Fellowships and
research grants supporting CUNY Plant Sciences PhD
students
Link
to PhD student projects
FELLOWSHIPS
| Student |
Funding Agency |
Title |
| Alvarez, Aida |
American Orchid Society
fellowship
|
"Systematics and Ecology of Gomphichis Lindl. (Orchidaceae)"
|
| Baggett, Scott |
National Institutes of Health, National
Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Research
Service Award |
"Cardioprotective Antioxidants From Exotic
Fruits" 1-F31 AT00062-01 |
| Bletter, Nat |
National Science Foundation Graduate
Fellowships |
"Cross-cultural medical Ethnobotany" |
| Ososki, Andreana |
Fulbright
Grants Program |
"Medicinal
plants and women's health care in the Dominican Republic" |
| Khan, Sarah |
Fulbright
Grants Program
Institute of
International Education
|
"Ayurveda: An Ancient Healing System and Its Contemporary
Application to Diabetes" |
| Parkinson, Ainsley |
National Institutes of Health,
National
Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Research
Service Award |
"Cardioprotective antioxidants from
Caribbean fruits" (2002) $80,247 |
| Reynertson, Kurt |
National Institutes of Health,
National
Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Research
Service Award |
" Antioxidant polyphenols from
fruits of the Myrtle family." |
| Tipton, Camille |
National Science Foundation Graduate
Fellowships |
"Analyzing patterns of
change in Huaorani medicinal plant use" |
GRANTS FOR RESEARCH/FIELD WORK
| Student |
Funding Agency |
Title |
| Ahmad, Amna |
International
Association for
Plant Taxonomy
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to Enrique Forerro |
"Systematics of West Indian Hymenocallis
(Amaryllidaceae)." |
| Alvarez, Aida |
American Orchid Society
Research Grant |
Herbarium research: "Systematics
of Gomphichis and Phylogeny of Prescottiinae, Orchidaceae" |
| Alvarez, Aida |
The Garden Club of America
Tropical Botany Award |
Field work: "The Genus Gomphichis:
Systematics, Ecology and Conservation" |
| Alvarez, Aida |
The Explorers
Club |
Field work: "Systematic Studies of
the Orchid Genus Gomphichis" |
| Alvarez, Aida |
The International Association for Plant taxonomy
(IAPT) |
Herbarium research:
"Phylogeny of Prescottiinae and Systematics of Gomphichis (Orchidaceae)" |
| Alvarez, Aida |
The American Society of Plant
taxonomists (ASPT) |
Herbarium research:
"Systematics of Gomphichis (Prescottiiinae, Orchidaceae)" |
| Alvarez, Aida |
The Botanical Society of America
(BSA) Graduate Student Research Award
|
Herbarium research:
"Systematics of Gomphichis Lindl. (Orchidaceae)" |
| Bletter, Nat |
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens,
Botany In Action
fellowship |
Field work:"Cross-cultural medical Ethnobotany"
(2002) |
| Bletter, Nat |
Lindbergh
Foundation Grant |
Field work: "A Cross-cultural
Ethnobotanical Search for Effective Plant-based Treatments for Problematic
Widespread Diseases" (2003)
|
| Khan, Sarah |
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens,
Botany In Action
fellowship |
"Travel to China for study of anti-diabetic Chinese medicinal
plants."
|
| Khan, Sarah |
Council
for the Amercian Overseas Research Centers" (CAORC), administered
through the Smithsonian. |
Travel and research in India on
"Ayurveda and Diabetes
mellitus" (2003) |
| Orozco, Olga |
Torrey
Botanical Society |
"Survey of poisonous plants and their uses
in Cajamarca, Peru." |
| Pedraza, Paola |
Torrey
Botanical Society |
Field work/training: "Systematics
and Phylogeny of Andean Disterigma (Ericaceae:
Vaccinieae)" |
last edited: 09/17/2003 |