<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">The California Botanical Society</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:membership@calbotsoc.org">membership@calbotsoc.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, May 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM<br>Subject: REMINDER: Paul Silva Student Grant Applications due May 15th!<br>To: Amy Litt <<a href="mailto:amy.litt@ucr.edu">amy.litt@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg8942000504623084008"><u></u>
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<strong>Application Deadline May 15th, 2025</strong><br>
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The California Botanical Society will award one or several research grants of up to $1000 to qualified students working on projects to help achieve the Society’s goal of “advancing Western North American botany.” This award is named after Paul Silva (1922 – 2014), a phycologist and Curator of Algae at the University Herbarium, UC Berkeley, whose bequest to the Society has made this award possible.</span></span></p>
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Student applicants must be members of the California Botanical Society. </span></span></p>
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