Awards Jessup and McHenry Awards Jessup funds are awarded competitively to deserving predoctoral and postdoctoral students wishing to conduct studies under the supervision of, or with the sponsorship of, a member of the curatorial staff of The Academy. Such studies can be in any specialty in which these curators have expertise. The McHenry Fund is similarly intended, but is restricted to botanists.
Students commuting within the Philadelphia area are ineligible.
The provision of scientific supplies and equipment is the responsibility of the student and the sponsoring curator.