Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees

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  • First Grant
  • Total Number of Grants
    2
  • Cumulative Grant Amounts
    $1,556,655
Courtesy of Mary Ann Olson, Missouri Botanical Garden
 

Located in St. Louis, the Missouri Botanical Garden was founded in 1859 and is the nation’s oldest botanical garden in continuous operation. The 79-acre National Historic Landmark is home to a 14-acre Japanese strolling garden, founder Henry Shaw’s original 1850 home and one of the world’s largest collections of rare and endangered orchids. It hosts nearly a million visitors a year.

With the mission of discovering and sharing knowledge about plants and their environment in order to preserve and enrich life, the Missouri Botanical Garden is a center for botanical research and science education. The organization’s researchers work to strengthen scientific expertise in developing countries to protect and manage biodiversity before it's too late. Its plant conservation work includes species conservation and recovery programs, assessments of the risk status of species and habitat restoration. The focus of education programming is threefold: reconnect people with nature, increase young people’s interest in science and conservation careers and propel the community toward sustainable living.

 

recent grants

Science Interoperable network of digital repositories for a Global Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Organization

Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees


  • date awarded

    Nov 2009

  • amount

    $460,000

  • term

    26 months

 
Science Integrating Fedora into TROPICOS and the Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Organization

Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees


  • date awarded

    Nov 2007

  • amount

    $1,096,655

  • term

    24 months

 

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