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The Garden Club of America Zone VI Fellowship in Urban Forestry
The Garden Club of America’s Zone VI Fellowship in Urban Forestry, with support from Casey Trees, awards up to $7,500 annually to advance study of urban forest planning, management, horticulture, ecology, and impacts on people and the environment.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $7,500
The Katharine M. Grosscup Scholarships in Horticulture
The Garden Club of America offers the Katharine M. Grosscup Scholarships in Horticulture to support education and research in horticulture and related fields, with awards of up to $3,500 and potential second-year funding of up to $1,000.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $3,500
Douglas Dockery Thomas Fellowship in Garden History and Design
Sponsored by the Garden Club of America and administered by the Landscape Architecture Foundation, the Douglas Dockery Thomas Fellowship awards $5,000 annually to support graduate-level study and research in garden history and design at a leading American institution.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $5,000
Caroline Thorn Kissel Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship
The Garden Club of America offers the Caroline Thorn Kissel Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship, providing $3,000 annually to one or more scholars to support self-selected summer environmental study.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $3,000
Catherine H. Beattie Fellowship in Conservation Horticulture
Garden Club of America, in partnership with the Center for Plant Conservation, offers the annual Catherine H. Beattie Fellowship in Conservation Horticulture, a research grant of up to $4,500 paid as compensation for work at a botanical garden to support conservation of rare and endangered U.S. flora.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $4,500
Clara Carter Higgins Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship
The Garden Club of America offers the Clara Carter Higgins Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship (along with additional GCA Summer Environmental Studies awards), providing $3,000 annually to support undergraduate summer study or experiential projects in environmental topics such as hazardous waste, marine science, energy, tropical plant resources, barrier island ecology, and oil spill cleanup.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $3,000
Elizabeth Gardner Norweb Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship
The Garden Club of America offers the Elizabeth Gardner Norweb Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship, a $3,000 award to one college undergraduate each year to support summer field work, research, or classroom study in the environmental field beyond regular course requirements (for study following freshman, sophomore, or junior year).
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $3,000
Frances M. Peacock Scholarship for Native Bird Habitat
The Garden Club of America’s Frances M. Peacock Fund, with selection administered by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, awards at least one $4,500 scholarship annually to support study of U.S. seasonal habitats for threatened or endangered native birds and to produce information useful for land-management decisions.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $4,500
GCA Awards for Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship
The Garden Club of America offers annual $3,000 awards to support undergraduate summer coursework or independent study in environmental fields, funding one Clara Carter Higgins scholar and one or more GCA Summer Environmental Studies scholars.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $3,000
GCA Scholarship in Garden History and Design at the Archives of American Gardens
The Garden Club of America funds the GCA Scholarship in Garden History and Design to support graduate internships (up to $7,000 for a ten-week placement) at the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Gardens or an equivalent institution, aimed at promoting study of garden history and assisting with cataloging the GCA Collection.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $7,000
Hope Goddard Iselin Fellowship in Public Horticulture
The Garden Club of America, funded by the Hope Goddard Iselin Foundation, offers the Hope Goddard Iselin Fellowship to support experiential learning in public horticulture at recognized U.S. public gardens, botanic gardens, arboreta, or closely aligned institutions.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $5,000
Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship (International Scholarship in Tropical Horticulture or Landscape Architecture)
Offered jointly by the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG) and the Garden Club of America (GCA), the Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship provides $5,000 to support international study at botanical institutions in tropical horticulture, botany, or landscape architecture, with travel required to begin within 12 months of the award.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $5,000
Mary T. Carothers Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship
The Garden Club of America offers the Mary T. Carothers Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship, a single annual $3,000 award to support undergraduate summer field work, research, or classroom study that provides experience beyond regular coursework.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $3,000
Montine M. Freeman Scholarship in Native Plant Studies
The Garden Club of America (GCA) offers the Montine M. Freeman Scholarship in Native Plant Studies to support research, documentation, teaching and practical training focused on underutilized native plants, including projects in plant propagation and techniques for incorporating native species into managed landscapes.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $3,000
Rome Prize Fellowship in Landscape Architecture (GCA/Prince Charitable Trusts)
The American Academy in Rome, in partnership with the Garden Club of America and Prince Charitable Trusts, offers the Rome Prize Fellowship in Landscape Architecture to support U.S. landscape architects and related professionals for advanced study, travel, and a one‑year residential fellowship at the Academy on Janiculum Hill.
