Zeller Summer Scholarship in Medicinal Botany

About This Scholarship

The Zeller Summer Scholarship is one of the more specialized awards in the Garden Club of America's portfolio: $3,000 to one undergraduate each year for summer study in medicinal botany, the science of plants used in medicine. If you are a biology, chemistry, botany, or pre-pharmacy student with a summer research project or field program touching on medicinal plants, this award was written for you.

Eligibility is broad within the undergraduate ranks — students may apply for summer study after any undergraduate year, freshman through senior — as long as they are currently enrolled at an accredited U.S. college or university. International applicants are ineligible because of IRS restrictions on the fund.

Applications are due February 1 preceding the summer of proposed study and may be submitted electronically through the GCA website or by mail to GCA headquarters in New York. Like every award in the GCA program, the Zeller counts as your single allowed GCA application for the year, so make sure medicinal botany — not one of GCA's other 28 awards — is the best fit for your plans.

Eligibility

• Undergraduate student currently enrolled at an accredited U.S. college or university
• Proposed summer study or research in medicinal botany
• May apply for the summer after any undergraduate year (freshman through senior)
• International applicants are not eligible due to IRS restrictions

How To Apply

• Line up your summer program or research plan in medicinal botany
• Choose this as your one GCA application for the year
• Complete the online application form on the GCA website
• Submit electronically or by mail so materials reach GCA headquarters by February 1, 2027

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