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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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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
11 Oct
Mushroom ID, Journaling & Foraging
11 Oct 25
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Events

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
11 Oct
Mushroom ID, Journaling & Foraging
11 Oct 25
Plum

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Frick Park, Blue slide playground
04 May
05/04/2013    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Frick Park, Blue slide playground
  • Walk
Meet Jim Wasik.  Meet near the Blue Slide Playground (Beechwood and Nicholson). In the past several years, Morels have been found in Frick Park. We [...]
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Mingo Creek Park, Washington County
05 May
05/05/2013    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Mingo Creek Park, Washington County
  • Walk
Meet Brian and Bonnie Davis along with Scott and Kate Pavelle at Mingo Creek County Park. Meet at the OLD abandoned ranger station (across from [...]
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Sewickley Heights Park
11 May
05/11/2013    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sewickley Heights Park
  • Walk
Sewickley Heights Park, meet Fluff Berger. Meet in the parking lot (there’s only one.) We request that no one hunts a walk or foray location [...]
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Walk near Greensburg, PA
18 May
05/18/2013    
9:45 am - 12:00 pm
Shop and Save on Route 66, Greensburg , PA
  • Walk
Meet John Plischke III to search for morels in a secret morel spot.  Meeting at Shop and Save Route 66 parking lot in Greensburg and [...]
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Monthly Meeting
21 May
05/21/2013    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
Cultivation Project Speakers: Jim Tunney / Mark Spear / Rebecca Miller Summary: WPMC Mycologist Jim Tunney and friends will show WPMC members how to grow [...]
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Hartwood Acres
25 May
05/25/2013    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Hartwood Acres
  • Walk
Meet Dick Dougall -  Hartwood Acres. Meet at the parking lot in front of the Mansion off Saxonburg Blvd. We request that no one hunts [...]
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Events on 05/04/2013
04 May
Frick Park, Blue slide playground
4 May 13
Squirrel Hill
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05 May
Mingo Creek Park, Washington County
5 May 13
Finleyville
Events on 05/11/2013
11 May
Sewickley Heights Park
11 May 13
Sewickley Heights
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18 May
Walk near Greensburg, PA
18 May 13
Greensburg
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21 May
Monthly Meeting
21 May 13
Pittsburgh
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25 May
Hartwood Acres
25 May 13
Pittsburgh

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