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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.2pt">The Garden Club of america (gca) board of Associates</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.2pt">centennial pollinator fellowship</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.2pt">award: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.2pt">$4,000<b></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.2pt">deadline: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.2pt">February 1, 2016<b></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.2pt">apply here: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.2pt"><a href="http://pollinator.org/GCAfellowship_apply.htm">http://pollinator.org/GCAfellowship_apply.htm</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Purpose and History</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">The Garden Club of America (GCA) Board of Associates Centennial Pollinator Fellowship provides funding to a current graduate student to study the causes of pollinator decline, in particular bees, bats, butterflies and moths, which could lead to potential solutions for their conservation and sustainability. The selection criteria are based on the technical merit of the proposed work and the degree to which the work is relevant to this objective. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br><br><span style="background:white">Pollinators-bees, bats, butterflies and moths-help our prairies, gardens, orchards, blueberry barrens, farmers' fields and desert cacti reproduce and maintain genetic diversity. One-third of the food we eat has been fertilized by pollinators. An alarming decline in the number of pollinators in recent decades-through chemicals, diseases, mites, loss of habitat, and global climate change- has international repercussions. </span><br><br><span style="background:white">The GCA Board of Associates Centennial Pollinator Fellowship was established in spring 2013 to facilitate independent research in this field. This fellowship was made possible by generous gifts given in honor of the GCA Centennial by members of the Board of Associates. </span><br><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Provisions</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">The GCA Board of Associates Centennial Pollinator Fellowship annually funds one or more <u>graduate students enrolled in U.S. institutions</u>. Funding may vary in amount, but normally will be in the range of $4,000 for study and research that will advance the knowledge of pollinator science and increase the number of scientists in the field. A recipient may reapply for an additional year of funding.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Research Categories</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">The categories under which applicants may apply are:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br><span style="background:white">1. Effects of nutrition, genetics, pesticides, pathogens, parasites and disease on pollinators</span><br><span style="background:white">2. Pollinator habitat development, assessment or monitoring</span><br><span style="background:white">3. Plant-pollinator interactions and pollination biology</span><br><span style="background:white">4. Research that examines other aspects of pollinator health, including cutting-edge, original concepts </span><br><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Terms</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1. Only one GCA scholarship may be applied for annually.<br>2. GCA fellow will provide an interim 250-word report, two high quality photos, and an expense summary to GCA and P2 by September 1, 2016. A final report and final expense summary will be due February 1, 2017.<br>3. Research excerpts (text and photos) may be published in GCA’s and P2’s publications and websites. <br>4. GCA fellow agrees to share research with members of the Garden Club of America.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://pollinator.org/GCAfellowship.htm">http://pollinator.org/GCAfellowship.htm</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Kelly Rourke</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Program Associate</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Pollinator Partnership</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">423 Washington Street, 5th Floor</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">San Francisco, CA 94111</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">e: </span><a href="mailto:kr@pollinator.org"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">kr@pollinator.org</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">w: </span><a href="http://www.pollinator.org"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">www.pollinator.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">p: 415.362.1137</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ThePollinatorPartnership"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D12E86.CB32BB50" alt="facebook.jpg"></span></a><a href="http://twitter.com/Pollinator"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D12E86.CB32BB50" alt="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/lqPG7YMuNMwGor58IVM2WHxpbLiCf5XPkOzSudWtwOxGzTiXcT3r5SkfatetVdhiBiUHmVouLoyG69A1PljqWm2j-5pO-s70bU7qp3SA36ly5eahx7zGHtFdlvEdqFphZ7dxu4w"></span></a><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PollinatorOrg/about"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D12E86.CB32BB50" alt="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-LdtZy_IgtYejaRo5t_ydhZGgiHcBhY7_lynqkijNp_8NOpm2Noowwge4DXpNTBYWoUI6y6RmAn8M9N0ZIp0iHZevJGDrowvjlqS_TCMdjgZCjZ1TsPSSZIi1nPLyxm5C43Fryc"></span></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/PollinatorPartners"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D12E86.CB32BB50" alt="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/hrW69PnGi-K64-5V8eLJe4VOAZANsPUerHheyY4mqPsgLG6duvL_hCNOhOYjPcB3qhHf9ojRRW1Wi3uXCa18G5-yeBSCNeVdgaOSbORh-FyvA0_JMtMhcjZdHTHsMx6SmHMBsJA"></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://pollinator.org/index.html"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="117" height="52" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D12E86.CB32BB50" alt="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SzGrMLnoLdJO9e96bJOs3NgrbSjY0zCOwXph4UDWmE4LP1xKxDPlFZ17f3SPKTCWNzMXOdxCOq1ygrx4yTOncvus0RLMS-zbbpXIsZZL--SSvFNwsHUsRx0gF8P0zJu1yaprAtg"></span></a><a href="http://pollinator.org/million-pollinator-garden-challenge.htm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="60" height="60" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D12E86.CB32BB50" alt="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GjHWNYifzWuQ6NBBdgMm4XyLnr6NjKjYu3DDBu4xpwKjLFpjXeYyGjO4p02EvDKylmDz_LedDly6BIIkAM3D-7y_iepGrRYIKiHF_a8T5LX7eevgytgj4gEqXeerYSnhGQPOzAo"></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>