Martin-Baker Research Award
Forecasted
Martin-Baker Research Award supports recent PhD mycologists’ new or ongoing field-based research to advance studies related to the scientific work of George W. Martin and Gladys E. Baker.
Funder: Mycological Society of America
Due Dates (Anticipated): February 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Direct research support; proposed study timeline generally one year
Summary: Supports new or ongoing mycological research with a field component related to the work of George W. Martin and Gladys E. Baker.
Key Information: Applicants must be within 10 years of their PhD and within 5 years of hire into their current position.
Description
The Martin-Baker Research Award is administered by the Mycological Society of America’s Research Awards Committee. It supports new or ongoing research by recent PhD mycologists in small departments whose heavy teaching schedules may make major grant support difficult to obtain. Projects must include a field component and relate to the scientific work of George W. Martin and Gladys E. Baker.
The award honors two teachers whose careers combined mycological research, teaching, and service to the Society. Martin’s work included fungal phylogeny and taxonomic research on Myxomycetes and Tremellales. Baker’s contributions included Antarctic lichens, nuclear behavior and monographic studies of Helicogloea, and the cytology and ecology of microfungi. Funding is directed toward research needs rather than institutional indirect costs.
