Fwd: [Abls] Call for ABLS Student Field Research Awards: Proposals due 1 March 2026

[Fred Rhoades]

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From: "Jessica M. Budke" <jessica...@gmail.com>

Subject: [Abls] Call for ABLS Student Field Research Awards: Proposals due 1 March 2026

Date: January 28, 2026 at 11:54:03 AM PST

To: ab...@mailman.srv.ualberta.ca

Please find attached and below the calls for the student research proposals for the Culberson & Hale 2026 Field Lichenology Research Award and the Anderson & Crum 2026 Field Bryology Research Award.

Culberson & Hale 2026 Field Lichenology Research Award

Call for Student Proposals

The American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS) is pleased to announce this year’s program to support student field research in lichenology. This award is made possible by generous donations provided to ABLS by Larry Giles of Duke University and others in honor of William (Bill) Culberson and Mason Hale, both of whom were committed to field-based research on the biology of lichens.

 

Two awards of up to $1,000 each are available to support lichenology fieldwork by students. Funds are intended primarily to support travel associated with field work, but requests to cover other expenses essential to field work will be considered. Proposed fieldwork may focus on any area of lichenology, including systematics, evolution, genetics, physiology, or ecology. Awards are not provided for support of travel to meetings, symposia, or to visit herbaria, museums, or other institutions.

 

Conditions for Eligibility

●      Applicant must be a current member of ABLS. In the case of undergraduates who are not members of ABLS, their faculty sponsor or graduate student advisor must be a member.

●      Funds are to be used only for expenses associated with fieldwork and cannot be used for laboratory expenses.

●      Previous recipients are eligible to apply as long as the previously funded work has been completed and a report has been submitted BEFORE the current application is received.

 

Proposals are due by 1 March 2026, and should be submitted by email to ABLS secretary Manuela Dal Forno at mdal...@fwbg.org with the subject line “ABLS C&H Student Field Award Application 2026”

 

Proposals should include:

1.     A brief cover letter outlining the project and funding request.

2.     A letter of support from the student’s academic advisor/sponsor.

3.     A one-page CV for the applicant; if the applicant is an undergraduate student with a graduate student advisor/sponsor, then also include a summary of their qualifications.

4.     A two-page proposal (single spaced, 12-point font, one inch margins): the first page should include the project description (including up to three references); the second page should include the budget justification and itemized costs, including information about other funding sources secured or sought for the project and an explicit statement of what additional support is necessary to complete the project.

 

These four documents should be included in one pdf file in the order listed above. Name the file as follows: Lastname_C&H_Award_2026 (e.g. “Jones_C&H_Award_2026”).

Proposals not conforming to these specifications will be rejected and invited to resubmit.

 

Awardees will be notified in April 2026

 

Award recipients are required to submit a brief (1-2 page) report detailing research results by 31 December 2026.

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Anderson & Crum 2026 Field Bryology Research Award

Call for Student Proposals

The American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS) is pleased to announce this year’s program to provide support for student field research in bryology. This award is made possible by generous donations provided to ABLS by Larry Giles of Duke University and others in honor of Lewis Anderson and Howard Crum, both of whom were committed to field-based research on the biology of bryophytes.

 

Two awards of up to $1,000 each are available to support bryology fieldwork by students. Funds are intended primarily to support travel associated with field work, but requests to cover other expenses essential to field work will be considered. Proposed fieldwork may focus on any area of bryology, including systematics, evolution, genetics, physiology, or ecology. Awards are not provided for support of travel to meetings, symposia, or to visit herbaria, museums, or other institutions.

Conditions for Eligibility

●      Applicant must be a current member of ABLS. In the case of undergraduates who are not members of ABLS, their faculty sponsor or graduate student advisor must be a member.

●      Funds are to be used only for expenses associated with fieldwork and cannot be used for laboratory expenses.

●      Previous recipients are eligible to apply as long as the previously funded work has been completed and a report has been submitted BEFORE the current application is received.

Proposals are due by 1 March 2026, and should be submitted by email to ABLS secretary Manuela Dal Forno at mdal...@fwbg.org with the subject line “ABLS A&C Student Field Award Application 2026”

 

Proposals should include:

1.     A brief cover letter outlining the project and funding request.

2.     A letter of support from the student’s academic advisor/sponsor.

3.     A one-page CV for the applicant; if the applicant is an undergraduate student with a graduate student advisor/sponsor, then also include a summary of their qualifications.

4.     A two-page proposal (single spaced, 12 point font, one inch margins): the first page should include the project description (including up to three references); the second page should include the budget justification and itemized costs, including information about other funding sources secured or sought for the project and an explicit statement of what additional support is necessary to complete the project.

 

These four documents should be included in one pdf file in the order listed above. Name the file as follows: Lastname_A&C_Award_2026 (e.g. “Smith_A&C_Award_2026”).

Proposals not conforming to these specifications will be rejected and invited to resubmit.

 

Awardees will be notified in April 2026.

 

Award recipients are required to submit a brief (1-2 page) report detailing research results by 31 December 2026.

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J.M. Budke, PhD (she/her)

Associate Professor & Herbarium Director (TENN)

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

University of Tennessee

569 Dabney Hall

Knoxville, TN 37996

 

Office: 431 Hesler Biology Building

Office Phone: (865) 974-6204

Lab: 433 Hesler Biology Building

Lab Phone: (865) 974-2635

TENN Herbarium Office: 102 Temple Hall

Herbarium Phone: (865) 974-6212

Budke Laboratory Research: http://jmbudke.github.io/

GLOBAL Bryophyte & Lichen TCN: https://globaltcn.utk.edu/