Torrey Botanical Society Graduate Student Training Fellowship
Torrey Botanical Society Graduate Student Training Fellowship supports graduate students in plant science with field courses and workshops to further their botanical training.
Funder: Torrey Botanical Society
Due Dates: January 15, 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: One award of $1,000 for field training course costs
Summary: Supports graduate students studying plant science to attend field training courses and workshops at universities or biological field stations.
Key Information: Applicants must be current members of the Torrey Botanical Society.
Description
The Torrey Botanical Society Graduate Student Training Fellowship supports graduate students studying plant science who wish to attend field training courses and workshops held at a university or biological field station. Administered by the Society, the fellowship provides funding for costs associated with a field training course, helping students further their botanical training.
Past awards reflect a broad range of botanical subjects, including tropical botany, sphagnum ecology, sedge identification, plant functional traits, and advanced field botany. Supported training has also included applied phylogenetics, field bryology, dendroecology, molecular evolution, and data analysis for microbial ecology. Previous recipients have attended courses in locations including Florida, California, Costa Rica, Peru, and Australia.
