Sinnott Award Grant

The Sinnott Award supports botanical research using the Arnold Arboretum's extensive living collection of over 15,000 documented temperate woody plants. It offers awards up to $7,000 for research and travel expenses, encouraging early-career scholars to conduct original studies in residence at the Arboretum. This initiative not only fosters academic partnerships but also highlights the value of the Arboretum's resources, including its herbarium and state-of-the-art laboratories.

The Sinnott Award provides support for scholars in the botanical sciences to conduct research that utilizes the living collection of the Arnold Arboretum. Numbering some 15,000 plants, the living collection is distinguished as one of the most thoroughly documented collections of temperate woody plants in the world. Additional Arboretum resources include the herbarium, library and archives, and state-of-the art laboratories.
The Sinnott Award enables the Arnold Arboretum to support original research by visiting scholars, foster collegial exchanges and partnerships, and demonstrate the research value of the Arboretum’s collections.
Awards of up to $7,000 are granted to support research expenses and/or travel expenses associated with the proposed research. Awards are not intended to serve as a salary stipend for the applicant. Preference is given to those applicants that will be in residence at the Arboretum for a portion of the research.

Eligibility

Applications are sought from early-career individuals including advanced undergraduates, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, research associates and assistant professors.

Ineligibility

Awards are not intended to serve as a salary stipend for the applicant.