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 2020
Due date: March 31, 2020
Awarded Applications
2019- Christian Valdes-Ibarra: "Distribution, ethnobotany and conservation of Sprekelia formosissima"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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)"
- No applications received
- Jonathan Hutchinson: "A proposal to study Scadoxus nutans in habitat"
- Cody Howard: "Ledebouria scabrida a Namibian endemic?"