Franklin Research Grants and Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research

The 2020 Joint Field Meeting of the: Botanical Society of America, Northeastern Section and Torrey Botanical Society and Philadelphia Botanical Club.

SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS
Exploring the Potential of Angiosperms353, a Universal Toolkit for Flowering Plant Phylogenomics

Announcing Eagle Hill Institute’s seminars on vascular plants

This is a unique opportunity for scientists to learn from a government official involved in international discussions about Nagoya, and an opportunity to communicate concerns and offers recommendations to the State Department. 

New Phytologist events schedule now available.

Registration is now open for Plant Biology 2020, which will be held July 25-29 in Washington, DC.

6^th Life Discovery – Doing Science Biology Education Conference

October 22-24, Estes Park, CO

This award provides up to $1,200 in financial assistance in support of student research projects in plant taxonomy, systematics, and ecology.

The Botanical Society of America is excited to announce the application period for the NEW Donald R. Kaplan Award in Comparative Morphology has begun.

The American Penstemon Society is seeking proposals for projects that promote knowledge and appreciation of Penstemons.

The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science fellowship program honors female scientists at a critical stage in their careers with grants of $60,000 each. Since 2003, we’ve awarded 80 postdoctoral women scientists over $4 million in grants.

The 36th Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium (MPC) will take place on UW campus and the New Burke Museum in Seattle, May 1-3, 2020, hosted by Dr. Caroline Stromberg. Find a link to our website here. 

The Future Park Leaders of Emerging Change (FPL) provides paid internships to highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students.

The Botany in Action (BIA) Fellowship program at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens fosters the development of the next generation of plant-based scientists who are committed, first, to excellent research, and second, to educational outreach.

The Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference (MEEC) is an annual regional conference hosted by different Midwestern institutions each year and is organized and directed entirely by graduate students. This conference is graduate and undergraduate student-focused, providing a professional atmosphere for students of all levels to interact with and learn from their peers.

Help generate ideas that will unify and advance the biological sciences. The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and KnowInnovation (KI) would like to let you know of the opportunity to participate in a series of NSF-funded virtual and in-person events focused on identifying the opportunities and challenges for reintegrating research across the biology subdisciplines. More details can be found at https://reintegratingbiology.org/

The Garden Club of America’s Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany provides at least one grant award of $4,500 annually to support research related to medicinal plants.

The Rupert Barneby Award, named in honor of the late NYBG scientist and renowned legume expert, consists of US$2000 granted annually to assist researchers to visit The New York Botanical Garden to study the rich herbarium collection of Leguminosae.  Proposal deadline is December 30. 2019.

Help generate ideas that will unify and advance the biological sciences. The NSF directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO), the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and KnowInnovation (KI) would like to let you know of the opportunity to participate in a series of NSF-funded virtual and in-person events focused on identifying the opportunities and challenges for reintegrating research across the biology subdisciplines. More details can be found at https://reintegratingbiology.org/.

The Missouri Botanical Garden will host its 66th Annual Fall Symposium entitled “The Origins and Maintenance of Neotropical Biodiversity” on October 11-12, 2019.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! For more information about the symposium, speakers, registration, local accommodations, posters and travel awards for students, please follow this link: www.mobot.org/symposium

Registration includes access to Friday evening mixer, and Saturday all-day scientific program, coffee breaks and lunch. MBG staff and local students can register for free using a prepaid access code, please inquire before registering.

BSA and Wiley & Sons presents Get Published: Your How-To Guide, A Step-by-step primer from pre-submission to post-publication.  This two hour workshop will take place at the XXI Mexican Botanical Congress October 23, 2019.

Enjoy this collection of important research from Physiologia Plantarum, Taxon, Nordic Journal of Botany, American Journal of Botany and Applications in Plant Sciences. Free access until 31^st October 2019.

Every year the American Philosophical Society publishes their grant and fellowship programs.  Here is detailed information about the programs that pertain most directly to BSA and their members.

They have revised the Grants section of their website, www.amphilsoc.org, for 2019–2020. They will announce any changes to programs at their website, so we invite you to check the Grants section periodically.