News published: 18 September 2023

Does your garden hold globally unique taxa in its living collections? Is your garden situated in or near a plant biodiversity hotspot? Were you a former Global Genome Initiative for Gardens (GGI-Gardens) Awards partner, but still have unrepresented taxa to sample?

The 2024 GGI-Gardens Partnership Award Program, in cooperation with the United States Botanic Garden, and administered through BGCI’s Global Botanic Garden Fund and GGI-Gardens, will provide awards of up to $4,500 in 2024 to support sampling activities from living collections with unique families and genera of vascular plants not yet represented in Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) biorepositories.

These awards aim to facilitate the collection of unrepresented genome-quality tissues and their deposition into a GGBN-associated biobank. Past recipients have used their awards to fund interns, expand their collections through wild germplasm collection, and build capacity at their institutions by improving their supplies, facilities, and training.

Prospective applicants should use the GGI gap analysis tool to determine which taxa in their collection might qualify. BGCI membership is encouraged but not required.

Applications are due by 17 November 2023, and award notifications can be expected in January 2024.