Stuntz Foundation

The grant program is administered by the Grants Committee of the Stuntz Mycology Fund. Please address questions and completed applications to Fred Rhoades, Grants Committee Chair (grants@stuntzfoundation.org).

The object of the Stuntz Mycology Fund (SMF) grant program is to provide financial support for mycological research and education in the Pacific Northwest. Although a wide range of mycological subjects can be considered, priority will be given to projects involving mushroom-forming fungi ("macrofungi," "macromycetes"), as they were the focus of Dr. Stuntz's research. In all cases, the project must be focused on the fungi, not merely involve them in some manner. Applicants do not necessarily have to reside in the Pacific Northwest as long as the research involves or pertains to Pacific Northwest fungi or the educational activity takes place in the Pacific Northwest and benefits the Pacific Northwest mycological community.

For purposes of the SMF grant program, the Pacific Northwest is considered to comprise Washington, Oregon, Idaho, western Montana, southern British Columbia, and southeast and south-coastal Alaska. The SMF and its supporting organization, the Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation (DESMF), are small organizations and, as such, SMF must limit the size of the grants we award. We aim to award grants totaling approximately 5% of the DESMF's corpus each year, with a maximum of 10% in any calendar year. Most past awards have been for less than $10,000, and the largest has been under $15,000. Given the limited resources, SMF favorably views projects that have obtained (or will obtain) matching (or greater) funding from other sources.

In order for an award to be made, a grant application must be approved by a simple majority of the SMF Board of Trustees (for most Individual and Institutional Grants) or the SMF Grants Committee (for Mini and Small Grants, and for selected Individual and Institutional Grants for $1000 or less).

Each grant application must include a proposed budget that shows how the requested funds would be used. Depending on the grant category and specific nature of the proposed research or educational activity, allowable costs could include items such as travel expenses, laboratory analyses, stipends or honorariums, compensation for non-salaried individuals such as undergraduate or graduate students, expendable supplies, and equipment. Salary, institutional overhead, and page charges are not allowable costs except under extraordinary conditions. Support for attendance at a professional society meeting in order to present results of a SMF-supported project will be considered, but generally will not be awarded in advance of the project work being carried out successfully. Budgets should include sufficient detail, such as descriptions of items, numbers of samples, quantities required, unit costs, and total costs, to allow reviewers to clearly understand the request and to be able to match the budget details with the description of the proposed activities.

The Dr. Patricia Allynson Winter Fund comprises roughly half of the DESMF's resources and the late Dr. Winter directed that grants from this Fund reflect her expressed priorities. Thus, consideration of applications that would be awarded from the Winter Fund (as determined by SMF) will be guided by Dr. Winter's following order of preference:

The foregoing order of preference does not apply to consideration of applications that would be awarded outside the Winter Fund.

There are four categories of grant - Mini, Small, Individual, and Institutional:

Applications for Mini Grants and Small Grants, and for Individual and Institutional Grants of $1000 or less, will be accepted at any time. Applications for Individual Grants and Institutional Grants of more than $1000 are due by 1 March and 1 October each year in order to be considered at our spring and fall Board meetings, respectively.

If an application is received after all available funds for a given year have been awarded, the applicant will be given the option of withdrawing the application or having it considered during the following year.

The SMF Grants Committee Chair will acknowledge receipt of the application, confirm that the appropriate category is being applied for, and review the application for completeness. If it is not complete, it will be returned with a request for the needed information. Once it has been accepted as complete, the application will be routed to the Grants Committee members and any additional reviewers. After review and any clarification from the applicant and/or discussion among the Committee-members has been completed, the Committee will vote whether or not to forward the application to the full Board of Trustees for a decision at the next Board meeting. The Board will vote on whether or not to award the grant and, if so, the amount of the award and any conditions attached to it. The applicant will be notified of the decision and funds disbursed to successful applicants as soon as practicable after the meeting.

For acceptable applications for Grants of $1000 or less, the Committee will decide whether or not a decision by the full Board is necessary. If it is, the application will be processed in the same manner as other Individual and Institutional applications. If the Committee feels the application need not require involvement of the full Board, it will conduct its review and decision process as expeditiously as practicable.

