APS Foundation - Apply for Funding

The John and Ann Niederhauser Endowment (JANE) award was created to facilitate international cooperation related to research on and management of plant diseases, with particular emphasis on those caused by Phytophthora spp. To increase the award’s impact, the scope of projects to be considered has been expanded to include any international program in plant pathology that involves cooperation between a person or institution in the United States and a person or institution outside the United States. Principal investigators must hold post-graduate positions in their respective country; graduate students and post-doctoral fellows will not be funded. Project proposals should have a clear implication for developing countries and practical applications. The endowment will generally support one award of up to $10,000 or two awards of up to $5,000 for projects to begin June 1, 2009.

Proposals for 2009 (maximum of three pages) must be postmarked on or before December 15, 2008. Hard copies of proposals should be sent to the APS Office of International Programs (OIP), c/o Talo Pastor-Corrales, USDA ARS SBGI, Bldg 006, Rm 118, BARC-W, 10300 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705 USA; Phone: +1.301.504.6600; Fax: +1.301.504.5728; E-mail: talo.pastor-corrales@ars.usda.gov. Proposals should include an introduction, objectives, detailed experimental protocol, expected impact, literature cited, and budget. Funding should be requested for 1 year to begin in June 2009. Multiyear projects will be considered but are rarely supported because of the limited funds available and the desire to distribute the support to a larger number of investigators. A progress report must be submitted to the APS Office of International Programs (c/o Talo Pastor-Corrales) as listed above by September 30 following the conclusion of the grant year. All proposals should contain the full contact information of the investigators, including an e-mail address and a fax number (if available).

Please note: The APS Foundation charges no fees to manage its awards, and therefore requests that all awards are accepted with the understanding that overhead charges by awardee institutions will not be assessed.