Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship in Tropical Ornamental Horticulture

Contact Name: 
Ms. Judy Smith
Typical application deadline: 
January
Page last updated: 
10/26/2009
Contact Phone: 
)212) 753-8287
Application Deadline: 
January 15, 2010
weblinks: 
Scholarship information
Application form
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Funding source home page: 
Garden Club of America
Keywords: 
International
Landscape Architecture
Latin America
Plants
Research/field research
Travel
Tropical
Amount: 
$4,000
Funding Abstract: 

Fosters the study of tropical ornamental plants and their use in horticulture and landscape architecture. It affords a graduate student, or advanced undergraduate, an opportunity to study at a leading foreign institution that specializes in the field of tropical plants. The Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship is administered by the GCA Scholarship Committee.

Type of Funding: 
Award/Prize
Funding Comments: 

Funds one student in even numbered years at $4000.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

Application form (mailed to scholarship committee - no emails or faxes); short essay describing program you have selected, future plans, and what you hope to achieve;  two letters of recommendation - one from advisor, one from professor in major department (one should address academic progress, personal qualities, and eligibility for program, the other should address the program for which you have been accepted); official transcript; one page budget.

Fund Usage: 
Tuition, travel
Funding Restrictions: 

For study at a foreign institute specializing in tropical botany.

Fields of Study: 
Landscape Architecture