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Grants and Awards from the CSSA

The CSSA offers grants to qualifying members under two programs. Research grants are competitively awarded based on an application process administered by the Research Committee. Grants for laboratory, horticultural and field research in amounts up to $1500 are distributed throughout the year following the recommendations of the Research Committee following a peer review process and a majority vote of the board of directors.


The $2000 Schwartz Travel Grant is awarded annually by random drawing to five CSSA member-applicants and is a great chance to for members to visit distant succulent habitats in Madagascar, India, Africa or South America.

Additionally, a number of other honorary Awards, including the prestigious Fellow Award, are conferred by the Society at conventions and other appropriate occasions. These lists read as a who's who of the succulent plant world.


We also offer an Education Trophy to CSSA affiliates for the purpose of recognizing outstanding acheivements in education.



Research Grants Print E-mail
The CSSA Research Program provides small facilitation grants (up to $1500) to help fund well designed research programs on the botany, horticulture, and conservation of succulent plants. Grant proposals are reviewed by the Research Committee and funded if approved by a majority vote of the Board of Directors.

  Tom Glavich is co-chair of the CSSA Research Committee and welcomes requests for grant application packets. Contact him for submission requirements at 626-798-2430 or email him, tglavich[at]sbcglobal.net.

download Grant Application Packet (PDF) [51 kb]
download Grant Application Cover Form (MS Word file) [38kb]
download document Obligations and Expectations of Grantee (PDF) [22 kb]
 
CSSA Fellow Award Print E-mail
The Fellow Award is one of the two highest honors the Cactus and Succulent Society of America can confer. This award is based on either (1) exceptional achievement in scholarship about succulent plants or (2) substantial achievement in scholarship about succulent plants in combination with substantial service to the cactus and succulent hobby and/or to the Cactus and Succulent Society of America. The Fellow Award is open to members and nonmembers. Honorees are announced at the biennial conventions or other appropriate times. Each Fellow will receive all the rights and privileges of active membership without payment of fees for life, and an engraved plaque that states the reason the Society has granted the recognition. Additionally, an article describing their accomplishments will appear in a periodical of the Society.
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Conservation Award Print E-mail
The Conservation Award recognizes any individual, group, organization, or agency that has given significant service in conserving cactus and succulent plants. This award had its inception in 2005.
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Superior Service Award Print E-mail
The Superior Service Award recognizes people who have served the Society in an exceptional way. Recipients will receive an engraved plaque that states the reason the Society has granted the recognition. Additionally, an article describing their accomplishments will appear in a periodical of the Society.
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Special Service Award Print E-mail
The Special Service Award is one of the two highest honors the Cactus and Succulent Society of America can confer. The Special Service Award is given to CSSA members who have rendered extraordinary and meritorious service to the Society and the hobby. Honorees are announced at the biennial conventions or other appropriate times. Each recipient will receive all the rights and privileges of active membership without payment of fees for life, and an engraved plaque that states the reason the Society has granted the recognition. Additionally, an article describing their accomplishments will appear in a periodical of the Society.
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Friend Award Print E-mail
The Friend Award recognizes those persons who are not active in the Society but have served the Society and/or the hobby in some exceptional way. Recipients will receive an engraved plaque that states the reason the Society has granted the recognition. Additionally, an article describing their accomplishments will appear in a periodical of the Society.
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