Committee members:

Susanne Masi, INPS Board Vice President
Connie Cunningham, Illinois Natural History Survey, Retired Botanist
Eric Ulaszek, Illinois Natural History Survey

For questions regarding the content of this program, contact: INPSGrants@gmail.com

INPS 2025 GRANT APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE IN EARLY DECEMBER

Students, citizen scientists, and conservation groups are invited to consider applying for an INPS Research Grant for up to $3000 to fund one-year projects. This grant focuses on research dealing with Illinois native plants and their communities, such as their life history, reproductive biology, demography, genetics, comparative site inventories, or habitat ecology; research on threats to native plants and communities, such as invasive species, are acceptable. Laboratory research on native plants, as well as projects focused on research relating to education about or restoration of native plants or communities are also eligible.

INPS will also continue its second grant in 2025: the Survey Grant. This grant for up to $5000 will fund searches for Illinois Endangered, Threatened or several rare plant species of conservation concern for which current data is inadequate to assess their status and for which field surveys, and recovery recommendations, are needed. A priority list of species to be surveyed is based on source including the recommendations of the Endangered Species Protection Board 2024 Listing Process and the Illinois Natural History Survey’s Recommendations to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Experienced botanical field surveyors, either independent or associated with an institution, are invited to apply for this grant. Partnerships are encouraged. Full grant application details and forms will be posted on-line by early December. Check our website at https://illinoisplants.org/grants/.

Applications are due by January 31, 2025 . Awards will be announced by March 31, 2025.
(These dates may be slightly adjusted in the final published Guidelines.)