# grant awards: 126
Total grants awarded: $380,022
Mean award: $3,016
Minimum award: $50
Maximum award:$14,227
Median award: $1,969
Additional non-grant awards (17): $48,274
Total support awarded: $428,297

Year	Recipient(s)	Project / Activity / Purpose
Grants awarded by SMF:
2019	Cascade Mycological Society / Macrofungi of Lane Co. Oregon Project	Support for DNA sequencing by an undergraduate student (University of Oregon) conducting a survey of wood chip fungi in the Eugene-Springfield (Oregon) area
2019	Rebecca Evans (PhD student, Washington State University -Vancouver)	Ecological effects of anthropogenic nitrogen and invasive herbivores on mycorrhizal community composition and potential function
2019	University of Washington Herbarium of the Burke Museum	Funding to purchase large shelf boxes for 10 new steel herbarium cabinets, and approximately 1000 small archival boxes for housing individual specimens
2019	South Park Community Center, Seattle Parks and Recreation Department	Funding to purchase materials for construction of oyster mushroom kits by low-income children
2019	University of British Columbia (Okanagan) Mushroom Club	Partial support for student members attending the spring meeting of the Pacific Northwest Key Council at Peachland, BC
2019	On behalf of Dr. Alison Pouliot	Travel and lodging support for speaking tour of Pacific Northwest
2019	University of Washington Herbarium of the Burke Museum	DNA sequencing to enhance the value of specimens in the macrofungus collection at the University of Washington Herbarium of the Burke Museum
2019	Laura Super (PhD student) / Dr. Suzanne Simard (adviser), University of British Columbia	Understanding the phytobiome: impacts of warming, nitrogen deposition, and harvesting on plants, fungi, and nematodes (supplies and sequencing services for molecular analysis)
2019	Michael Bradshaw (PhD student) / Dr. Patrick Tobin (adviser), University of Washington	Assessing the Biodiversity and Epidemiology of Common, Understudied, Pacific Northwest Fungi -- continuing DNA sequencing and phylogenetics work with powdery mildews
2018	Samantha Fox (PhD student) / Dr. Ari Jumpponen (adviser), Kansas State University	Investigation of different fire severities resulting in distinct soil fungal community trajectories (travel to study site in Oregon, and supplies for molecular analysis)
2018	University of Washington Herbarium of the Burke Museum	Improving specimen storage in the macrofungal collection at the University of Washington Herbarium of the Burke Museum (purchase of specimen boxes and funds for hourly support person)
2018	Shannon Adams	Pacific Northwest (PNW) Cortinarius Mycoflora Study
2018	Ed Barge (PhD student, Oregon State University)	Systematics and population ecology of foliar endophytes associated with Populus trichocarpa (black cottonwood) in the Pacific Northwest
2018	Dr. Jenise Bauman (Western Washington University)	Accelerating natural succession by aiding in native conifer establishment and ectomycorrhizal fungal development on novel coarse terraces in riparian corridors along the Elwha River
2018	Michael Bradshaw (PhD student) / Dr. Patrick Tobin (adviser), University of Washington)	Effects of divergent evolution on host resistance and an evaluation of the epidemiology and biology of powdery mildew in urban and forest environments
2018	Camille Defrenne (PhD student, University of British Columbia)	Revealing the unseen ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity influenced by climate in British Columbia
2018	Matt Gordon	Sequencing Pacific Northwest Type Collections
2018	Stuart Graham (PhD student, University of Washington)	How will the responses of mycorrhizal fungi to climate warming influence the encroachment of conifers on subalpine meadows?
2017	Michael Zirpoli & Heidi Steinbach (The Evergreen State College)	Study of possible effects of lichen extracts on the reproduction of prairie plants
2017	Dr. Cathy Cripps & Dr. Sara Branco (Montana State University)	Study of alpine members of the Cortinarius anomalus group
2017	Friends of the University of Washington Herbarium	Supplies and digitizing, curating, and filing of new macrofungus acquisitions at WTU
2017	Girdwood, Inc. / Turnagain Arm Mycological Society	Start-up cost for Mycoflora of Alaska website (site design, build and initial data entry)
