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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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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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7:00 PM - Monthly meeting
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Pleasant Valley Parks with Friends of Murrysville Parks
13 Oct
10/13/2018    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Pleasant Valley Park
  • Walk
Meet WPMC Past President Richard Jacob and Pia van de Venne, President of Friends of Murrysville Parks, at the parking lot.  Free.
More Info
Monthly meeting
16 Oct
10/16/2018    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
Election night and photo contest results WPMC members will have the opportunity to vote on a new slate of officers for 2019. This year all [...]
More Info
Pine Ridge Park, Indiana County
27 Oct
10/27/2018    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Pine Ridge park
  • Walk
Take Pine Ridge Road to the northern Park Entrance.  Meet WPMC Mycologist John Plischke III in the largest parking lot, at the end of the [...]
More Info
Pop-up mushroom walk
28 Oct
10/28/2018    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Mingo Creek County Park
  • Walk
Meet WPMC Identifier Jared White at the Ebenezer covered bridge near the East Entrance on Mingo Creek Road. Free.
More Info
Events on 10/13/2018
13 Oct
Pleasant Valley Parks with Friends of Murrysville Parks
13 Oct 18
Murrysville
Events on 10/16/2018
16 Oct
Monthly meeting
16 Oct 18
Pittsburgh
Events on 10/27/2018
27 Oct
Pine Ridge Park, Indiana County
27 Oct 18
Blairsville
Events on 10/28/2018
28 Oct
Pop-up mushroom walk
28 Oct 18
Nottingham Township

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