American Daylily Society: Grants

The American Daylily Society offers grants up to $5,000 for scientific research on Hemerocallis. Applications are encouraged from students and faculty focusing on various aspects such as genetic studies, pest control, and environmental influences on plant health. Funding is intended for direct project costs, with opportunities for renewal based on satisfactory annual reports. Notably, indirect costs are not covered. This initiative promotes further understanding and advancement in daylily research.

About Our Grants
A typical grant award to successful candidate(s) is no more than US$5,000 for the calendar year; this figure might be increased for some projects. Two (2) renewals of the grant may be made for a total of three years of support, based on submission of a satisfactory annual report in September of each year. A contract will be written and an article for publication in The Daylily Journal will be required before the final installment is paid.
All aspects of scientific research on Hemerocallis will be considered including, but not limited to, the following:
Developmental and genetic relationships between cristate, polymerous and double dayliliesRelationship of daylily diseases and pests to mineral nutritionEnvironmental causes of flower bud dropFine structural studies of vegetative or reproductive partsEffect of various hormones on plant growth and formation of proliferations on scapesUse of polymerization inhibitors (e.g. trifluralin, oryzalin, amiprofos-methyl) on plants of cultivars or species to produce polyploidsSeed dormancy factorsPlant dormancy, e.g. timing, triggers and release mechanism of para-, eco-, and endo-dormancyEnvironmental influences on floral initiationPests, diseases, disorders and their control (e.g., crown and root rots, spring sickness, bulb mites, gall midge, daylily rust, viruses, phytoplasmas, leafminer, nematodes).

Eligibility

Applications are welcomed from graduate or undergraduate students/faculty/staff for scientific studies using the daylily (Hemerocallis).It is our intention that all money granted should go directly to the specific research project funded.

Ineligibility

The American Daylily Society does not cover indirect costs for research grant proposals.