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Lawrence Memorial Award
The Lawrence Memorial Award commemorates the life and achievements of Dr. George H. M. Lawrence (1910–1978), founding director of Hunt Institute. Since its inception in 1979, the award has aided 21 doctoral candidates with travel costs in support of dissertation research. For a complete list of the recipients since 1979, see the graphics site.
2007 Lawrence Award Recipient
Jimmy Triplett, a student of Dr. Lynn G. Clark at Iowa State University, is the recipient of the 2007 Lawrence Memorial Award. For his dissertation research, Mr. Triplett has undertaken a phylogenetic study of the woody bamboo genera Arundinaria, Pleioblastus and Pseudosasa in North America and East Asia. With the proceeds of the award, he will conduct fieldwork and herbarium research in Japan.
Nominations for the 2008 Lawrence Memorial Award
The Lawrence Memorial Fund Award Committee, which includes representatives from Hunt Institute, The Hunt Foundation, the Lawrence family, and the botanical community, invites nominations for the 2008 Lawrence Memorial Award.
The Lawrence Memorial Award commemorates the life and achievements of Dr. George H. M. Lawrence, founding director of Hunt Institute. The annual (semiannual from 1988 to 2000) award in the amount of $2,000 is given to an outstanding doctoral candidate for travel in support of dissertation research in systematic botany or horticulture or the history of the plant sciences, including literature and exploration. The award is presented at the annual banquet of the Botanical Society of America.
The recipient of the award is selected from candidates nominated by their major professors. Major professors are urged to nominate outstanding doctoral students who have achieved official candidacy for their degrees and will be conducting pertinent dissertation research that would benefit significantly from travel enabled by the award. Nominees may be from any country and the award is made strictly on the basis of merit—the recipient's general scholarly promise and the significance of the research proposed. The committee will not entertain direct applications. A student who wishes to be considered should arrange for nomination by his/her major professor; this may take the form of a letter which covers supporting materials prepared by the nominee. Supporting materials should describe briefly but clearly the candidate's program of research and how it would be significantly enhanced by travel that the award would support.
Letters of nomination and supporting materials, including seconding letters, should be received by the Committee no later than 1 May 2008 and should be directed to:
Dr. R. W. Kiger
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
USA
Tel. (412) 268-2434
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