CNPS Student Research Grant
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
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Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Eligible organizations
- Undergraduate and graduate students
- Students across California
Other requirements
- Research focused on California native plants
- Purpose: CNPS awards research grants to increase ways for people of all backgrounds to deepen their relationships with California native plants through research and conservation work.
Overview
A scholarship program for undergraduate and graduate students across California pursuing research related to California native plants.
Geographic Scope: California
Focus Areas:
- Native plant research
- Conservation genetics
- Plant ecology
- Rare plant conservation
- Climate change impacts on native plants
Eligibility:
- Undergraduate and graduate students
- Students across California
- Research focused on California native plants
Purpose: CNPS awards research grants to increase ways for people of all backgrounds to deepen their relationships with California native plants through research and conservation work.
Example Recipients:
- Selena Vengco (2023 award recipient) - Master's student at California Botanic Garden with Claremont Graduate University, researching conservation genetics of Erythranthe discolor (party-colored monkeyflower)
- Rachel Friesen - Graduate student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, researching climate change impacts on alpine plants in the Sierra Nevada
Support Provided:
- Research funding
- Field work supplies
- Housing and travel costs during field season
- Student assistant compensation
Related Named Awards:
- Natalie Hopkins Award (for women students and researchers pursuing native plant studies)
- Mary DeDecker Botanical Grant (from Bristlecone Chapter)
- Malcolm McLeod Scholarship (from CNPS-SLO Chapter)
What California Native Plant Society actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 3
- Total given
- $152K
- Median grant
- $47K
- Range
- $6,000–$99K
- By dollars: California 100%. Top recipient cities: Irvine, CA; Palo Alto, CA; Palos Verdes, CA.
Example grants
The Regents of the Uc · Irvine, CA
$99K
Peninsula Conservation Center · Palo Alto, CA
Support for facility
$47K
South Coast Botanic Garden · Palos Verdes, CA
Conservation
$6,000
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Science research
- Plants
- Education
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