John E. Fairey – Southern Appalachian Botanical Society Biological Field Station Scholarship
The Scholarship honors the life and contributions of John E. Fairey III by providing students access to the transformational educational experience of studying botany at a dedicated field station
2024
Award Recipients
John E. Fairey
Raised in the small town of Rowesville, South Carolina, he pursued his undergraduate studies at the University of South Carolina, studying botany with Drs. Wade Batson and John Herr. He went on to earn M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at West Virginia University under the supervision of Dr. Earl Core, one of the founders of what was then the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club (SABC).
Dr. Fairey played a major role in the SABC during his long faculty career at Clemson University. He served the SABC as Vice-President in 1981 and President in 1982 and remained active for the rest of his life, as the organization evolved into its current form as the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society (SABS).
Fairey Biological Field Station Scholarship Requirements
- Applicant must be a member of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society (SABS).
- Applicants should be undergraduate or graduate students at an accredited college or university in the United States. Student applications should explain their financial need, and how this scholarship will enable them to take the course
- A professor or academic advisor must attest to the applicant’s student status.
- Award applications for consideration each year must be received by the committee chair via the website form no later than April 19th.
- Recipients of a John E. Fairey – SABS– Biological Field Station Scholarship are expected to submit a summary about their field station course experience for publication in Chinquapin (our newsletter).
Fairey Biological Field Station Scholarship Information
- Support in the form of a John E. Fairey – Biological Field Station Scholarship will be presented to an individual student only once.
- Scholarship is for a student (undergraduate or graduate) to enroll in a botany workshop or course at a biological field station, and not to directly to support an extended stay at a field station for research (see the SABS Earl Core Student Research Award). If you have questions regarding your activity fitting the criteria of a botany workshop or course please contact the Committee Chair.
- Awards will be submitted directly to the field station for tuition rather than to the scholarship awardee.
- The Biological Field station can be located anywhere and is not restricted to the USA
- Awards will be determined on a competitive basis with the applications reviewed and awardee(s) selected by the John E. Fairey – SABS– Biological Field Station Scholarship Committee. Should a member of the committee be a mentor or advisor of an applicant, he/she will be excused as a reviewer for that proposal.
John E. Fairey – Southern Appalachian Botanical Society Biological Field Station Scholarship Committee
Daniel Koenemann
Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Claflin University
John E. Fairey – Southern Appalachian Botanical Society Biological Field Station Scholarship Recipients
2024
Elizabeth Cika (West Liberty University)
Wetland Plant Identification,
at Highlands Biological Station
Anaya Harry (University of North Carolina – Asheville)
Introduction to the Flora of the Blue Ridge
At Highlands Biological Station
2022
Younjin Cho, UNC- Chapel Hill
Bryophyte Identification
at Highlands Biological Station
Tara Hall (Western Carolina University)
Cliff and Rock Outcrop Communities
at Highlands Biological Station
Chris DeFiore (Yale School of the Environment)
Vascular Flora of the Blue Ridge
at Highlands Biological Station
Noah Yawn (Auburn University)
Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes
at OTS La Selva Biological Station
2020
Field station events were cancelled due to COVID-19
2018
Emily Ulman, (North Carolina State University), Lichenology Workshop, at Highlands Biological Station
2023
Lauren Ann Gray (Appalachian State University)
Forest Ecosystems of the Southern Appalachians
at Highlands Biological Station
Jonathon Paul Osborne (University of Southern Mississippi)
The Introduction to Plant Ecophysiology in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
at Highlands Biological Station
Oliver Watts (North Carolina State University)
Forest Ecosystems of the Southern Appalachians
at Highlands Biological Station
2021
Morgan Gaglianese-Woody (Appalachian State University)
Cliff and Rock Outcrop Communities
at Highlands Biological Station
Laura Hamon (North Carolina State University)
Biology of Ferns
at Highlands Biological Station
Alana Hicks (Univ. of Tennessee Chattanooga)
Grasses of the Southern Appalachians
at Highlands Biological Station
Neely Millard (Univ. of Tennessee Chattanooga)
Biology of Ferns
at Highlands Biological Station
Britany Martin (Haywood Community College)
Grasses of the Southern Appalachians
at Highlands Biological Station
Luke Sheaffer (Western Carolina University)
Biology of Ferns
at Highlands Biological Station
Brandon Wheeler (Western Carolina University)
Biology of Ferns
at Highlands Biological Station
2019
Brandy Benz (North Carolina State Univ.)
Fern Identification & Ecology Course,
at Highlands Biological Station
Robert Helsel (Rutgers Univ.)
Mosses: Structure, Ecology, & Identification Course,
at Eagle Hill Institute
Aryan Kadkhodaei (Univ. of Virginia)
Plant Diversity/Evolution/Conservation Course,
at Mountain Lake Biological Station
2024
Elizabeth Cika (West Liberty University)
Wetland Plant Identification,
at Highlands Biological Station
Anaya Harry (University of North Carolina – Asheville)
Introduction to the Flora of the Blue Ridge
At Highlands Biological Station
2023
Lauren Ann Gray (Appalachian State University)
Forest Ecosystems of the Southern Appalachians
at Highlands Biological Station
Jonathon Paul Osborne (University of Southern Mississippi)
The Introduction to Plant Ecophysiology in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
at Highlands Biological Station
Oliver Watts (North Carolina State University)
Forest Ecosystems of the Southern Appalachians
at Highlands Biological Station
2022
Younjin Cho, UNC- Chapel Hill
Bryophyte Identification
at Highlands Biological Station
Tara Hall (Western Carolina University)
Cliff and Rock Outcrop Communities
at Highlands Biological Station
Chris DeFiore (Yale School of the Environment)
Vascular Flora of the Blue Ridge
at Highlands Biological Station
Noah Yawn (Auburn University)
Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes
at OTS La Selva Biological Station
2021
Morgan Gaglianese-Woody (Appalachian State University)
Cliff and Rock Outcrop Communities
at Highlands Biological Station
Laura Hamon (North Carolina State University)
Biology of Ferns
at Highlands Biological Station
Alana Hicks (Univ. of Tennessee Chattanooga)
Grasses of the Southern Appalachians
at Highlands Biological Station
Neely Millard (Univ. of Tennessee Chattanooga)
Biology of Ferns
at Highlands Biological Station
Britany Martin (Haywood Community College)
Grasses of the Southern Appalachians
at Highlands Biological Station
Luke Sheaffer (Western Carolina University)
Biology of Ferns
at Highlands Biological Station
Brandon Wheeler (Western Carolina University)
Biology of Ferns
at Highlands Biological Station
2020
Field station events were cancelled due to COVID-19
2019
Brandy Benz (North Carolina State Univ.)
Fern Identification & Ecology Course,
at Highlands Biological Station
Robert Helsel (Rutgers Univ.)
Mosses: Structure, Ecology, & Identification Course,
at Eagle Hill Institute
Aryan Kadkhodaei (Univ. of Virginia)
Plant Diversity/Evolution/Conservation Course,
at Mountain Lake Biological Station
2018
Emily Ulman, (North Carolina
State University), Lichenology
Workshop, at Highlands
Biological Station
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