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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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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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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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Phipps BioBlitz
02 Jun
06/02/2024    
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Phipps Conservatory
  • BioBlitz
On Sun., June 2, Phipps annual BioBlitz festival will bring together families, students, local scientists and naturalists, teachers and community leaders to explore the biodiversity [...]
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Beaver Meadows recreation area
08 Jun
06/08/2024    
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Beaver Meadows Recreation Area
  • Walk
Meet WPMC Mycologist Cara Coulter at the parking lot for her annual birthday mushroom walk.  Free and open to the public; no registration required.
More Info
Monthly Meeting
18 Jun
06/18/2024    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Frick Environmental Center
  • Meetings
How to Identify Chanterelles (Virtual) Rachel Swenie, PhD This talk will focus on the common summertime edible mushrooms known as chanterelles. How many species of chanterelles [...]
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Mushroom Education Day at Powdermill Nature Reserve in Westmoreland County
22 Jun
06/22/2024    
9:00 am - 3:45 pm
Powdermill Nature Reserve
  • Mushroom Class
Registration is Open for Mushroom Education Day on Saturday, June 22, at the Powdermill Nature Reserve in Westmoreland County.  We’ll have a variety of topics [...]
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22 Jun
06/22/2024    
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Blue Knob
  • Walk
Meet WPMC mycologist John Plischke III at Buck Hill Amphitheater, Blue knob. “Mushroom Hike” 3:00pm – 4:00pm – Buck Hill Amphitheater Join John Plischke III [...]
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Canceled - Mushroom walk at Mother Earth Farm PA, Indiana County
29 Jun
06/29/2024    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Mother Earth Farm PA
  • Walk
Meet WPMC identifier Richard Jacob and local farmer Chloe Drew for a mushroom walk in the 30 acres of wooded land at Mother Earth Farm [...]
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Dorothy Fornof Foray at Deer Lakes park
06 Jul
07/06/2024    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Deer Lakes Park
  • Walk
Meet club identifier Richard Jacob for our annual Dorothy Fornof Walk at Deer Lakes Park. We normally find a lot of mushroom species at this [...]
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Events on 06/02/2024
02 Jun
Phipps BioBlitz
2 Jun 24
Pittsburgh
Events on 06/08/2024
08 Jun
Beaver Meadows recreation area
8 Jun 24
Marienville
Events on 06/18/2024
18 Jun
Monthly Meeting
18 Jun 24
Pittsburgh
Events on 06/22/2024
22 Jun
Mushroom Education Day at Powdermill Nature Reserve in Westmoreland County
22 Jun 24
Rector
22 Jun
22 Jun 24
Imler
Events on 06/29/2024
29 Jun
Canceled - Mushroom walk at Mother Earth Farm PA, Indiana County
29 Jun 24
Indiana
Events on 07/06/2024
06 Jul
Dorothy Fornof Foray at Deer Lakes park
6 Jul 24
Tarentum

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