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New York, NY 10016-4039

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Fellowships and research grants supporting CUNY Plant Sciences PhD students

FELLOWSHIPS

Student Funding Agency Title
Alvarez, Aida 
American Orchid Society fellowship
"Systematics and Ecology of Gomphichis Lindl. (Orchidaceae)"
Baggett, Scott 
National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Research Service Award
"Cardioprotective Antioxidants From Exotic Fruits" 1-F31 AT00062-01
Bletter, Nat
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships
"Cross-cultural medical Ethnobotany"
Ososki, Andreana "Medicinal plants and women's health care in the Dominican Republic"
Khan, Sarah

Institute of International Education

"Ayurveda: An Ancient Healing System and Its Contemporary
Application to Diabetes"
Parkinson, Ainsley
National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Research Service Award
"Cardioprotective antioxidants from
Caribbean fruits" (2002) $80,247
Reynertson, Kurt
National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Research Service Award
" Antioxidant polyphenols from fruits of the Myrtle family."
Tipton, Camille
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships
"Analyzing patterns of change in Huaorani medicinal plant use"

 

GRANTS FOR RESEARCH/FIELD WORK

Student Funding Agency Title
Ahmad, Amna

International Association for
Plant Taxonomy

apply by email to Enrique Forerro

"Systematics of West Indian Hymenocallis (Amaryllidaceae)."
Alvarez, Aida  American Orchid Society Research Grant Herbarium research: "Systematics
of Gomphichis and Phylogeny of Prescottiinae, Orchidaceae" 
Alvarez, Aida  The Garden Club of America          Tropical Botany Award Field work: "The Genus Gomphichis:
Systematics, Ecology and Conservation"
Alvarez, Aida  The Explorers Club Field work: "Systematic Studies of
the Orchid Genus Gomphichis"
Alvarez, Aida  The International Association for Plant taxonomy (IAPT) Herbarium research:
"Phylogeny of Prescottiinae and Systematics of Gomphichis (Orchidaceae)"
Alvarez, Aida  The American Society of Plant taxonomists (ASPT) Herbarium research:
"Systematics of Gomphichis (Prescottiiinae, Orchidaceae)"
Alvarez, Aida 

The Botanical Society of America (BSA) Graduate Student Research Award

Herbarium research:
"Systematics of Gomphichis Lindl. (Orchidaceae)"
Bletter, Nat Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Botany In Action fellowship Field work:"Cross-cultural medical Ethnobotany" (2002)
Bletter, Nat Lindbergh Foundation Grant Field work: "A Cross-cultural Ethnobotanical Search for Effective Plant-based Treatments for Problematic Widespread Diseases" (2003)
Khan, Sarah Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Botany In Action fellowship "Travel to China for study of anti-diabetic Chinese medicinal plants."
Khan, Sarah Council for the Amercian Overseas Research Centers" (CAORC), administered through the Smithsonian.  Travel and research in India on "Ayurveda and Diabetes
mellitus" (2003)
Orozco, Olga Torrey Botanical Society "Survey of poisonous plants and their uses in Cajamarca, Peru."
Pedraza, Paola Torrey Botanical Society Field work/training: "Systematics and Phylogeny of Andean Disterigma (Ericaceae:
Vaccinieae)"


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