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The New England Botanical Club offers each year up to $2,000 total in support of botanical research to be conducted by graduate students. The awards are made to stimulate and encourage botanical research on the New England flora, and to make possible visits to the New England region by those who would not otherwise be able to do so. It is anticipated that two awards will be given, although the actual number and amount of awards will depend on the proposals received. The awards are given to the graduate student(s) submitting the best research proposal dealing with systematic botany, biosystematics, plant ecology, or plant conservation biology. Papers based on the research funded must acknowledge the NEBC's support. Submission of manuscripts to the Club's journal, Rhodora, is strongly encouraged. Applicants must submit one paper and one digital copy of each of the following: Proposal of no more than three double-spaced pages, written in a scientific format and with a stated hypothesis Budget with brief justification, on a single page Curriculum vitae (CV) Literature cited, on a singe page The paper copy of the proposal, budget, CV, and literature cited must be submitted to: Graduate Student Awards Committee The digital copy (in either MS Word or Rich Text Format) may be copied onto a CD and included with the paper copy, or e-mailed to the committee chair. See the Committees page for the chair's e-mail address. In addition, two letters in support of the proposed research, one from the student's thesis advisor, should be sent directly by the sponsors to the Graduate Student Research Awards Committee by mail at the above address or by e-mail to the committee chair. Proposals and supporting letters for the 2008 award were due March 1, 2008. The recipient(s) are notified by April 30, 2008. See below for name of this year's winner and an abstract of his winning research proposals. PLEASE NOTE: Winners of awards amounting to $600 or more will be required to submit IRS Form W-9 Request for Taxpayer Identification Number (provided by our treasurer) before award checks will be issued. In these cases a Form 1099 will be issued the following January to the recipient reporting the amount as an award (as required by law). Awards will ONLY be paid to the student winners and NOT to any third party (such as colleges, universities, research institutions, employers, family members, etc.) -- NO EXCEPTIONS. For winners who are not United States residents, nonrefundable tax withholding of 30% will generally apply unless reduced or exempted by tax treaty. 2008 AWARD WINNERS Kelsey Glennon of George Washington University for a proposal entitled "Systematic clarification of the rare New England group of Houstonia longifolia using AFLP with implications for conservation" 2007 AWARD WINNER Benjamin E. Wolfe of Harvard University for his proposal entitled "Biogeography, genetic diversity and host specificity of Amanita in New England" 2006 AWARD WINNERS Jonathon Schramm of Rutgers University for his proposal entitled "A multiscale analysis of contemporary and historical facilitators of the invasion of an exotic grass into hardwood forests of New Jersey" 2005 AWARD WINNERS David Ellum of Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies for his proposal entitled "Acclimation of shade-adapted understory herbs to seasonal canopy disturbances: incorporating physiology into plant conservation strategies for managed forests of southern New England" 2004 AWARD WINNER Krissa Skogen of the University of Connecticut for her proposal entitled "Using demography, genetic diversity, and the effects of increased nitrogen deposition to understand the decline of Desmodium cuspidatum (Fabaceae)." 2003 AWARD WINNERS Jesse Bellemare of Cornell University for his proposal entitled "The Influence of Life History Traits on Patterns of Holocene Migration and Geographic Distribution of Forest Herbs in the Berberidaceae, Liliaceae and Ranunculaceae" 2002 AWARD WINNERS Lisa Karst of Portland State University for her proposal entitled "Phylogeny of Sisyrinchium (Iridaceae), genetic and morphological evidence" 2001 AWARD WINNERS Michael Moody of the University of Connecticut for a proposed study of "Phylogenetics, phenotypic plasticity, and potential hybrids in the aquatic plant genus Myriophyllum (Haloragaceae)". 2000 AWARD WINNERS Dirk Albach of the Universitat Wien (Austria) for a proposed study of "Evolution, biogeography and genetic diversity in Veronica alpina L. and related taxa." 1999 AWARD WINNERS Joel Gerwein of the University of Massachusetts at Boston for his proposal entitled "Long-term effects of forest fragmentation on genetic diversity of red oak (Quercus rubra L.): A comparison of old-growth and secondary forests." 1998 AWARD WINNERS Sonja Schmitz (University of Vermont): "Inferring evolutionary and biogeographic history from patterns of genetic variation in inland and Coastal Beachpea (Lathyrus japonicus) populations" 1997 AWARD WINNERS Tatyana Rand (Brown University): "Seed supply, habitat suitability and the distribution of halophytic forbs across a salt marsh landscape" 1996 AWARD WINNER Bruce Henning Lindwall (University of Massachusetts (Amherst)): "The genetic consequences of long-term habitat fragmentation". |
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http://www.rhodora.org/Graduate.html -- Revised: April 28, 2008 |
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