Fellowships from the Missouri Botanical Garden

[Alina Freire-Fierro]

Elizabeth E. Bascom Fellowships in Botany for Latin American Women

The Missouri Botanical Garden announces the eighth 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. The deadline will be 1 July 2006. All interested
applicants should visit this website
<http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/bascom/bascom.shtml>  (in Spanish) to
obtain a list of application materials, or contact Alina Freire-Fierro,
e-mail alina.freire-fierro at mobot.org <mailto:alina.freire-fierro at mobot.org>
, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA; voice: 314-577-9535; fax:
314-577-0830.
Additional information in Spanish:
WEB: http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/bascom/bascom.shtml
<http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/bascom/bascom.shtml>
PDF: http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/bascom/pdf/Bascom06.pdf
<http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/bascom/pdf/Bascom06.pdf>
Additional information about the Missouri Botanical Garden, Research
Division, is published in News from MO, available upon request, or online at
http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/webmo/2005/NewsfromMO05.pdf
<http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/webmo/2005/NewsfromMO05.pdf> .

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Alina Freire Fierro
alina.freire-fierro at mobot.org
Missouri Botanical Garden
www.mobot.org <www.mobot.org>