Conservation & Ecological RestorationCorey Palmer
2013 The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
Corey Palmer, a Master’s Degree candidate at Northwestern University, will study soil recovery in prairie restoration to determine if land management practices are working. She will conduct her field work at a regional Chicago-area prairie site and will investigate the connection between the age of a prairie restoration, soil nutrients at the site, and composition of the soil microbial community. Her research lab work will be conducted at the Chicago Botanic Gardens’ Plant Science Center.
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).
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