Dr. Patricia Allynson Winter Fund

The Dr. Patricia Allynson Winter Fund makes up a significant portion of the Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation's resources, and grants from it follow the priorities Dr. Winter set out. Her primary purpose was to support female graduate students in mycology who plan to pursue a career in teaching.

Awards are made in this order of preference: female students of mycology who plan to continue in teaching; other students and post-doctoral fellows of mycology; general support of mycology classes or activities; support for visiting lecturing professional mycologists; and amateur mycologists and support of their activities.

Applicants to the Winter Fund use the same grant guidelines and application forms as the Stuntz Mycology Fund's other grants, including the March 1 and October 1 deadlines for requests over $1,000.

The Fund defines the Pacific Northwest as Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, western Montana, southwest British Columbia, and southeast and south-coastal Alaska. Applicants who do not live in the region may still apply if their research involves Pacific Northwest fungi. Priority goes to projects involving mushroom-forming fungi — macrofungi — the focus of Dr. Daniel E. Stuntz's own research.

Contact the Grants Manager by email with either a letter of inquiry or an application, using the same forms as the Stuntz Mycology Fund's Mini, Small, Individual and Institutional grants. Requests over $1,000 are due March 1 and October 1; smaller requests are accepted at any time.

A proposed budget must be part of every application, detailed enough — item descriptions, numbers of samples, quantities, unit costs and totals — for reviewers to match the budget to the activities described. Applicants must also include one or two letters of reference from colleagues, instructors, faculty advisors or employers who can speak to their abilities.

The Fund does not accept applications from for-profit organisations or commercial companies, or for salaries, institutional overhead, federal or institutionally set mileage and per diem rates, page charges, or college and university tuition. Allowable costs include expendable supplies, laboratory analyses, equipment, conference expenses, travel at $0.31 per mile and sometimes camping fees, honoraria for visiting guest speakers, and compensation for non-salaried people such as undergraduates assisting as part of their curriculum. The Fund looks favourably on lean projects and on projects that draw funding from other sources as well.