Graduate Student Fellowship
Award: $4,000
Deadline: February 2, 2015
Purpose and History
The Garden Club of America (GCA) Board of
Associates Centennial Pollinator Fellowship
provides funding to a current graduate student to
study the causes of pollinator decline, in
particular bees, bats, butterflies and moths,
which could lead to potential solutions for their
conservation and sustainability. The selection
criteria are based on the technical merit of the
proposed work and the degree to which the work is relevant to this objective.
Pollinators bees, bats, butterflies and moths
help ou our prairies, gardens, orchards,
blueberry barrens, farmers fields and desert
cacti reproduce and maintain genetic diversity.
One-third of the food we eat has been fertilized
by pollinators. An alarming decline in the number
of pollinators in recent decades through
chemicals, diseasess, mites, loss of habitat, and
global climate change has internatioonal repercussions.
The GCA Board of Associates Centennial Pollinator
Fellowship was established in spring 2013 to
facilitate independent research in this field.
This fellowship was made possible by generous
gifts given in honor of the GCA Centennial by
members of the Board of Associates.
Provisions
The GCA Board of Associates Centennial Pollinator
Fellowship annually funds one or more graduate
students enrolled in U.S. institutions. Funding
may vary in amount, but normally will be in the
range of $4,000 for study and research that will
advance the knowledge of pollinator science and
increase the number of scientists in the field. A
recipient may reapply for an additional year of funding.
Research Categories
The categories under which applicants may apply are:
1. Effects of nutrition, genetics, pesticides,
pathogens, parasites and disease on pollinators
2. Pollinator habitat development, assessment or monitoring
3. Plant-pollinator interactions and pollination biology
4. Research that examines other aspects of
pollinator health, including cutting-edge, original concepts
Terms
1. Only one GCA scholarship may be applied for annually.
2. GCA fellow will provide an interim 250-word
report, two high quality photos, and an expense
summary to GCA and P2 by September 1st. A final
report and final expense summary will be due February 1st.
3. Research excerpts (text and photos) may be
published in GCAs and P2s publications and websites.
4. GCA fellow agrees to share research with
members of the Garden Club of America.
To Apply:
Please include applicant name, proposal name, and
page number on each page. All applicants are
required to submit the following materials to
Kelly Rourke via email at
<mailto:k...@pollinator.org>k...@pollinator.org no
later than 3PM PST on February 2, 2015:
* General Submission Form
*
<http://pollinator.org/PDFs/GCAPollinatorFellowshipApplicationForm.doc>Complete
and sign this form and save in PDF format.
* Photo
* Provide a 300 ppi 4x6 inch color .jpg
photograph. It should be a head shot with a plain
background in which you are looking directly at
the camera. Optional - In addition, you may
include a second photograph of you doing field
work or research. GCA and P2 retain the rights to
use any photo submitted on our websites and in
materials promoting the fellowship.
* Résumé (2 page max)
* Email a PDF of your résumé or curriculum
vitae (CV). It should include your education,
professional experience, extra-curricular activities, and honors and awards.
* Three Letters of Recommendations
* Using
<http://pollinator.org/PDFs/GCAFellowshipRecommendationForm.doc>the
letter of recommendation form, all applicants are
required to have their three references e-mail
(including your name in the subject line) all
letters directly to
<mailto:k...@pollinator.org>k...@pollinator.org no
later than 3PM PST on February 2, 2015. Please
make sure that one of your references is from your faculty advisor.
