The one where writing copious grant proposals finally paid off...

I found out this week that I received one of the Garden Club of America's Coastal Wetland Studies Awards AND one of the three Tharp Fellowship awards offered by my department at USF! Combined, they total over $10,000 and the Tharp Fellowship comes with a tuition waiver, which means I don't have to TA this summer!!

Basically me right now.

This is a crazy relief as they will provide both the time (TAing takes at least 10-20 hours a week) and money I need to finally conduct some field-work this summer and maybe graduate in a reasonable amount of time, wooh!

In honor of not only celebrating successes, but failures as well (which I think science, especially, and the world, in general, should do more often), I want to mention I applied for both these grants last year and did not receive them.

Not to mention I also didn't get the GRFP last year, which took ages to write.

So, hopefully, if you're thinking "I can't possibly write one more grant because science — no the WORLD — is against me" this goes to show how quickly the tides can turn. Keep writing!

To read more about the Garden Club of America's Coastal Wetlands Scholarship (and even check out my application), check out their website here.