Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsoring the Herbarium provides an opportunity to become involved in education, conservation and the community. A relationship with the Herbarium is an excellent opportunity to showcase a commitment to the environment and a sustainable future. Sponsors will be acknowledged on the Herbarium website and in all publications and events relating to the project and the Herbarium.

Donations made to the Janet Cosh Herbarium are tax deductible. The funds are managed by the university's financial management section and the Director will oversee the implementation of the projects.

Corporate partnerships provide companies with an opportunity to demonstrate a commitment to education, the environment and the community with mutually beneficial outcomes. Building an effective relationship with the Janet Cosh Herbarium offers opportunities to forge a link with a ‘University of Excellence’ and to profile your business or interests to the wider community.

Individual partnerships can be tailored to a particular interest and may cover areas such as taxonomic research, educational resources or ecology in the plant sciences. Support can be a one-off or recurrent contribution.

A bequest is a positive way to leave a lasting legacy in support of plant conservation and education. Janet Cosh understood this when she bequeathed funds to establish this Herbarium.

Examples of previously sponsored projects

• Ecology of Cumberland Plain Woodland, an Endangered Ecological Community.
• Preservation and cataloguing of Janet Cosh’s botanical illustrations.
• Cataloguing of the Herbarium book collection.
• Revision and publication of the Flora of the Sydney Region. (Link to eFlora)

Potential projects for sponsorship

• Artist-in-Residence: creating a link between native plants and people through art
• Weed Research: combating the invasion of weed species in our native bushland areas
• Scholarships: providing training for postgraduate students to create botanists of the future
• Educational Resources: for tertiary and primary students
• Web Based Resources: for the community
• Adult Education Programs: plant identification and ecology
• Historical Perspectives: documenting the life of  Janet Cosh as a renowned amateur botanist
• The Herbarium Specimens: maintaining and expanding the collection

Please contact the Director, Kris French for more information or if you have any questions. email: kris@uow.edu.au   or phone:  02 42213655