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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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Thanksgiving Weekend Walk at Hartwood Acres
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Monthly Meeting
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Monthly Meeting
21 Apr 26
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Monthly Meeting - cultivation
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Pittsburgh
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Monthly Meeting
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Events

29 Nov
Thanksgiving Weekend Walk at Hartwood Acres
29 Nov 25
Pittsburgh
17 Mar
Monthly Meeting
17 Mar 26
Pittsburgh
21 Apr
Monthly Meeting
21 Apr 26
Pittsburgh
12 May
Monthly Meeting - cultivation
12 May 26
Pittsburgh
16 Jun
Monthly Meeting
16 Jun 26
Pittsburgh

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Boletes of North America: A Field Seminar and Workshop
08 Sep
09/08/2013 - 09/14/2013    
All Day
Eagle Hill Institute
  • Out Of State
During this week-long field seminar and workshop, we will be combining forays and field studies with followup work in the lab. Through slide presentations, lectures, [...]
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Monthly Meeting
17 Sep
09/17/2013    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
Lincoff Foray · Fungi: Toxins and Therapies Speakers: Barbara DeRiso / Dick Dougall and Frank Lotrich DeRiso and Dick Dougall will give the last minute [...]
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The Thirteenth Annual Gary Lincoff Mid-Atlantic Mushroom Foray
The Thirteenth Annual Gary Lincoff Mid-Atlantic Mushroom Foray
09/21/2013    
8:00 am - 7:00 pm
Rose Barn
  • Foray
8am to 7pm, Saturday, Sept. 21th, 2013 Program: Guided morning walks and self-guided afternoon mushroom walks; Mushroom Walks will be conducted in North Park and [...]
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The Thirteenth Annual Gary Lincoff Mid-Atlantic Mushroom Foray After Party
21 Sep
09/21/2013    
7:45 pm - 10:45 pm
Grazie’s Restaurant
  • Foray
Join us after the foray to relax over a drink of your choice and some dessert at Grazie Restaurant.
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Mycological Association of Washington, Camp Sequanota, Jennerstown, Somerset County
27 Sep
09/27/2013 - 09/29/2013    
All Day
Camp Sequanota, Jennerstown, Somerset County
  • Foray
They’ve had excellent foray weekends in September of every year but two since 1988. The record number of species there was about 260, and sometimes [...]
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Raccoon Creek State Park, Beaver County
05 Oct
10/05/2013    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Raccoon Creek State Park, Beaver County
  • Walk
Raccoon Creek State Park, Beaver County. Dick Dougall. Meet in the Parking Lot by the Park Office.  We request that no one hunts a walk or [...]
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Mushroom Mania
05 Oct
10/05/2013    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
South Park Nature Center
  • Walk
Learn the lore, see the strange, taste the terrific of local wild mushrooms.
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Events on 09/08/2013
08 Sep
Boletes of North America: A Field Seminar and Workshop
8 Sep 13
Steuben
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17 Sep
Monthly Meeting
17 Sep 13
Pittsburgh
Events on 09/21/2013
The Thirteenth Annual Gary Lincoff Mid-Atlantic Mushroom Foray
The Thirteenth Annual Gary Lincoff Mid-Atlantic Mushroom Foray
21 Sep 13
McCandless Township
21 Sep
The Thirteenth Annual Gary Lincoff Mid-Atlantic Mushroom Foray After Party
21 Sep 13
Wexford
Events on 09/27/2013
27 Sep
Mycological Association of Washington, Camp Sequanota, Jennerstown, Somerset County
27 Sep 13
Boswell
Events on 10/05/2013
05 Oct
Raccoon Creek State Park, Beaver County
5 Oct 13
Hookstown
05 Oct
Mushroom Mania
5 Oct 13
South Park,

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