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Participating Societies

ASPT Award and Grant Funds

Asa Gra~· Award Fund
Th\! A!>.a Gray med:ll \Vas c~tablishcd ttl recognize outstanding scientists for their contributions to :-;ystcmatic!'- resc~trch. Your
donation wiH fund the medal and a!'.sociated ~xpensc-s.

George R. Coole~· Award Fund
Established in 1956. the George R. C0oley Award may be bc~:.towcd annually by the Socic·ty upon a botanist in the early stage-s of
his!hl!r carctr ,..,ho is j udged to ha,·c pr~scntcd the best paper jn p lant syst<'matics at the Annuall\•tecting. Membe rs of ASPT who
arc g raduate st udents or in the ir firs t year post conferral of the Ph.D. are eligibl~. Contribut ions to the George R. Cooley Awa nJ
Fund are Ul:'ed to help pay for the honorarium given to the awurdee and other :)ward cxpcn-;cs.

The Grad~· L. Wchster Plant Systematics Publication ,\ward Fund
This aw:trd fund was c reated in 2006 by Drs. Barbara D . Webster and Susan V . Webster to honorthe work of their husband :md
fat her. n1e Grady L. Webster Awa rd :>llcrn:>tcs btt\\ <cn BSA (ndd· numbcrctl years) and ASPT (e,·e n·numbcred years). In
~0 1 6. .~SPT w ill present the nc" G rady L. Wcb"cr Plant Sy"cmatics Publication Award . rc~ognizing the best published paper
in Sy.Wt'mmic Botwryor Systrmatic Batany ;\1rmngraphs during :!01 4 and :!015. Your donation to this fund will be used to
support this biennial awnrd.

Graduate Student R esearch Grant Funds Contributions SL1ppurt students (both master's and d<>ctoral Je,·c lsl ct,nducting fie ld
work . herbariu m tr3vcl. amlinr lahoratQry res~arch in any an.!~l of p lant systcmat k!". Your contribution to any one of the rt>!'earch
grant funds listed below will supple ment the earnings from the fund and will directly bend it ASPT graduate students by
maximizing the amount of money Council can sp.:nd on rcscurc h gr~mts. E\'ery )'t'ar the A SPT pres.:nts 10 · J5 rC!>Can:h grants to
promising young scie nt isH·.

G eneral Gradum~Studcnt Research Grant Fund

Shirley and Alan Graham Graduate Student Rc"c.arch 9 ran!..Fu.'!!!
This fund wa~ generously endowed by the Grahams in 200~ and represe nt< the first dedkated ASPT stude nt research
grant fund.

William R. A nderson Graduate Student Re>carch Grant Fund
As the second dedkatcd ASPT student research gr:ont fund . this fund was estab lished in ~002 in honor of William R.
..~nderson thro ugh contributions frQm colleagues and former st udents.

• Roger~ Me Vau~h G raduate Student Research Grant Fund
Created in :!004 through contribution!' fr(lm hi~ colleague~ and former 5llldcnts. this studtnt research grant fund honors
Rogers ~·kVaugh'~ dedicated. cxceptiunaJ c areer.

• W . Hardy Eshb'w~h Gra_d_u.~tc Student Resear~h Grunt Fund
Announced in 20 11 and created t hrough contributions from his colleaguts. former students. and the ASPT Council .
this st udent research s rant fund honors \V . Hardy Eshbaugh's dcdkation to me ntoring stude nts.

ASPT Herbarium Emergency f und
C reated in St'pttmbtr 2005. the fund will pro\'idc finand~ll as!'istancc to herbaria damag ed by natural (hsastcrs Thro ul!h \our
generous. donations. this fund has exceeded ASPT s fundraising goals.. :md \\.: are not actin ·ly solici ting donations at th is t ime.

:\luj or G ifts: We also welcome and encourage ~·our generou s donations to the ASPT General Fund and t he p ermanently
r estric ted ASPT Endowment fund .

ASPT General Fund
Gifts t(l tho ASPT General Fund are exceptionally valuable to the Society . These unrestricted gifts arc deposited in the ASPT
investment a:.:co unt and can he drawn o n by the Cnunc il to he lp pay for uny of the wide- range ()f initiath't"S thJt your Society
engages in to promote plant syste matics . A heaithy General Fund helps to in~ulatc ASPT frnm thc \'Oiatilc jouma1subscri ptio n
rt\'eJtu(,· ~tream and other unanticipmcU financial chalknges that profcs!'-ional sodctie~ face today .

ASPT Endowment Fund
The ASPT Endowment Fund is a pe rmanen1ly restricted fund that generates income- th~tl is used to !'upport special Society
initiati\'eS. S.iH.'h as tra\'c l to meetings. workshops. a nd publications . Your gcncn1us contribution to the ASPT Endowml;;!nt Fund
benefits ASPT members and 1he plant sy!\tt'mati..:-s commun ity by in"·rca~ing the ~i1c of the cndO\\ ment. which in turn in..:rcasc!"
the earnings that we tilll spe nd in suppcu1 of Society initiati\'C:-o. Bccaui\e tht" pa)oul pl.'n.:cntagc fo r endowment funds is :'c:t . we
prefer that gifts a rc at least S I .000 .

lf you ar~ inte rested in gi\1ing 10 either nf these funds please c ontact the ASPT Pres.idem. Patrick Herendeen
<ph..;r.!-'tl!J;.'ffi•'!. l'hka~l"hni3J1i~~'I~) to d iscuss your generous gift . All contributions ~rc t:lx·dcdm:tib1c .

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