Alice Eastwood Partnership

For the better part of a century, Alice Eastwood lived modestly, dedicating her life and livelihood to her passion for botany.  The Alice Eastwood Partnership collaborates with 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations to offer and support programs that commemorate her early career in Denver (1879-1892) as a self-trained botanist, who became an important contributor to a better understanding of the flora of the Southern Rocky Mountains.

The mission of the Alice Eastwood Partnership reflects Alice Eastwood “desire to help, not to shine.” Here, this includes supporting::

• undergraduates pursuing degrees in botany, ecology, conservation, landscape architecture, horticulture, or environmental science emphasizing native plants;

• original systematics research addressing plant biodiversity in the Southern Rocky Mountains emphasizing taxonomy and biogeography;

• graduate students and post-doctoral scientists; early career scientists at gardens, museums, and universities; and faculty at predominantly undergraduate institutions;

• collaboration among the aforementioned and the institutions they represent;

• dissemination of research through presentations at professional meetings and journal publications, as well as presentations and publications directed to lay audiences.

Funding opportunities:

• Alice Eastwood Scholarship

  • Scholarships of $475 — Eastwood’s annual salary earned while teaching at Denver East High School — will be matched with funds from the Colorado Native Plant Society (CoNPS) for a total award of $950 per scholarship administered on an annual basis by the Society. Depending on the application pool, one or two awards are expected each year through 2029.  Qualified applicants, whether or not they are selected as recipients, will receive a student membership in CoNPS.

  • Applicants must be undergraduates pursuing bachelor’s degrees that ultimately advance the Mission of the Colorado Native Plant Society, including botany, ecology, conservation, landscape architecture, horticulture, or environmental science emphasizing native plants.

  • Applicants must submit a concise but detailed application attached to an email sent to Conpsoffice@aol.com (ATTN: Eastwood Scholarship Selection Committee) by 1 April 2021; cc: christina.alba@botanicgardens.org.

    For details, see: Call for Applications.

• Alice Eastwood Fellowship (under development for 2021; check back beginning 31 October 2020 for the call for applications)

For more information, contact Dr. Chrissy Alba at christina.alba@botanicgardens.org or Dr. Leo P Bruederle at leo.bruederle@ucdenver.edu.