2017	SEAWEAD (Southeast Alaska Wilderness Exploration, Analysis and Discovery)	Support for travel by the chief mycologist for the All Things Fungi event in Hoonah, southeast Alaska
2017	Girdwood, Inc. / Turnagain Arm Mycological Society	Support for travel by presenters at the annual Girdwood Fungus Fair
Grants awarded by DESMF:
2016	Dr. Erica Cline (University of Washington, Tacoma)	Metals in edible mushrooms in the West Coast of the USA (supplemental funding)
2016	Friends of the University of Washington Herbarium	Creation of a Macrofungi of Washington image gallery at WTU
2016	Dr. Brandon Matheny (University of Tennessee)	Systematic revision of the Stuntz Inocybe collection from North America
2016	Department of Botany, University of British Columbia (Dr. Mary Berbee)	Mushroom booklet for identification of BC fungi important for human and environmental health
2016	Friends of the University of Washington Herbarium	Supplies and digitizing, curating, and filing of new macrofungal acquisitions at WTU
2016	Dr. Erica Cline (University of Washington, Tacoma)	A contribution to the knowledge of the genus, Tricholoma, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America (supplemental funding)
2015	Korena Mafune (PhD student, University of Washington)	Canopy Mycorrhizal Ecosystems: Fungal Adaptations of Adventitious Roots Growing in Canopy Soils of Old-growth Temperate Rainforests, Western Washington
2015	Dr. Erica Cline (University of Washington, Tacoma)	Metals in edible mushrooms in the West Coast of the USA (supplemental funding)
2015	Dr. Erica Cline (University of Washington, Tacoma)	A contribution to the knowledge of the genus, Tricholoma, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America (supplemental funding)
2015	Sitka Sound Science Center	Travel support for presenters at the Center's Natural History Seminar series, public walks, and classes
2014	Multiple	K-12 teachers mycology workshop held at the 2014 North American Mycological Association Foray, Eatonville, Washington
2014	Multiple (21 individuals)	Patrice Benson Memorial Travel Assistance Awards made to mycologists and students presenting at the 2014 North American Mycological Association Foray, Eatonville, Washington
2014	Dr. Erica Cline (University of Washington, Tacoma)	Metals in edible mushrooms of the Puget Sound region: A citizen-science approach
2014	Dr. Erica Cline (University of Washington, Tacoma)	A contribution to the knowledge of the genus, Tricholoma, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America
2014	Anna Bazzicalupo (PhD student, University of British Columbia)	Ben Woo's Burke Museum Russula collection: Detecting new species, confirming known species, and enhancing understanding of regional biodiversity using databasing and DNA sequencing
2014	Dr. Tuula Niskanen	Taxonomy of Cortinarius species associated with oak in the Pacific Northwest
2014	Shaw Mycological Herbarium (at Washington State University)	New computers
2013	Dr. Bart Buyck, Anna Bazzicalupo	Travel expenses associated with Dr. Buyck's Russula trip and speaking tour in the PNW
2013	Olympic Peninsula Mycological Society	Support for speakers at society meetings
2011	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund--Dr. Joe Ammirati, Dr. Michael Beug, Dr. Tuula Niskanen, and Dr. Kare Liimatainen	Taxonomy of Cortinarius species associated with oak in the Pacific Northwest
2010	Dr. Kare Liimatainen and Dr. Tuula Niskanen	Taxonomy of Cortinarius in the Pacific Northwest
2010	Northern Idaho Mycological Association	Matching funds for digital projector
2009	Northwest Film Forum	Support for screening of movie, Know Your Mushrooms
2009	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund--Joshua Birkebak	Research on Leucoagaricus
2009	PNW Key Council	Matching funds for digital projector and laptop computer
2008	Dr. Steven Trudell and Dr. Joe Ammirati	Support for preparation of illustrations for book, Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest
2007	Friends of the University of Washington Herbarium	Support for Lichens of Washington image gallery
2007	Dr. Katherine Glew	Lichen study project
2007	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund--Lili Fang (PhD student)	Taxonomy of Cortinarius in the Pacific Northwest
