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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 clubโ€™s mission of education, research, teaching, training, and increasing the publicโ€™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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29 Nov
Thanksgiving Weekend Walk at Hartwood Acres
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10 Oct
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Allison Park

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South Park with La Monte Yarroll
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South Park Nature Center
Join Club Mycologist La Monte Yarroll for a walk in South Park to collect specimens for the meeting on the 21st. This is not a [...]
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Monthly Meeting
21 Mar
03/21/2017    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
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Jessica Kester, Vice President of Education at Allegheny Land Trust Allegheny Land Trust and WPMC are extending their collaboration this year with multiple walks on [...]
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Wingfield Pines BioBlitz1
25 Mar
03/25/2017    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Wingfield Pines Conservation Area
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Join Club Mycologist Jim Tunney and the Allegheny Land Trust on a BioBlitz to catalog the different species found at Wingfield Pines. The fungi portion [...]
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Todd Nature Reserve with Adam Haritan
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04/01/2017    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Todd Nature Reserve
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Join our Club VP and newest Identifier Adam Haritan for a visit to Todd Nature Reserve. Be sure to slow down when approaching the nature [...]
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Wingfield Pines BioBlitz1
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Todd Nature Reserve with Adam Haritan
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