The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration supports graduate students’ field and laboratory research to advance restoration science and practice and grow the field’s scientific workforce.
This grant was recently updated
The application deadline moved from December 31 to January 15. The deadline for both the graduate advisor endorsement and the additional recommendation letter also moved from December 31 to January 15.
Funder: Garden Club of America
Due Dates: December 31, 2026 (UW Arboretum deadline) | January 15, 2027 (GCA deadline)
Funding Amounts: $8,000 fellowship, awarded annually
Summary: Supports graduate students’ field and laboratory research advancing ecological restoration science and practice.
Key Information: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents actively enrolled at an accredited U.S. university.
Description
The Garden Club of America (GCA) offers this annual fellowship to advance knowledge of ecological restoration—the active healing of the land—and increase the number of scientists working in the field. Established in 2000 with support from the John B. Young Charitable Trust and GCA members and clubs, it supports graduate students’ specialized study and research in the field or laboratory.
The fellowship welcomes biological research and research into restoration’s social aspects, including cultural practices. It follows the Society for Ecological Restoration’s definition of restoration as assisting recovery of a degraded, damaged, or destroyed native ecosystem. Projects should advance both restoration ecology and ecological restoration practice. Research outside the United States is permitted, but projects incorporating U.S. field research receive preference.
