The Mary Sue Ittner Grant for Bulb Research is an annual competitive grant available to PBS members to support any aspect of basic research, field-work, conservation, education, and horticultural discoveries that are geared towards "bulbs". Any plant(s) that fits the definition of a bulb as defined by the PBS Wiki will qualify.

Calls for applications are usually made in Spring of each year.

Application for 2021

Due date: March 31, 2021

Awarded Applications

2020

• Molly Carney
• Bryan MacNeill

2019

• Christian Valdes-Ibarra: "Distribution, ethnobotany and conservation of Sprekelia formosissima"

2018

• Annika Smith: "Floral diversity and dynamic evolutionary processes in three Chilean species of Tropaeolum"
• Christian Valdes-Ibarra: "Richness and geographic distribution of Zephyranthes (Amaryllidaceae) in Mexico"

2017

• Samantha Hartogs: "Floral traits and pollination syndrome in Thalictrum"
• Jesus Martinez-Gomez: "Umbel-viable Diversity in Allium!"
• Carrie Tribble: "Phylogeography and trait evolution of the ethnobotanically important Bomarea edulis"

2016

• Evan Eifler: "Geissorhiza (Iridaceae), not just another pretty flower, an evolutionary epic waiting to be told"
• Mariano Saviello: "Studies and tissue culture of the endangered Habranthus sanavirone"
• Cody Howard: "The evolutionary history of the Ledebouriinae (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae)"

2015

• No applications received

2014

• Jonathan Hutchinson: "A proposal to study Scadoxus nutans in habitat"

2013

• Cody Howard: "Ledebouria scabrida a Namibian endemic?"