2027 - Graduate Student Research Award supports graduate students’ proposed research in the botanical sciences, helping advance projects with significance and potential contributions to botany.
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.
2027 - Graduate Student Dissertation Award in Phylogenetic Comparative Plant Biology supports doctoral students' research on phylogeny and trait evolution to advance comparative plant biology.
Graduate Student Research Awards support graduate students collecting preliminary data or enhancing dissertation research in systematics to help them begin, extend, or complete their research.
2027 - Guido Girolami Award in Botany supports a senior scientist’s conference attendance and honors creative botanical scholarship with national or international impact, shared through a special lecture.
2027 - Donald R. Kaplan Dissertation Award in Comparative Morphology supports Ph.D. students’ independent research on diversity in plant form to advance understanding of comparative plant structure.
This grant funds graduate student research on the botany, ecology, and conservation of New England's flora and ecosystems.