This list covers brief details of the research awards made by the BCSS Research Subcommittee. It does not include applications which have been rejected as being of insufficient interest for the society members or of inadequate scientific value.
Applicant |
Date awarded |
Title |
Amount awarded |
Marlon Machado |
2003 |
Delimitation of genus Discocactus in Brazil |
£1,000 |
Ruiz Vega |
2003 |
Survey of the genus Opuntia in Colombia |
£1,000 |
Cornelia Klak |
2003 |
Funding travel to study succulent Aizoaceae in the wild. |
£1,000 |
Priscilla Burgoyne |
2003 |
Funding travel to contribute to Mesembryanthemoidea mapping project in S. Africa |
£1,000 |
Peter Bruyns |
2004 |
Survey of stapeliads in Senegal towards a review book of northern African species |
£1,000 |
Charles Butterworth |
2004 |
Examination of options for use of Nuclear genetic markers in cacti |
£1,000 |
Carlos Ostolaza |
2005 |
Explore and map the cacti of the Pativilca Valley Peru |
£1,000 |
Marlon Machado |
2005 |
Review Arrojadoa species limits and their relationships |
£991 |
Urs Eggli |
2005 |
Exploration of cactus flora of Western Uruguay |
£900 |
Luis R. Gonzales-Torres |
2005 |
Examining the populations of the rare Leptocereus scopulophilus in Cuba for health and extent |
£1,000 |
Pablo Picca & Fabian Font |
2005 |
Examine delimitation of Opuntia species in Argentina |
£1,000 |
Carlos Ostolaza |
2006 |
Explore and map the cacti of the Cante river valley in Peru |
$840, joint funded with Conservation Committee |
Carlos Ostolaza |
2007 |
Explore and map the cacti of the Chancay & Chillon river valleys in Peru |
$840, joint funded with Conservation Committee |
Sam Jacks |
2008 |
Explore the perceived effects of global climate change on a shift in its latitudinal distribution of Aloe dichotoma, specifically investigating the role of slope, aspect and recruitment dynamics on the distribution |
£1,000 |
Adriana S. A. Hoyos |
2009 |
Systematics of Trichocereus (Echinopsis) in Argentina |
£1,000 |
Luis R. Gonzales-Torres |
2010 |
Identify limiting features of Leptocereus scopulophilus regeneration |
£1,000 |
Marianna R. Santos |
2010 |
Investigation of the genetic and morphological diversity and phylogeography of the group of species allied to Discocactus placentiformis (Lehmann) K. Schumann |
£1,000 |
Luis R. Gonzales-Torres |
2011 |
Assess the conservation status of Pilosocereus robinii in Cuba and implementing a scheme for monitoring its populations |
£1,000 |
Will Ritchie |
2011 |
Clarification of the taxonomic status of Manfreda using molecular techniques and morphological assessment |
£530 |
Zlatko Janeba |
2012 |
Exploration on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, covering cacti, but specifically monitoring Mammillaria gaumeri and an attempt to rediscover M. yucatensis |
£970 |
Olwen Grace |
2013 |
A first complete robust molecular phylogeny of the genus Crassula |
£3,500 |
Hanno Schaefer |
2014 |
Relationships and evolution in the Oreocereus clade (Cactaceae) |
£3,500 |
Cornelia |
2014 |
The diversification of Mesembryanthemum subgenus Phyllobolus |
£1,972 |
John Carr |
2014 |
Echeveria of Bolivia |
£2,005 |
Constance |
2016 |
Pollination biology of Stenocereus queretaroensis and the importance of bat pollination services |
£3,856.50 |
Pablo Guerrero & Marta Debenedictis |
2016 |
A genetic study of populations of Maihuenia poeppigii in Chile |
£2,000 |
Madeleen |
2017 |
A taxonomic revision of Nananthus and Rabiea (Aizoaceae) in South Africa |
£4,050 |
Ignacio Soto |
2018 |
Cactus and succulent diversity in the National Reserve of Valle Fertil, Argentina: second survey and protection strategies |
£1,000 |
Hernán Alvarado-Sizzo |
2019 |
Discovering the distribution and systematic position of Stenocereus littoralis: an unknown, highly threatened species from Los Cabos, northwestern Mexico |
£1,982.03 |
César Ramiro Martínez-González |
2020 |
Taxonomic status of two controversial species |
£2,000 |
Andrew Gdaniec |
2020 |
Systematics, biogeography, reproductive biology and conservation status of Pilosocereus (Cactaceae) in the Caribbean and Andean regions |
£4,900 |
Cornelia Klak | 2021 | An investigation of taxonomic groupings within the large genus Ruschia and their phylogenetic position within tribe Ruschieae (Ruschioideae-Aizoaceae) | £2,331 |
César Ramiro Martínez González | 2021 | Phylogeny and morphology of sweet fruit producing species (prickly pears) of Opuntia Mill. (Cactaceae) | £4,800 |