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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

11 Jul
WPMC Camping Retreat (Indiana County) 
11 Jul 25
Blairsville
15 Jul
Monthly Meeting
15 Jul 25
Pittsburgh
19 Jul
North Fork Bens Creek/North Fork Reservoir
19 Jul 25
Johnstown
26 Jul
Garden in the Park NORTH with Penn State Master Gardeners
26 Jul 25
McCandless
01 Aug
West Virginia Mushroom Club 2025 Annual Foray
1 Aug 25
Davis

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    on North Fork Bens Creek/North Fork Reservoir
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    on Headwaters Park
  • Patricia Houck May 28, 2025
    on Trail Tour in Hays Woods with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
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    on Monthly Meeting – Cultivation night

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Events

11 Jul
WPMC Camping Retreat (Indiana County) 
11 Jul 25
Blairsville
15 Jul
Monthly Meeting
15 Jul 25
Pittsburgh
19 Jul
North Fork Bens Creek/North Fork Reservoir
19 Jul 25
Johnstown
26 Jul
Garden in the Park NORTH with Penn State Master Gardeners
26 Jul 25
McCandless
01 Aug
West Virginia Mushroom Club 2025 Annual Foray
1 Aug 25
Davis

Calendar

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10:00 AM - Pop-Up Mushroom Walk at Barking Slopes
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7:00 PM - Monthly meeting - virtual meeting
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10:00 AM - Black Friday Walk at Hartwood Acre
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10:00 AM - Black Friday walk
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Pop-Up Mushroom Walk at Barking Slopes
01 Nov
11/01/2020    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Barking Slopes
  • Walk
Meet WPMC Identifier Cara Coulter in the parking area at 37 Barking Road, New Kensington, PA 15068 for a hike at Barking Slopes. No registration [...]
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Monthly meeting - virtual meeting
17 Nov
11/17/2020    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
Unfortunately, we won’t be having our annual Potluck Dinner this year, so enjoy your own meal at home. Then join us at 7:00 p.m. for [...]
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Black Friday Walk at Hartwood Acre
26 Nov
11/26/2020    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Hartwood Acres
  • Walk
Join club identifier Richard Jacob for our starting to be traditional Black Friday walk at Hartwood acres where we hunt for bargains and surprises of [...]
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Black Friday walk
27 Nov
11/27/2020    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Bermuda triangle
  • Walk
Meet club identifier and past president Richard Jacob for a bargain hunt of a different kind. Continuing the tradition of the last few years we [...]
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Events on 11/01/2020
01 Nov
Pop-Up Mushroom Walk at Barking Slopes
1 Nov 20
New Kensington
Events on 11/17/2020
17 Nov
Monthly meeting - virtual meeting
17 Nov 20
Pittsburgh
Events on 11/26/2020
26 Nov
Black Friday Walk at Hartwood Acre
26 Nov 20
Pittsburgh
Events on 11/27/2020
27 Nov
Black Friday walk
27 Nov 20
Bermuda

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