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Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club Scholarship/Grant Application

  • The objective of the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club Scholarship/Grant program is to provide support for projects, individuals, institutions, equipment purchases, or events that promote the club’s mission of education, research, teaching, training, and increasing the public’s awareness of wild mushrooming.

    Support may be given in the form of an educational Scholarship to someone studying in an area related to mycology; a Grant to an institution or event, or a Grant for a specific mycological project. In the case of a Grant, a proposal should be submitted summarizing the objectives, methods, timelines, and anticipated costs.

    Although applications are welcome at any time, they should be received by the WPMC Scholarship Committee by June 30th of each year. Applications or recommendations for grants must be sponsored by a WPMC member.

    Monetary awards are not to exceed $1,000 per application with a cumulative yearly amount not to exceed $2,000. The Scholarship Committee will make their recommendations to the WPMC Board of Directors for final approval.

    Please either use the form below, or this PDF .

  • Describe your proposal. Include your background/education, objectives, methods, time schedule for the project, and anticipated costs.
  • Please attach any supporting documents that you deem necessary. (If you have more than two files compress the files in to a zip archive or similar first).
  • Max. file size: 2 MB.
  • Max. file size: 2 MB.

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Thanksgiving Weekend Walk at Hartwood Acres
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Monthly Meeting
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Monthly Meeting - cultivation
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Pittsburgh
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Monthly Meeting
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Events

29 Nov
Thanksgiving Weekend Walk at Hartwood Acres
29 Nov 25
Pittsburgh
17 Mar
Monthly Meeting
17 Mar 26
Pittsburgh
21 Apr
Monthly Meeting
21 Apr 26
Pittsburgh
12 May
Monthly Meeting - cultivation
12 May 26
Pittsburgh
16 Jun
Monthly Meeting
16 Jun 26
Pittsburgh

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1:30 PM - "Mushroom clubs: Citizen science in action!" presentation at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Ohio Mushroom Society Fall Foray
02 Oct
10/02/2015 - 10/04/2015    
All Day
Secrest Arboretum, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
To be held in Wooster at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center/Secrest Arboretum. Save the dates! More details to come.
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South Park's Mushroom Mania
03 Oct
10/03/2015    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
South Park Nature Center
  • Walk
Come meet the new naturalist at South Park for a mushroom observing walk. You can also try a few safe edibles. This is not a [...]
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"Mushroom clubs: Citizen science in action!" presentation at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
11 Oct
10/11/2015    
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Hunt Library
  • Other
The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation will open on Saturday and Sunday, 10–11 October, 1–4 p.m, during Carnegie Mellon University's Cèilidh Weekend festivities.  On Sunday [...]
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Hens in North Park with John Stuart
17 Oct
10/17/2015    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
North Park Swimming pool parking lot
  • Walk
Join John Stuart at the swimming pool parking lot in North Park for a hunt for Hen of the Woods.
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Monthly meeting
20 Oct
10/20/2015    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
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Photography Contest Winner and Election of Officers The photography Contest winners The deadline for submission for WPMC 2015 photo is September 30, 2015.  For more [...]
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02 Oct
Ohio Mushroom Society Fall Foray
2 Oct 15
Wooster
Events on 10/03/2015
03 Oct
South Park's Mushroom Mania
3 Oct 15
South Park,
Events on 10/11/2015
11 Oct
"Mushroom clubs: Citizen science in action!" presentation at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
11 Oct 15
Pittsburgh
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17 Oct
Hens in North Park with John Stuart
17 Oct 15
McCandless Township
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20 Oct
Monthly meeting
20 Oct 15
Pittsburgh

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