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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

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
11 Oct
Glade Run Lake Conservancy
11 Oct 25
Valencia

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    on Trail Tour in Hays Woods with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
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    on The Lodge at North Park
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    on Clear Creek State Forest (Venango County)

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Events

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
11 Oct
Glade Run Lake Conservancy
11 Oct 25
Valencia

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10:00 AM - Murrysville Community Park joint with Friends of Murrysville Parks
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7:00 PM - Monthly meeting
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12:00 PM - Braddocks Trail Park with Blaine Sanner
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12:00 PM - Morel Mushroom Walk with Indiana County Friends of the Parks
Murrysville Community Park joint with Friends of Murrysville Parks
16 Apr
04/16/2016    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Murrysville Community Park
  • Walk
Meet Pia van de Venne, President of Friends of Murrysville Parks, and Club Mycologist La Monte Yarroll for a joint event with the Friends of [...]
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Monthly meeting
19 Apr
04/19/2016    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
The Story of Smugtown mushrooms Speaker: Olga Tzogas   Smugtown Mushrooms is fueled to provide people with the finest mushroom products. They exist to make [...]
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Braddocks Trail Park with Blaine Sanner
23 Apr
04/23/2016    
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Braddocks Trail Park
  • Walk
Meet Club Identifier Blaine Sanner for a walk at Braddocks Trail Park. From Rt. 30 turn onto Robbins Station Road. Robin Station Road dead ends [...]
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Earth Day in Frick Park
24 Apr
04/24/2016    
12:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Frick Environmental Center
  • Walk
Join Jim Tunney and the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy at Frick Park for some guided mushroom walks to celebrate Earth Day. There will be two mushroom [...]
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Morel Mushroom Walk with Indiana County Friends of the Parks
Morel Mushroom Walk with Indiana County Friends of the Parks
04/30/2016    
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Pine Ridge Lodge
  • Walk
Bob Sleigh will be giving a presentation on Morels and leading a walk at Pine Ridge County Park. This is joint with Friends of the [...]
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Events on 04/16/2016
16 Apr
Murrysville Community Park joint with Friends of Murrysville Parks
16 Apr 16
Export
Events on 04/19/2016
19 Apr
Monthly meeting
19 Apr 16
Pittsburgh
Events on 04/23/2016
23 Apr
Braddocks Trail Park with Blaine Sanner
23 Apr 16
Irwin
Events on 04/24/2016
24 Apr
Earth Day in Frick Park
24 Apr 16
Pittsburgh
Events on 04/30/2016
Morel Mushroom Walk with Indiana County Friends of the Parks
Morel Mushroom Walk with Indiana County Friends of the Parks
30 Apr 16
Blairsville

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