2006	Paul Kroeger	Cataloguing of specimens from mycological survey of Haida Gwaii (at UBC Herbarium)
2005	PNW Fungi, Dr. Dean Glawe	Operating funds for electronic journal
2005	Snohomish County Mycological Society	Funding for digital projector
2005	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund--Noelle Machnicki (PhD student)	Douglas-fir ectomycorrhiza research
2004	Shadow Lake Bog Study Group, Christie Robertson et al.	Mycological survey of bog habitat
2003	Puget Sound Mycological Society	Matching funds for purchase of digital projector for use by PSMS and DESMF.
2003	Dr. Brandon Matheny	Support for transition to post-doc position at Clark University
2003	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund--Suzanne Joneson (MS student) and P. Brandon Matheny (PhD student)	Ramalina of the Kuril Islands: Phylogenetics of the Ramalina almquistii species complex (SJ). Molecular Systematics and Taxonomic Contributions Towards the Inocybaceae (PBM).
2001	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund	General support of Dr. Ammirati students
2000	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund	General support of Dr. Ammirati students
1999	Dr. David Hosford	Support for fungus herbarium at Central Washington University
1999	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund	General support of Dr. Ammirati students: Primarily Brandon Matheny, Michelle Seidl, and Briana Timmerman.
1998	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund	General support of Dr. Ammirati students: Primarily Katherine Glew, Michelle Seidl, and Briana Timmerman, and work in the Herbarium by Brandon Matheny.
1998	Dr. David Hosford	Support for fungus herbarium at Central Washington University
1998	Mt. Mazama Mushroom Association	Small grant for book purchases
1997	Mt. Mazama Mushroom Association	Small grant for book purchases
1997	North Idaho Mycological Association	Funding for PNWKC Keys, mushroom dryer, slide projector, microscope, and slide programs
1997	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund	General support of Dr. Ammirati students: Primarily Katherine Glew, Michelle Seidl, and Briana Timmerman
1996	Dr. Joe Ammirati	Travel support for study of European Cortinarius
1996	Dr. Egon Horak	Travel support for study of PNW Galerina
1996	Puget Sound Mycological Society	Matching contribution for production of video of 1994 PSMS Annual Exhibit
1996	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund	General support of Dr. Ammirati students: Katherine Glew (Distribution and Diversity of Alpine Lichens: Biotic and Abiotic Factors Influencing Alpine Lichen Communities in the Northeast Olympic and North Cascade Mountains, PhD); Marcangelo Puccio (Distribution of RAPD phenotypes in a natural population of Coprinus velox, MS); Michelle Seidl (Systematic studies in Cortinarius (Agaricales, Cortinariaceae) subgenus Myxacium, sections Defibulati and Myxacium in western North America, PhD); Briana Timmerman (Dispersal in epigeous basidiomycetes: What the probability of spore settlement into various habitats and the size and relatedness of genets suggest about how fungal populations evolve and spread, MS)
1995	Dr. Joe Ammirati	Travel: Olympic and Mt. Rainier National Parks studies
1995	Dr. Meinhard Moser	Travel support for study of Rocky Mountains Cortinarius
1995	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund	General support of Dr. Ammirati students
1995	Michelle Seidl	Support of work in Herbarium
1995	Michelle Seidl	Support of work in Herbarium
1995	Marcangelo Puccio	Support for study of old-growth forest fungi
1995	Katherine Glew	Lichen field project
1995	Katherine Glew	Lichen project
1995	Dr. Joe Ammirati	Travel support for committee member: Molecular evolutionary studies of Dermocybe and Cortinarius species (Yajuan Liu PhD defense)
1994	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund	General support of Dr. Ammirati students
1994	Glenn Walker	Old-growth forest fungi project
1994	Michelle Seidl	Old-growth projects and herbarium
1994	Briana Timmerman	Herbarium assistance
1994	Katherine Glew	Lichen project
1994	Lorelei Norvell	PNW agarics research
1993	Dr. Scott Redhead	Travel support for visiting scholar
