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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

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
01 Aug
West Virginia Mushroom Club 2025 Annual Foray
1 Aug 25
Davis

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Events

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
01 Aug
West Virginia Mushroom Club 2025 Annual Foray
1 Aug 25
Davis

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7:30 PM - Pop-Up Glow Walk in Cook Forest
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10:00 AM - Cook Forest State Park pre-foray walk
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7:30 AM - Annual Gary Lincoff Foray.
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9:00 AM - Science Sunday at the Lincoff Foray
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7:00 PM - Monthly Meeting - Virtual
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Wingfield Pines
10 Sep
09/10/2021    
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Wingfield Pines Conservation Area
  • Walk
Join WPMC and ALT for a walk a Friday evening walk at Wingfield Pines. Masks must be worn at this program and, due to COVID [...]
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Pop-Up Glow Walk in Cook Forest
16 Sep
09/16/2021    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Cook Forest State Park
  • Walk
Join WPMC President and Identifier Stephen Bucklin for a night walk in Cook Forest in search of glowing mushrooms! We’ll be using UV flashlights to [...]
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Cook Forest State Park pre-foray walk
17 Sep
09/17/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Cook Forest State Park
  • Walk
Pre-Foray Walk at Cook Forest State Park, with WPMC identifiers, Mycologists and Park Ranger Dale Luthringer. Meet at Shelter #2. There is no charge for this [...]
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Annual Gary Lincoff Foray.
18 Sep
09/18/2021    
7:30 am - 7:30 pm
Rose Barn
  • Foray
Mark your calendars now for the 21st annual Gary Lincoff Foray. Registration will open at a later date, but here are the events we’re planning [...]
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Science Sunday at the Lincoff Foray
19 Sep
09/19/2021    
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Rose Barn
  • Foray
Schedule 9:00 am Introduction to Mushroom Identification 10:30am Mushroom Photography for ID and clarity 12pm lunch 1pm 10 Common Boletes in Our area 2:30pm Introduction [...]
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Monthly Meeting - Virtual
Monthly Meeting - Virtual
09/21/2021    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Virtual
  • Meetings
How to Quit your Job and Devote your Life to Mushrooms. John Michelotti, Founder of Catskill Fungi, will share this presentation, which he gave at [...]
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10 Sep
Wingfield Pines
10 Sep 21
Pittsburgh
Events on 09/16/2021
16 Sep
Pop-Up Glow Walk in Cook Forest
16 Sep 21
Cooksburg
Events on 09/17/2021
17 Sep
Cook Forest State Park pre-foray walk
17 Sep 21
Cooksburg
Events on 09/18/2021
18 Sep
Annual Gary Lincoff Foray.
18 Sep 21
McCandless Township
Events on 09/19/2021
19 Sep
Science Sunday at the Lincoff Foray
19 Sep 21
McCandless Township
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Monthly Meeting - Virtual
Monthly Meeting - Virtual
21 Sep 21
Virtual

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