Intradepartmental Fellowships and Awards

Intradepartmental Fellowships 

The Botany Department historically has provided a number of fellowships to its graduate students.  The number of fellowships offered each year depends on the availability of funds. Typically, a given fellowship can be offered every year or every other year. The following are intradepartmental fellowships that have been offered in the past 5 years. 

• The O.N. and E.K. Allen Graduate Fellowship provides two semesters of support and is awarded on the basis of merit and service, typically to students nearing completion of the Ph.D. program.  The O.N. and E.K. Allen Graduate Fellowship honors Oscar and Ethel Allen who were international authorities on rhizobial associations. 
• The Flora Aeterna Fellowship, which was first awarded in the 2011-12 academic year, provides 12 months of support plus research funds to a graduate student whose research has potential to directly and positively impact the long-term survival of plants native to the United States.
• The Botany Writing Fellowship, which also was first awarded in the 2011-12 academic year, provides a semester of support for a graduate student to lead a series of writing workshops for graduate students in the department.
• The Davis Summer Fellowship provides a stipend comparable to a research assistantship during the summer. Awards are based on merit with some preference given to graduate students with substantial teaching service and other service in the department. The award commemorates John Jefferson Davis, who after retiring from medicine, became curator of the UW Herbarium and a leading authority on parasitic fungi.
• The Eldon and Joy Newcomb Research Award provides a stipend comparable to a research assistantship during the summer plus flexible research funds. The award is based on merit and identified need of funds for research support. Eldon Newcomb is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, an eminent authority on plant structure, a distinguished teacher, researcher, and mentor, and past Chair of the Department of Botany. He and Joy have long been active in the life of the University.

Intradepartmental Awards and Grants

The Botany Department has also provided a number of research and travel awards to its graduate students.  The number of awards offered each year depends on the availability of funds.  The following are intradepartmental awards that have been offered in the past 5 years.

• Davis Research Grants provide funding to offset costs of field studies and travel associated with research. Graduate students in the ecology and systematics sections of the department are eligible to apply. Preference is given to students in their first two years of study.
• The Judith Croxdale Award for Women in Science is awarded to a female graduate student in the Botany Department and is based on merit and need.  This award honors the memory of Judy Croxdale who was a professor in the Department of Botany and a mentor to many female graduate students.
• Raper Travel Awards defray costs for graduate students to attend national and international scientific meetings. Preference is given to students making presentations. The Raper Fund commemorates the late Dr. Kenneth Raper, Professor of Botany and eminent mycologist.
• The Eldon Newcomb Teaching Award honors a senior graduate student who has distinguished him/herself as an outstanding Teaching Assistant based on student evaluation scores and history of service.