[PCA] FUNDING: NSF PLANTS undergrad diversity travel awards to Botany 2014 meetings

[Kwong, Olivia]

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We are pleased to announce the PLANTS program, funded by the National
Science Foundation and Botanical Society of America, which is designed to
bring talented and diverse undergraduates to the BOTANY 2014 meeting on
July 25-30, 2014 in Boise, Idaho.

The PLANTS program (Preparing Leaders and Nurturing Tomorrow's Scientists:
Increasing the diversity of plant scientists) will fund up to 12
undergraduates from throughout the US to attend the meeting, receive
individual mentoring from graduate students, postdocs and faculty, and
participate in networking events including the Diversity Luncheon and
career-oriented activities.  Topics range across all levels of botany and
include talks on conservation, biodiversity, plant genomics, ecology,
evolution, plant systematics, and botanical education. There are also a
number of social functions, specifically targeted at students. The meetings
are a great way to understand the breadth of botanical research and
education, to meet undergraduate and

graduate students with similar interests, and to network with professionals
in your area of interest. Now in its fourth year, the program covers the
normal costs of travel, registration, and food and accommodation at the
meeting. An overview of the scientific conference is available at:
www.botanyconference.org



Application period:  February 1 - deadline March 15, 2014.

Applications are welcome from all undergraduates who have interest in the
plant sciences.  Students will be selected so that as a group, they will
help to diversify the pool of undergraduates who attend the meetings and
are interested in continuing in botanical studies. The application form is
located online at http://botany.org/awards_grants/detail/PLANTS.php



For further inquiries, please contact one of the organizers:

Ann Sakai -- aksakai at uci.edu; Ann Hirsch -- ahirsch at ucla.edu; Heather
Cacanindin  -- hcacanindin at botany.org
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