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To protect, preserve, and expand knowledge about the medicinal use of plants, thus preventing the disappearance of plants with therapeutic potential. Providing this research opportunity for botanists can, in turn, assist medical science to develop therapies that improve the quality of life of patients and develop life-saving medicines.

To support students' field studies and offer an opportunity to gain knowledge and experience beyond the regular course of study.

To promote the study of tropical horticulture and landscape architecture.

To encourage U.S. undergraduate students to expand their knowledge of medicinal botany by pursuing summer study in various projects, courses, and/or internships with supervision and structure.

To promote the importance of botany to horticulture by encouraging young students to study field botany in the U.S., and to offer an opportunity to gain knowledge and experience in the field beyond the regular course of study.

To promote the preservation of tropical forests by enlarging the body of botanists with field experience.

To promote, expand, and enrich the body of research concerning the coast by actively supporting graduate students in the field of coastal wetlands science.

The Garden Club of America (the GCA) offers an annual Fellowship in Ecological Restoration.  Established in 2000 with funds from the John B. Young Charitable Trust as well as GCA members and clubs, the fellowship’s goal is to support research that will advance knowledge and increase the number of scientists in the important field of ecological restoration, the active healing of the land. The $8,000 grant is awarded annually to exceptional graduate students to support specialized study in ecological restoration at an accredited U.S. university....

To encourage studies and careers in the conservation fields, with the opportunity to protect, enhance, and gain knowledge and experience for the lasting benefit of the U.S. National Parks. The Sara Brown GCA National Parks Scholarship will fund at least one (or more) SCA Apprentice Crew Leader (ACL), Leader, and/or Apprentice annually. ACLs and leaders will provide support, encouragement, and mentorship of high school crews engaged in hands-on conservation projects. Apprentices will work under the direct oversight of a land management agency or organization to address specific needs, which...

To promote the study of horticulture, conservation, botany, environmental science, and landscape design relating to the arid landscape.

To encourage the study of garden history and design and, if possible, aid in cataloging The Garden Club of America Collection in the Archives of American Gardens (AAG) at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.

To further the study of history and design in the American garden and to look to the future of gardens and their unique place in our environment.

To promote plant conservation capacity and coordination among botanic gardens, and/or public gardens, in the United States through programs of Botanic Gardens Conservation International-US (BGCI-US) in collaboration with The Garden Club of America (GCA).

To encourage the study of horticulture and related fields.

To encourage the development of research, documentation, and teaching skills in the field of horticulture.

To further the study of public horticulture through experiential learning that takes place at a recognized public garden, botanic garden, arboretum, or other closely aligned public horticulture institution within the United States.

To encourage the understanding, development, and use of underutilized native plants. Established to encourage the development of research, documentation, and teaching skills in the field of horticulture.

To promote conservation of rare and endangered flora in the United States through the programs of the Center for Plant Conservation, Escondido, California.

To foster British-American relations through the interchange of scholars in horticulture, landscape architecture, and related areas and to promote the exchange of information in the horticulture field. These international and prestigious Interchange Fellowships allow for an American student to study and work in the UK and a British student to study and work in the U.S. The fellowships last one year and are life changing experiences for the recipients who go on to be leaders in the field of horticulture. View the resources below to learn more about the fellowships and previous fellows. ...

To promote the study of tropical horticulture and landscape architecture.

The American Academy in Rome supports innovative artists, writers, and scholars living and working together in a dynamic international community. The Rome Prize Fellowship in Landscape Architecture, which includes geography, environmental design and planning, landscape and ecological urbanism, landscape history, sustainability, and ecological studies, provides American landscape architects with a special opportunity for advanced study, travel, and association with other fellows in Rome.

To promote, expand, enrich, and develop the body of research in significant man-made changes to the American landscape since the country’s founding in 1776.

To provide financial aid to study areas in the United States that provide seasonal habitat for threatened or endangered native birds and to tend useful information for land-management decisions.

To provide funding to study the causes of pollinator decline, in particular bees, bats, butterflies, and moths, which could lead to potential solutions for their conservation and sustainability.

To encourage studies and careers in the environmental field, providing the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience beyond the regular course of study.

To encourage studies and careers in the environmental field, with the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience beyond the regular course of study.

To promote environmental studies by students who are residents of New Jersey or nonresidents studying in New Jersey or its adjacent waters.

To encourage studies and careers in the environmental field with the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience beyond the regular course of study.

To encourage studies and careers in the environmental field with the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience beyond the regular course of study.

To advance the field of urban forestry by encouraging students to study the planning, management, horticulture and ecology of urban forests, and the effect of healthy urban forests on people and the environment.