A postdoctoral research associate is sought to develop tools to mobilize data in herbarium specimens for conservation action, as part of a project funded through the Bezos Earth Fund’s AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge. The postdoctoral research associate will report to Emily Sessa, Patricia K. Holmgren Director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium at NYBG.
The Grants Administrator, Conservation supports the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Southeastern Center for Conservation through full-cycle project management of public and private grants that fund the Garden’s conservation and research programs.
Native Plant Trust is pleased to offer two 25-week internships in 2026. These positions with the New England Plant Conservation Program and Plant Conservation Volunteers program offer a range of hands-on learning opportunities. Interns work closely with Conservation Department staff, supporting these programs by communicating with landowners and volunteers to enable surveys of rare plants on public and private lands, using GIS and databases to gather and share information, and conducting field work including rare plant surveys, habitat management, and seed collection. Interns focus on an area of interest by working on an active botany, ecology, or conservation project, and are invited to join educational botanical field trips.
The Atlanta Botanical Garden is seeking a creative Conservation Communications Technician to support the Southeastern Center for Conservation in bringing our vital plant conservation work to life through engaging, science-based digital storytelling.
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.
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.
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.
