewed journal publications, grant-funded proposals in support of research, collections development, collaborations with colleagues, contributions to the institute’s outreach activities, and participation in the graduate programs associated with Texas Christian University (TCU) and the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), including opportunities for teaching in specialty areas. The starting date for the position is flexible; our target date is January 5, 2026.

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