{"id":50,"date":"2023-03-06T22:21:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T22:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2026-04-22T20:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:40:37","slug":"henry-l-gholz-seeds-national-field-trip","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/endowments\/henry-l-gholz-seeds-national-field-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry L. Gholz SEEDS National Field Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-center\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-20 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#9f8587\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/03\/Philip-Taylor-with-Henry-Gholz.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-post-image img-fluid\" alt=\"Philip Taylor and Henry Gholz stand in an artic landscape dressed in red winter coats.\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"53% 14%\" style=\"object-position:53% 14%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/03\/Philip-Taylor-with-Henry-Gholz.jpg 473w, https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/03\/Philip-Taylor-with-Henry-Gholz-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/03\/Philip-Taylor-with-Henry-Gholz-300x406.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"padding has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#0000008c\">Reaching this first goal for the Gholz Endowment was just one step in our long effort to support inclusive participation in ecology.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, our fundraising goal for the SEEDS program is to fully establish the\u00a0<strong>Henry L. Gholz SEEDS Field Trip Endowment,<\/strong>\u00a0created in honor of Dr. Henry Gholz. Our initial target was to raise $400,000 to support one national field trip each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to the $25K challenge gift from Ms. Vicki Moore to celebrate the SEEDS 25th anniversary in 2021, and another challenge gift of $100,000 from Dr. Phil Taylor, we reached our first milestone of $400,000 at the end of March, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/happy-student-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A SEEDS student poses in a warm jacket on a rocky coast.\" class=\"wp-image-698 img-fluid\" style=\"width:410px;height:512px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/happy-student-819x1024.jpg 819w, 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At Rutgers, these were funded through an NSF grant. This fund and the travel fund for students will provide an enduring benefit to our science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>-SEEDS National Field Trip participant<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/endowments\/henry-l-gholz-seeds-national-field-trip\/contributors\/\" style=\"border-radius:1px\">Check out this list of donors<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/endowments\/henry-l-gholz-seeds-national-field-trip\/tribute-gallery\/\" style=\"border-radius:1px\">Read the tribute wall in memory of Henry<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proceeds from the Henry L. Gholz Endowment will provide support annually for SEEDS national Field Trips for 20 students from diverse backgrounds and interests to explore the science of ecology. Students will visit a Long-term Ecological Research Site (LTER), Biological Field Station or similar active field site honoring Henry\u2019s long-standing role in the National Science Foundation LTER program, and in exposing young scientists to field research. <\/p>\n<p>The trips will offer students the opportunity to interact with scientists and professional ecologists in a field and laboratory setting. The funds will support the field trips as a whole, with students being selected through the usual application and review process. Most participants will be undergraduates, but graduate mentors may also be included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":147,"parent":42,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions\/2585"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}