Anderson & Crum Grants for Field Research in Bryology

The Anderson & Crum Grants for Field Research in Bryology, offered by the American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS), support student-led research in bryology with two awards of up to $1,000 each. These grants focus on funding travel and essential expenses for fieldwork in areas like systematics, evolution, and ecology. Established in 2013, the program honors the contributions of Lewis Anderson and Howard Crum to bryological research, encouraging new generations of researchers.

The American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS) is pleased to announce this year’s program to provide support for student field research in bryology. This award is made possible by generous donations provided to ABLS by Larry Giles of Duke University and others in honor of Lewis Anderson and Howard Crum, both of whom were committed to field-based research on the biology of bryophytes.
Two awards of up to $1,000 each are available to support bryology fieldwork by students. Funds are intended primarily to support travel associated with field work, but requests to cover other expenses essential to field work will be considered. Proposed fieldwork may focus on any area of bryology, including systematics, evolution, genetics, physiology, or ecology.
Background
Howard A. Crum (1922-2002) and Lewis E. Anderson (1912-2007) were close colleagues and spirited friends for much of their active careers during the second half of the 20th Century. Crum joined the University of Michigan faculty in 1965, where he served as Curator for the Bryophyte Herbarium until his death in 2002. Anderson joined the Botany Department at Duke University in 1936 and proceeded to build the Duke bryophyte herbarium virtually from scratch. The herbarium was named in his honor – The Lewis E. Anderson Bryophyte Herbarium – in 1998. Crum and Anderson’s shining opus, Mosses of Eastern North America (published in 1981), has been and still is a model flora and highly useful for mosses. Both Anderson and Crum turned their attention to the taxonomy of peatmosses (Sphagnum) during the latter stages of their careers. Crum taught field bryology at the University of Michigan Biological Station each summer for many years and thereby introduced countless students to field bryology.
The Anderson-Crum program of small grants to promote field research in bryology was established and first awarded in 2013. Generous gifts from ABLS members fund this program. Applications are solicited each year for proposals from ABLS members.

Eligibility

Applicant must be a current member of ABLS. In the case of undergraduates who are not members of ABLS, their faculty sponsor or graduate student advisor must be a member.Funds are to be used only for expenses associated with fieldwork.Previous recipients are eligible to apply as long as the previously funded work has been completed and a report has been submitted before the current application is received.
You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. Applicant must be a current member of ABLS. In the case of undergraduates who are not members of ABLS, their faculty sponsor or graduate student advisor must be a member.

Ineligibility

Awards are not provided for support of travel to meetings, symposia, or to visit herbaria, museums, or other institutions.Funds cannot be used for laboratory expenses.