1993	Dr. Tom Volk	Travel--Bridgeoporus project
1993	Yajuan Liu	Travel--Dermocybe project
1993	Dr. Jim Ginns	Travel--Albatrellus project
1993	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund	General support of Dr. Ammirati students
1993	Sharmin Gamiet	General support of Dr. Ammirati students
1993	Michelle Seidl	General support of Dr. Ammirati students
1993	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund--Michelle Seidl	General support of Dr. Ammirati students
1993	Glenn Walker	Travel to national meeting
1993	Glenn Walker	General support of Dr. Ammirati students
1993	Lorelei Norvell	PNW agarics research
1993	Lorelei Norvell	PNW agarics research
1992	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund	General support of Dr. Ammirati students
1992	Glenn Walker (MS student, University of Washington)	A preliminary study of the macrofungus species richness in mature and old-growth Picea sitchensis/Tsuga heterophylla forests of the Olympic Peninsula
1992	Lorelei Norvell	MSA meeting (Portland)
1992	Glenn Walker	MSA meeting (Portland)
1992	Dr. Eef Arnolds	Travel
1992	Dr. Henry Dissing	Travel, Pezizales project
1992	Dr. Joe Ammirati	Travel by Hal Burdsall and Karen Nakasone--spruce old-growth project
1992	Katherine Glew	Lichen project
1992	Lorelei Norvell	PNW agarics research
1992	Lorelei Norvell	PNW agarics research
1991	D and B Grandorff	Travel Bridgeoporus nobilissimus research
1991	Michelle Seidl	Mt. St. Helens old-growth
1991	George Mueller	Scanning electron microscopy
1991	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund	General support of Dr. Ammirati students
1991	Katherine Glew	Lichen Herbarium and Literature
1991	Lorelei Norvell	Stuntz Herbarium
1990	Dr. Joe Ammirati, George Mueller	Scanning electron microscopy
1990	Lorelei Norvell	Stuntz Herbarium
1990	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund--Judy Stanhope (MAT student)	A comparative study of the upper cortex of Platismatia glauca from rural and urban habitats in western Washington state
1989	J. Flintoff	Lichen studies
1989	Dr. Meinhard Moser	PNW Cortinarii
1988	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund--Stephen Rehner (PhD student)	Systematics, Mating Compatibility and Ribosomal DNA Variation in Agrocybe, section Pediadeae
1987	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund--Lu-hsi Shih (MS student)	Basidium cytology of Laccaria species
1984	University of Washington Mycology Research Fund--Stephen Rehner (MS student)	A survey of agarics in Artemisia-Agropyron shrub-steppe and Salix communities of Grant Co., Washington
Non-Grant Support:
2018	Oregon Mycological Society Scholarship Fund	Contribution in memory of Judy Roger
2014	University of Washington Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation Endowed Fund	Support of mycological research and teaching
2013	University of Washington Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation Endowed Fund	Support of mycological research and teaching
2013	Chelan Co. Search & Rescue	Contribution associated with disappearance of Hildegard Hendrickson
2013	University of Washington, Burke Museum	Support for Paul Stamets public lecture at UW
2013	University of Washington, Burke Museum	Mushroom Maynia
2012	University of Washington, Burke Museum	Mushroom Maynia
2012	University of Washington Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation Endowed Fund	Support of mycological research and teaching
2011	University of Washington, Burke Museum	Mushroom Maynia
2010	University of Washington, Burke Museum	Mushroom Maynia
2010	University of Washington Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation Endowed Fund	Support of mycological research and teaching
2009	University of Washington, Burke Museum	Mushroom Maynia
2009	University of Washington Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation Endowed Fund	Support of mycological research and teaching
2008	University of Washington, Burke Museum	Mushroom Maynia
2007	University of Washington Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation Endowed Fund	Support of mycological research and teaching. Initial contribution.
2006	Mycological Society of America	Memorial contribution to the Orson K. Miller, Jr. travel fund
1994	University of Washington	Melinda Denton Memorial Fund