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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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WPMC Camping Retreat (Indiana County) 
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Blairsville
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Monthly Meeting
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North Fork Bens Creek/North Fork Reservoir
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Garden in the Park NORTH with Penn State Master Gardeners
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McCandless
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West Virginia Mushroom Club 2025 Annual Foray
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Davis

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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

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Halloween Walk at Todd Nature Reserve
Halloween Walk at Todd Nature Reserve
10/31/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Todd Nature Reserve
  • Walk
Meet WPMC Mycologist Cara Coulter at the main parking lot of Todd Nature Reserve for a free Halloween mushroom walk. Costumes are encouraged, but foraging [...]
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Monthly Meeting
16 Nov
11/16/2021    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Virtual
  • Meetings
Normally a pot luck dinner at Beechwood farms with a members photo show. This year will be virtual like last years. Join us as we [...]
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Black Friday walk at Hartwood Acres
26 Nov
11/26/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Hartwood Acres, Middle Road entrance
  • Walk
Join club identifier Cara Coulter at Hartwood Acres for barging hunting of the fungal kind. Depending on the weather we can find a range of [...]
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Events on 10/31/2021
Halloween Walk at Todd Nature Reserve
Halloween Walk at Todd Nature Reserve
31 Oct 21
Sarver
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Monthly Meeting
16 Nov 21
Virtual
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26 Nov
Black Friday walk at Hartwood Acres
26 Nov 21
Allison Park

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