Congratulations to our members receiving support from the APS Foundation
Additional names will be added throughout the year once finalized. Funding opportunities are made possible through the generous donations from our members.
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2024 Foundation Grantees
Books for the World
Helps scientists, educators, extension personnel, and other agriculturalists in developing countries acquire educational materials from APS PRESS.
- Sunusi Yunusa
- Francis Anti Amoako
- Diana Alexandra Ramirez Segovia
- Muhammad Irfan
- Ilse Alejandra Huerta Arredondo
- Olayiwola Faith Toluwanimi
Browning Plant Medicine & Health Grant
Provides travel support to APS graduate student members majoring in the Doctor of Plant Medicine or the Doctor of Plant Health to attend and present at a professional society meeting.
- Samodya Jayasinghe, Washington State University
French-Monar Latin American Grant
Provides financial support to an APS Student or Early Career Member to attend the 2024 APS Caribbean Division Meeting.
- Andrea Muñoz-Ramirez, University of Puerto Rico
Global Experience Program
This fund provides support to APS members working with scientists and extension personnel in developing countries in training and outreach efforts.
John & Ann Niederhauser Endowment (JANE) International Cooperation Research Grant
Supports international cooperation related to research on and management of plant diseases between a person or institution in the U.S. and a person or institution outside the U.S. with funding priority to developing economy countries.
- Alfredo Diaz-Lara, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
Plant Pathology Experiential GrantsThe APS Office of Private Sector Relations (OPSR), with support from APS Foundation, sponsors two Plant Pathology Experiential grants to promote career and research development experience and opportunities with organizations classified within industry and/or government.
Megan Buland, University of Kentucky
Department of Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology (PPCP), Louisiana State University
Raymond J. Tarleton Student Fellowship
This fund provides support to plant pathology graduate students for expenses related to their research, equipment,
education, and skills development.
- Dhirendra Niroula, Montana State University
Steven C. Nelson Early Career Development Fellowship
Fellowship provides support of activities that enhance the educational and professional development of APS members how are either MS and PhD students and postdoctoral scholars in plant pathology.
Ashley C. Nelson
Graduate Student Researcher
North Dakota State University
Friesen Lab, Plant Pathology Dept.
Plant Health 2024 Symposia for APS Student and Early Career Members
I.E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium
This fund supports up to five APS Graduate Student members to present at the Melhus student symposium at Plant Health 2024.
- Vinicius Castelli Garnica, North Carolina State University
- Kathleen Kanaley, Cornell University
- Isabella Magna Yannuzzi, Cornell University
- Brenden Lane, Purdue University
- Jacobo Robledo Buritica, Univeristy of Florida
Schroth Faces of the Future Symposium
This fund supports four APS Early Career members to present in a specific area of plant pathology research in the "Faces of the Future" symposium held at Plant Health 2024.
- Morgan Carter, University of North Carolina
- Katherine D'Amico-Willman, North Carolina State University
- Mustafa Jibrin, Oklahoma State University
- Tiffany Lowe-Power, University of California, Davis
Student Travel Grants to Plant Health 2024
Student Travel Grants
Fund supports 30 APS student members to present and attend Plant Health 2024.
To be announced
The Indian Phytopathology Society Student Travel Grant
This fund encourages plant pathology students residing in India, who are members of The Indian Phytopathology Society, to attend the APS Annual Meeting or other APS sanctioned meeting if deemed appropriate by IPS and APS Foundation Board.
Irtifa Lateef
SKUAST-Kashmir, India