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Sara Shallenberger Brown GCA National Parks Conservation Scholarship
The Garden Club of America, administered by the Student Conservation Association (SCA), awards the Sara Shallenberger Brown GCA National Parks Conservation Scholarship to fund at least one SCA Apprentice Crew Leader, Leader, or Apprentice annually, providing training and a stipend to support hands-on conservation and experiential learning in U.S. National Parks.
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The Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany
The Garden Club of America, administered by the Missouri Botanical Garden, offers the Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany to support research that protects, preserves, and expands knowledge of medicinal plant use and may lead to therapies; one annual award of $4,500 is provided for direct research costs such as travel, field studies, or laboratory work.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $4,500
The Corliss Knapp Engle Scholarship in Horticulture
The Garden Club of America awards the Corliss Knapp Engle Scholarship in Horticulture, providing one or more $3,000 scholarships annually to support research, documentation, teaching-skill development, or practical training in horticulture at accredited colleges, universities, or major botanic gardens/arboreta.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $3,000
The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies
The Garden Club of America, via the Rockefeller Environmental Education Fund, awards $5,000 annually to one or more graduate students conducting field-based coastal wetlands research (tidal or nontidal wetlands in coastal states, including the Great Lakes).
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $5,000
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
The Garden Club of America offers an annual Fellowship in Ecological Restoration awarding $8,000 to an exceptional graduate student at an accredited U.S. university to support research—preferably field-based—advancing ecological restoration.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $8,000
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany
The Garden Club of America, administered by the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG) since October 2023, awards fellowships to promote tropical forest preservation by expanding the number of botanists with field experience in tropical botany.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $5,500
The Garden Club of America Summer Scholarship in Field Botany
The Garden Club of America offers a $3,500 Summer Scholarship in Field Botany to support undergraduate and master’s students undertaking outdoor summer field studies in botany and to provide experience beyond regular coursework.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $3,500
The GCA Award in Desert Studies
The Garden Club of America offers the GCA Award in Desert Studies to support study and practical field work in horticulture, conservation, botany, environmental science, and landscape design for arid landscapes, funding one or more scholars $4,000 for one year with preference for structured internships at accredited botanical gardens or arboreta.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $4,000
The Joan K. Hunt and Rachel M. Hunt Summer Scholarship in Field Botany
The Garden Club of America offers the Joan K. Hunt and Rachel M. Hunt Summer Scholarship in Field Botany, a $3,500 award to a single student to support U.S.-based summer field-botany study chosen by the student, for academic credit or beyond regular coursework.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $3,500
The Keller Scholarship in Conservation Horticulture
The Garden Club of America, in collaboration with Botanic Gardens Conservation International–US (BGCI‑US), awards the Keller Scholarship in Conservation Horticulture to support experiential undergraduate study in conservation horticulture at recognized U.S. botanic or public gardens, providing at least one award up to $5,000 (typically a summer fellowship, not limited to that period) and access to BGCI‑US programs and resources.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $5,000
The Moore Family Fellowship in the Making of the American Landscape
The Garden Club of America offers the Moore Family Fellowship in the Making of the American Landscape, a $5,000 award to support graduate-student research—including site visits and other resources—on significant man-made alterations to the American landscape since 1776.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $5,000
Zeller Summer Scholarship in Medicinal Botany
The Garden Club of America offers the Zeller Summer Scholarship in Medicinal Botany, a $3,000 annual award to support supervised and structured summer study—fieldwork, laboratory research, coursework, or internships—in medicinal botany.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $3,000
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