MSA Graduate Fellowships
Applicant must be a member of the Mycological Society of America, a PhD student, resident during the tenure of the fellowship in a university in Canada or the United States.
The NAMA Fellowship comes with the stipulation that the awardee prepare an article for McIlvainea. Previous recipients of these fellowships are not eligible to apply.
Two MSA Graduate Fellowships ($2,000 each), the Memorial NAMA Fellowship ($2,000), and the Backus Award ($1000) are awarded annually to promising graduate students in mycology (the study of fungi.) Applicants are evaluated on the basis of their scholastic merit, research ability and promise shown as a mycologist. These fellowships are intended as supplementary grants and may be used by the recipients in any way to further their graduate studies. They are awarded in addition to any fellowship or assistantship support from other sources.
Send one copy of your completed application, including all items listed above, in electronic format and preferably as a single pdf file, to the Chair of the Student Awards Committee. Confidential letters of reference and transcripts that are not available electronically should be sent, in quadruplicate by regular mail to Chair of the Student Awards Committee.
Application ncludes:
1. Cover letter
2. Curriculum vitae
3. A detailed plan of study.
4. Two letters of recommendation, one of which is from your supervisor or thesis advisor. We recommend that your supervisor's letter also address your eligibility based on candidacy.
5. Graduate school transcripts showing courses taken, grades received, student Social Security number and Student ID number. Photocopies are acceptable if signed by your supervisor, but at least one must be an official transcript obtained from your institution's Registrar.