2027 - Graduate Student Research Award
2027 - Graduate Student Research Award supports graduate students’ proposed research in the botanical sciences, helping advance projects with significance and potential contributions to botany.
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BSA has added the 2027 Graduate Student Research Award listing, with applications opening November 15, 2026, and closing February 15, 2027. The listing specifies $1,500 per recipient and requires applicants to be current BSA members.
Funder: Botanical Society of America
Due Dates: November 15, 2026 (Applications open) | February 15, 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $1,500 per recipient to support botanical research
Summary: The Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Awards support graduate students’ research proposals in the botanical sciences.
Key Information: Applicants and their faculty research advisors must both be BSA members, and previous winners are ineligible.
Description
The Botanical Society of America (BSA) administers the Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Awards to support and promote graduate research in the botanical sciences. The award group includes the J. S. Karling Graduate Student Research Award, also called the John S. Karling Award, and the AJ Harris Graduate Student Research Award. Funding supports recipients’ proposed research and its potential contribution to botany.
The AJ Harris award was established in 2023 and first presented in 2024. It honors a longtime BSA member whose integrative research spanned specimen-based science, paleobotany, phylogenomics, biogeography, and computational biology. The memorial also recognizes Harris’s support for women in botany and diversity at all levels. Applicants may request consideration for this award within the shared application.
