Research Grants
Thanks to the generosity of numerous businesses who donated products and Florida Symposium attendees who bid on them, the 2006 Symposium's Special Auction raised enough money so the 2007 research awards will total $5000. The IWGS plans to award a small number of research awards in 2007 (ranging from $500-$5000 each) to support aquatic plant research. Deadline for application is February 15, 2007 , with awards announced by March 30, 2007 . You may want to pass this announcement on to any academic establishments local to you where aquatic research is being conducted.
This program provides financial support to graduate students, faculty, and other professionals pursuing applied research. Grants may be used to purchase needed equipment, conduct travel, or supplement salaries. Proposals focused on applied research, which would be considered of practical use to a significant percentage of membership will be given preference. Examples would be verification of hybrid parentage, tolerance of plants to extreme conditions (e.g. drying, or cold temperatures), use of tissue culture to propagate difficult species or hybrids, travel to obtain important parental species for possible hybridization, and control of invasive aquatics in ponds.
