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​APS Pacific Division Graduate Student Travel Awards

The Pacific Division Student Travel Award, established in 2000, is intended to increase opportunities for students attending institutions within the Pacific Division region to participate in APS Pacific Division meetings.

Applications are invited each year for Pacific Division Student Travel Awards. The awards are intended to increase opportunities for students attending institutions within the Pacific Division region to participate in APS Pacific Division meetings. Several $500 travel awards will be available to APS Pacific Division student members giving oral presentations at the Pacific Division meeting. No Student Travel Awards will be awarded at virtual meetings. Graduate students who are good-standing members of the Pacific Division of the American Phytopathological Society, who plan to present a paper (oral or poster) at the Pacific Division meeting, and who did not receive a travel grant the previous year are eligible to compete for a 2023 PD-APS Travel Grant. The application will consist of a narrative statement of no more than 500 words describing the applicant’s academic interests, career goals, current academic status (including courses taken), and involvement in professional activities. Descriptions of innovative projects and/or research that the applicant has conducted and/or participated in should also be included. The applicant should state how participation in the meeting will lead toward achievement of professional goals. An abstract of the presentation must also be submitted as well as a confidential letter of recommendation from the student’s graduate advisor.

Applicants competing for the 2023 PD-APS Scholarship must 1) be enrolled in a graduate program in the Pacific Division either at the time of, or within six months prior to, the abstract submission deadline; 2) be a member in good standing of the Pacific Division at the time of the meeting; 3) present a paper at the Pacific Division meeting based on work conducted at an institution in the Pacific Division; 4) submit a completed application containing the narrative statement described above, and a copy of the abstract to be presented as a single PDF; and 5) request a letter of support be submitted by their major advisor or PI supervisor.

COMPLETED APPLICATIONS AND LETTERS OF SUPPORT SHOULD BE SUBMITTED BY EMAIL TO:  PD-APS President, Christina Hagerty at christina.hagerty@oregonstate.edu by January 16, 2022. Applicants will receive an email notification after their application has been received.

Scholarship recipients will be notified approximately one month before the meeting.

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