Sep 12, 2024
Fred C. Gloeckner Foundation funds 10 research and educational grants

The Fred C. Gloeckner Foundation Research Fund of the American Floral Endowment (AFE) has announced new projects for funding.

Under the new partnership announced earlier this year, the Fred C. Gloeckner Foundation has joined with the AFE as a named fund to continue the mission and legacy of the Fred C. Gloeckner Foundation.

This year, the committee selected the following 10 projects totaling $134,592 to receive funding:

North Carolina State University, Brian Whipker, Ph.D., North Carolina Dept. of Agriculture, Kristin Hicks, Ph.D., and Consumer Services, University of Kentucky, W. Garrett Owen, Ph.D. Establishing Comprehensive Floriculture Leaf Tissue Standards. $4,400
North Carolina State University, Brian Whipker, Ph.D., and Patrick Veazie. Establishing Automated Diagnostic & Interpretation Tools for Floriculture Leaf Tissue Standards. $2,300
Kansas State University, Kimberly Williams, Ph.D. Overwatering and Nutrient Deficiency in Spring Crops: Making Connections and Defining Parameters for Greenhouse Growers. $15,880
Colorado State University, Chad Miller, Ph.D. Investigating Achimenes Propagation Protocols to Optimize and Increase Commercial Production. $12,000
University of California, Berkeley, Mary Wildermuth, Ph.D., and Hang Xue. Reducing Powdery Mildew Disease and its Impact on Plant Photosynthesis. $22,000
University of Minnesota Stan Hokanson, Ph.D., and Diana Lopez Arias. Development of DNA Markers Linked to Rose Black Spot Resistance Locus Rdr5: Towards a More Efficient Breeding for Disease. $18,396
University of Florida, Paul Fisher, Ph.D., and Dharti Thakulla, Ph.D. Ensuring Water Treatment Technologies Are Compatible with Beneficial Microorganisms. $16,914
North Carolina State University, Brian Jackson, Ph.D. Aging Wood Fiber Substrates to Alleviate Phytotoxicity. $10,100
National Floriculture Forum. Supporting Graduate Student Participation. $6,000.

New York Florists’ Club Grants

Cornell University, Mark Bridgen, Ph.D. Using In Vitro Techniques to Generate Double-Flowered Impatiens Plants that Are Resistant to Impatiens Downy Mildew. $11,602
University of Tennessee, Kelly Walters, Ph.D. Ethylene Pre-Germination Treatments: A New Technique To Improve Plug Quality and Stress Tolerance. $15,000

To learn more about the Fred C. Gloeckner Foundation Research Fund of the American Floral Endowment, visit endowment.org/gloeckner. Applications for 2025 FCGFRF funding are due on April 1, 2025.