Mycology News
**Note Extended deadlne, July 13**
Clauda Cartwright Fellowship program from USDA APHIS International Services
This fellowship provides funding towards a graduate program as well as possible employment once the program is completed. See the note at the bottom from Russell Duncan, a previous recipient of this fellowship, regarding his experience as a International Services employee, now stationed in Brussels, Belgium.
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My name is Russell Duncan. I was a former Rutgers masters graduate student of Plant Pathology in Jim Whites lab. I received the attached fellowship to become a Foreign Service officer for the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS) several years ago. Since then I have served at US Embassies in the Caribbean, Africa and Europe protecting US agriculture. Dr. Claudia Cartwright obtained her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine while on this Fellowship, yet unfortunately succumbed to cancer in 2008 and the Fellowship is now named in her memory. The last time this fellowship was offered was in 2000. It is a unique opportunity to use your technical knowledge and skills in a different and exciting environment of Foreign Service. Become a US diplomat and serve your country in a way you never thought possible.
The fellowship was recently reinstated and the deadline extended to July 13. Please distribute to graduate students in plant and animal science, this includes (but not limited to) plant pathology, plant biotechnology, entomology, nematology, mycology, virology, bacteriology, field biology, plant ecology, animal ecology, veterinary science, even turfgrass science! The knowledge base that would apply to this type of work is not specific but broad. Please read the attached brochure, also if you want to know more about what APHIS does please see our website.
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/international_safeguarding/index.shtml
Please pass this on to anyone who may be interested in this fellowship opportunity at Rutgers or other graduate institutions, it is open to all US citizens.
All the best, and thank you.
Russell Duncan
M.S. Plant Biology 2002Russell A. Duncan
APHIS Attaché
USDA APHIS International Services
US Mission to the European Union
Brussels, Belgium
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submitted by Dr. Mary E. Palm, USDA/APHIS/PPQ/PHP/RIPPS
Senior Mycologist and Lab Director
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a Request for Proposals for grants to work on White Nose Syndrome, a disease associated with a fungal skin infection that is the hallmark of WNS. Here’s a link to a recent article naming the fungus: http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/white-nose_syndrome/geomyces_destructans.pdf
Information on accessing the Request for Proposals follows, the proposal deadline is July 15, 2009. Deadline has been changed from July 15 to July 31.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service white-nose syndrome research grants request for proposals has just been posted. You can access the announcement at this link:
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=Q1bQK7hYph1J7qwwPSKwHpvjvfHWGGw2hbfn36pJqdTshbtMQZ1v!1215949849?oppId=48038&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW
If you have a problem accessing the grant information with that link, you can go to www.grants.gov, click on the link “Find Grant Opportunities”, start a “Basic Search”, and enter FWS-R5-ES-09-011 in the box requesting the “Funding Opportunity Number.”
submitted by Lori Pruitt, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Mushrooms are low in calories and packed with nutrients. Even the ones shriveling in your fridge right now can form the basis of a healthy meal.
You can prolong the flavor of the summer grill into fall by strewing grains of Sanctuary T’s Smoky Black T-Dust on roasted fish or seared portobello mushrooms.
