The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany will be awarded to PhD candidates to promote the preservation of tropical forests by enlarging the body of botanists with field experience. Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or permanent residents, and are currently and actively enrolled in a U.S.-based institution. The fellowship is open to students who anticipate completing the requirements for a PhD in Botany within two years. The fellowship provides two or more grants to enable field study in tropical botany. Generally, one grant is awarded in the area of tropical plant systematics and a second is awarded in tropical forest ecology. Applicants should submit an application packet to the National Tropical Botanical Garden, including the following: a personal letter; a statement of the proposed research, including its relevance to conservation, beginning with a summary statement of the proposal's purpose, field location, plant group/vegetation type, and questions to be answered; one letter of recommendation from the student's graduate advisor that includes an evaluation of the student's progress to date and a statement confirming PhD candidacy; evidence of foreign language capability, if necessary for country of research; and a brief curriculum vitae. All requirements must be submitted as one PDF document. Please visit the fellowship's website or contact the Garden Club of America for more information.