Conservation & Ecological RestorationAnjali Boyd
2023 The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
Developing Low-Cost Restoration Techniques to Restore Seagrass Ecosystems Globally
Boyd will investigate the effects of snail addition and removal on turtlegrass at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Boyd will manipulate snail density to examine the density-dependent effects of grazing snails on turtlegrass fungal infection, growth, survival, ecosystem services, and restoration outcomes. Restoration solutions will be determined for seagrass ecosystems that are critical for climate change mitigation, food security, and income generation.
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
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. Preference will be given to projects that include field research conducted in the United States. A panel of experts associated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum reviews the applications and makes recommendations to the GCA Scholarship Committee.
For the purposes of this scholarship, The Garden Club of America agrees to the definition of ecological restoration as stated by the Society of Ecological Restoration (SER).