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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.

Events

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NEMF 2025 Samuel Ristich Foray - Ithaca, NY
18 Sep 25
Ithaca
27 Sep
Mushroom Forage, Foray and Fun!
27 Sep 25
Wexford
04 Oct
McConnells Mill State Park - Hell’s Hollow Trail (Butler County)
4 Oct 25
Ellwood City
05 Oct
Mushroom Walk during RP Day at Riverview Park
5 Oct 25
Pittsburgh
07 Oct
Girty’s Woods with ALT and City Girls Who Walk
7 Oct 25
Reserve Township

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Events

18 Sep
NEMF 2025 Samuel Ristich Foray - Ithaca, NY
18 Sep 25
Ithaca
27 Sep
Mushroom Forage, Foray and Fun!
27 Sep 25
Wexford
04 Oct
McConnells Mill State Park - Hell’s Hollow Trail (Butler County)
4 Oct 25
Ellwood City
05 Oct
Mushroom Walk during RP Day at Riverview Park
5 Oct 25
Pittsburgh
07 Oct
Girty’s Woods with ALT and City Girls Who Walk
7 Oct 25
Reserve Township

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NAMA foray in Missouri - Canceled
08 Oct
10/08/2020 - 10/11/2020    
All Day
Trout Lodge
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
Message from NAMA: It is with great sadness that we tell you that NAMA's Executive Board has decided to cancel MO-NAMA 2020 due to COVID-19. [...]
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Todd Nature Reserve
18 Oct
10/18/2020    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Todd Nature Reserve
  • Walk
Meet WPMC Identifier Cara Coulter at the main parking lot of Todd Nature Reserve for a free mushroom walk. Masks are required, and Halloween costumes [...]
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Virtual Monthly meeting
20 Oct
10/20/2020    
7:15 pm - 9:15 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
Election night and Photo Contest Results. Photo Contest presented by club identifier Josh Doty and the slide show will start at 7:15pm on YouTube. This will be [...]
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Events on 10/08/2020
08 Oct
NAMA foray in Missouri - Canceled
8 Oct 20
Potosi
Events on 10/18/2020
18 Oct
Todd Nature Reserve
18 Oct 20
Sarver
Events on 10/20/2020
20 Oct
Virtual Monthly meeting
20 Oct 20
Pittsburgh

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