Newsroom - News William L. Brown Plant Genetic Resources Fellowship The Missouri Botanical Garden invites applications from suitably qualified, highly motivated graduates for the William L. Brown Plant Genetic Resources Fellowship. This fellowship supports graduate study in some aspect of economic botany and plant genetic resources for students from South Asia. Successful applicants will receive stipend and tuition support for 2 years of M.S. study or 5 years of study towards a Ph.D. The purpose of the William L. Brown Plant Genetic Resources Fellowship is to educate botanists who will become active researchers and decision-makers in their home countries. The fellowship is designed to attract and support individuals from South Asian countries who will return to their country or region following graduation and make a significant difference in economic botany and in the development, application, and conservation of plant genetic resources. To this end, fellowship recipients will be encouraged to do thesis and dissertation research in South Asia. Applicants for the William L. Brown Plant Genetic Resources Fellowship must have a bachelor’s degree in biology/plant sciences and be able to demonstrate strong scientific and leadership potential in plant genetic resources. These fellowships are open to students from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Nepal. The Missouri Botanical Garden offers a broad-based program of graduate studies in botany in cooperation with Washington University and University of Missouri-St. Louis. Students apply to and enroll at one of these universities and complete the degree requirements of that school, but have full access to the staff, facilities, laboratory, and research opportunities available at the Garden. The exceptional faculties and programs at these universities in plant systematics, population biology and genetics, ecology, and molecular biology, combined with the excellent herbarium, library, greenhouse facilities, and research staff at the Garden, make this a unique and stimulating graduate program. The Garden's strong commitment to tropical research provides students with outstanding opportunities for field-oriented studies. Peter H. Raven, Director of the Garden, is Engelmann Professor of Botany at Washington University, and many of the Curators are adjunct faculty members at the participating universities. Students may pursue doctoral degrees at Washington University or masters or doctoral degrees at University of Missouri-St. Louis. Acceptance as a William L. Brown Fellow is dependent on admission to one of the associated University graduate programs (note that GRE and TOEFL scores are required). A committee at the Missouri Botanical Garden will subsequently review and select the William L. Brown Fellow from among these applicants accepted by the universities.
APPLICATION DEADLINES ARE 15 DECEMBER 2002 In addition, a one-page essay on the applicant’s research interests and career goals is essential. Interested students should apply directly to one or both of the affiliated universities (see web applications below) and also send a copy of their applications and one-page essay to Dr. James S. Miller, William L. Brown Curator of Economic Botany, Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299. Applications
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