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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.

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Headwaters Park (Erie County)
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Erie
11 Jul
WPMC Camping Retreat (Indiana County) 
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Blairsville
15 Jul
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19 Jul
North Fork Bens Creek/North Fork Reservoir
19 Jul 25
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26 Jul
Garden in the Park NORTH with Penn State Master Gardeners
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McCandless

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Events

05 Jul
Headwaters Park (Erie County)
5 Jul 25
Erie
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

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10:00 AM - Frick Environmental Center
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8:30 AM - Mushroom Education Day 2022
1:00 PM - Mushroom Education day afternoon walk at Ohio Township community park in Sewickley
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Frick Environmental Center
17 Apr
04/17/2022    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Frick Environmental Center
  • Walk
Meet WPMC President Stephen Bucklin at the Frick Environmental Center for an Easter morning mushroom walk in Frick Park.  There is no fee for this walk, but [...]
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Monthly Meeting
19 Apr
04/19/2022    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Virtual
  • Meetings
Dr. Matt Kasson is Associate Professor of Forest Pathology and Mycology at West Virginia university. He studies fungal diseases in forests, how millipedes interact with [...]
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Mushroom Education Day 2022
23 Apr
04/23/2022    
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Ohio Township Nature Center
  • Mushroom Class
Join us on Saturday, April 23, for Mushroom Education Day at the Ohio Township Nature Center in Sewickley.  We have three great topics and speakers [...]
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Mushroom Education day afternoon walk at Ohio Township community park in Sewickley
23 Apr
04/23/2022    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Ohio Township Nature Center
  • Walk
Join Mushroom education day course teachers Julie Travaglini, Cara Coulter and Esperanzo Wilcox for a walk Ohio Township community park. Meet at the nature center [...]
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Celebrate The Lake – Morel Mushroom Hunt
25 Apr
04/25/2022    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Peters Lake Park
  • Mushroom Class
  • Walk
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Devil’s Hollow Conservation Area with Allegheny Land Trust
29 Apr
04/29/2022    
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Devil's Hollow
  • Walk
Join ALT Senior Director of Education and WPMC Identifier Julie Travaglini for a mushroom identification hike at Devil’s Hollow. We will collect specimens to identify [...]
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Settlers Cabin
30 Apr
04/30/2022    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Settlers Cabin Park
  • Walk
Meet club mycologist Cara Coulter at the Waterfall trail Head off of Tee Pee drive. Google plus code "CRFV+V57 Oakdale, Pennsylvania", GPS 40.424654, -80.157063
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17 Apr
Frick Environmental Center
17 Apr 22
Pittsburgh
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19 Apr
Monthly Meeting
19 Apr 22
Virtual
Events on 04/23/2022
23 Apr
Mushroom Education Day 2022
23 Apr 22
Sewickley
23 Apr
Mushroom Education day afternoon walk at Ohio Township community park in Sewickley
23 Apr 22
Sewickley
Events on 04/25/2022
25 Apr
Celebrate The Lake – Morel Mushroom Hunt
25 Apr 22
Canonsburg
Events on 04/29/2022
29 Apr
Devil’s Hollow Conservation Area with Allegheny Land Trust
29 Apr 22
Sewickley
Events on 04/30/2022
30 Apr
Settlers Cabin
30 Apr 22
Pittsburgh

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