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.
2027 - Donald R. Kaplan Memorial Lecture supports an invited scholar’s talk on comparative development or morphology at Botany 2027 to share new insights with a general botanical audience.
2027 - Graduate Student Dissertation Award in Phylogenetic Comparative Plant Biology supports doctoral students' research on phylogeny and trait evolution to advance comparative plant biology.
2027 - Graduate Student Research Award supports graduate students’ proposed research in the botanical sciences, helping advance projects with significance and potential contributions to botany.
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.
The Deland Award for Student Research supports graduate and advanced undergraduate research on woody plant comparative biology, prioritizing use of the Arboretum’s living collections to advance student research.