Margaret Mee Fellowship Programme
Objectives
- To enhance UK-Brazilian scientific programmes through the provision
of artistic and scientific fellowships for visiting artists and
botanists, including support for researchers to work with UK taxonomic
specialists.
- To capitalise on Margaret Mee's life and work, and on the Amazon
Collection in particular, by educating people about tropical American
biodiversity and conservation.
- To ensure that the work of the Margaret Mee organizations enhances
the UK's collaborative work with Brazilian plant scientists to
help conserve biodiversity.
The Programme
Since 1997 the Margaret Mee Amazon Trust and its successor, the Margaret Mee Fellowship Programme (administered by the Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew) have awarded 121 Fellowships for Brazilians to come to Britain to further their knowledge. Fourteen of these Fellowships have been awarded to botanical illustrators and 88 to biologists.
In close collaboration with its sister organization the Fundação Botânica Margaret Mee (an independent Brazilian charity), the programme has financed Fellowships in disciplines ranging from plant anatomy and taxonomy to plant-animal interactions and conservation. Meanwhile the botanical illustration programme has refined the technical expertise of Brazilian artists to a high level, providing important assistance in the proper identification and naming of plants. |
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The importance of the programme is demonstrated by the substantial
contributions to plant science and conservation that Brazilian Fellows
have gone on to make in their home country.
Fellowships awarded
Administration
The Margaret Mee Fellowship Programme is administered on behalf
of the Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew by:
General Committee
Dr Nicholas Hind (Chairman)
Dr Simon Mayo
Ms Lucy Blythe
Dr Raymond Harley
Sir Peter Heap
The Hon. Christopher McLaren
Mr Greville Mee
Mr Brian Stannard
Ms Marilyn Ward
Dr Daniela Zappi
Mr Michael Daly CMG (Hon Secretary)
Fellowship Committee
Dr Nicholas Hind (Chairman)
Dr Simon Mayo
Mr Brian Stannard
Dr Daniela Zappi
Contact
Mr Michael Daly CMG, Hon. Secretary, Margaret Mee Fellowship Programme,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, United Kingdom;
telephone 0208-332-5725; fax 0208-332-5278; email m.daly@rbgkew.org.uk
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