Two MSA Graduate Fellowships ($2,000 each), the Memorial NAMA Fellowship ($2,000), and the Backus Award ($1000) are awarded annually to promising graduate students in mycology. Applicants are evaluated on the basis of their scholastic merit, research ability and promise shown as a mycologist. These fellowships are intended as supplementary grants and may be used by […]
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Mycological Society of America
Mentor Student Travel Awards
For the Mycological Society of America (MSA) annual meeting, funds will be awarded to MSA members who are paper or poster presenters at the meeting.Visit website for complete application details and address for application.
Clark T. Rogerson Student Research Award
The purpose of this award shall be to support student travel to herbaria and/or field sites to conduct research. Grants are available to undergraduate or graduate students who are members of the Mycological Society of America.
Forest Fungal Ecology Award
This award supports ecological studies of fungal interactions in old growth forests or other unique or endangered ecosytems. Proposals should address innovative approaches to examining fungal systems or interactions of individuals, or groups of fungi, with hosts or substrates in old growth forest or other sensitive ecosystems. Floristic and systematic studies will not be considered. […]
Alexander H. and Helen V. Smith Research Fund
The primary purpose of the fund shall be to encourage the study of specimens of macrofungi, fleshy Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes, collected by Alexander H. Smith and his associates. These collections, and materials relating to them, are currently deposited at the University of Michigan Herbarium. The Fund will distribute grants-in-aid to coverall or a significant part […]
Graduate Research Prizes
Two MSA Graduate Research Prizes of $100 each are awarded annually to the two best ORAL research papers and the two best POSTERS in mycology presented by graduate students at the annual MSA meeting. The applicant must be a member of the MSA. NOTE: An individual should apply for consideration for a Graduate Research Prize […]