An NSF Research Coordination Network  
 
 

MORPH Grants
 

Garden grants


MORPH supports visits to botanical gardens for graduate students, postdoctorals, and junior faculty. These grants are targeted toward individuals with an interest in expanding organismic and molecular evolutionary developmental studies to include a broader sampling of plant biodiversity. The primary goal of the grants program is to support individuals with a desire to bridge the gap between organismic and molecular aspects of plant evo-devo.


Each year, MORPH is able to fund up to ten botanical garden travel grants at $3,000 per grant. All funds for this year have already been committed. Please check back next year for more travel grants.




Participating institutions
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Hortus Botanicus Leiden

Botanischer Garten München

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

The New York Botanical Garden





Evaluation

Botanical garden travel grants are evaluated quarterly. Deadlines are August 1, November 1, February 1, and May 1.




Application materials
  1. A letter from the major advisor (for postdoctorals and graduate students).

  2. A letter from the MORPH-affiliated contact person at the botanical garden (indicating a willingness to host the applicant and a consensus about the proposed activities of the visitor. The letter must include an explicit statement acknowledging that the host institution understands that MORPH funds may not be used to underwrite costs associated with the proposed research activities.

  3. A letter from the applicant detailing research plans and proposed interactions. This letter should indicate how the botanical garden visit will support ongoing research projects, and it must demonstrate that this work cannot be supported by other NSF funding.

  4. A proposed budget for travel costs and per diem for lodging and meals.
Each letter should be no more than two pages. The applicant letter must specifically document the fact that the botanical garden has representatives of a group of plants relating to an ongoing plant developmental evolution study in an organismic or a molecular laboratory. By NSF rules, the budget may not be used to directly fund costs associated with the proposed research activities (e.g., supplies).





How to apply
All application materials must be emailed as attached pdf or Word documents to William (Ned) Friedman, ned@colorado.edu.





Questions

For further questions contact William (Ned) Friedman, ned.friedman@colorado.edu



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hosted by University of Colorado, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology