Here's an announcement from the Society of Herbarium Curators regarding
their Student Research Grants.
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The Society of Herbarium Curators (SHC) is pleased to announce a call
for applications for Student Research Grants. Grants are made to support
research that contributes to or uses herbarium resources in ways that
augment the collections.
Graduate students and undergraduates are all eligible to apply. Students
and their research advisor must be members of SHC at the time of
application to be eligible. Up to three grants are awarded each year:
Two at $500 and one reserved for undergraduate students at $250.
The deadline for applications is February 1, 2018. Please visit our
website to view the complete application guidelines and to download the
application form. A letter of recommendation from the research advisor
is required. You can also renew your membership or become a new member
on our website.
www.herbariumcurators.org/grants/ <http://www.herbariumcurators.org/grants/>
About Society of Herbarium Curators:
www.herbariumcurators.org <http://www.herbariumcurators.org>
The Society of Herbarium Curators (SHC), open to everyone, is an
international organization for discussion, action and support of
herbaria. Created in 2005 in the southeastern United States, SHC mission
is to unite herbaria across the nation and around the world.
Mission: To promote and expand the role of herbaria in botanical
research, teaching, and service to the community at large, to provide a
forum for discussion and action on all issues confronting herbaria, and
to extend its efforts and interject its influence toward the protection
and preservation of endangered herbaria.
www.herbariumcurators.org <http://www.herbariumcurators.org>