Fellowships at the Missouri Botanical Garden

[Alina Freire-Fierro]

Dear all:

We will appreciate if you could spread the word about the two following
fellowships offered by the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Many thanks and have happy new year!

Alina

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M. em C. Alina Freire Fierro, M. Sc.
Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, U.S.A.
Phone: 1-314-577-9535; Fax: 1-314-577-0830
alina.freire at mobot.org

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Elizabeth E. Bascom Fellowships in Botany for Latin American Women
The Missouri Botanical Garden announces the seventh annual competition for
the Elizabeth E. Bascom Fellowships in botany for Latin American women. The
fellowship will cover the cost of a round-trip air ticket to St. Louis,
lodging in the Garden apartment, and a small stipend for food and
miscellaneous expenses in St. Louis for a period of one to three months.
The competition is open to young Latin American women who work in the field
of botany or are botanists at universities or other governmental or non-
governmental scientific institutions in Mexico, Central America, and South
America. Applicants must have an undergraduate degree from a university.
The fields of investigation are limited to systematic botany, ecology, or
conservation. This year, the deadline has been changed to 1 June 2005. All
interested applicants should visit this website:
www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/bascom/bascom.shtml or this PDF document:
www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/bascom/Bascom05.pdf (both in Spanish) to
obtain a list of application materials, or contact Alina Freire-Fierro,
P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA. Voice: 314-577-9535; fax: 314-
577-0830; e-mail alina.freire at mobot.org. Additional information about the
Missouri Botanical Garden, Research Division, is published in News from MO,
available upon request, or online at
www.mobot.org/MOBOT/webmo/2004/NewsfromMOfinal.pdf

Alwyn H. Gentry Fellowships in Botany for South American Researchers
The Missouri Botanical Garden announces a competition for the Alwyn H.
Gentry Fellowships in Botany for South American Researchers. The fellowship
will cover the cost of a round-trip air ticket to St. Louis, lodging in the
Garden apartment, and a small stipend for food and miscellaneous expenses
in St. Louis for a period of one to three months. The competition is open
to young Latin American botanists who work in the field of botany or are
botanists at universities or other governmental or non-governmental
scientific institutions in South America. Applicants must have an
undergraduate degree from a university. The fields of investigation are
limited to systematic botany, ecology, or conservation. Deadline 1 June
2005. All interested applicants should visit this website:
www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/bascomgentry/gentry.shtml or this PDF
document: www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/bascomgentry/gentry.pdf (both in
Spanish) to obtain a list of application materials, or contact Alina Freire-
Fierro, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA. Voice: 314-577-9535;
fax: 314-577-0830; e-mail alina.freire at mobot.org. Additional information
about the Missouri Botanical Garden, Research Division, is published in
News from MO, available upon request, or online at
www.mobot.org/MOBOT/webmo/2004/NewsfromMOfinal.pdf.