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​Pacific Division Post-Doctorate Researcher Travel Grant

​The APS Pacific Division Post-Doctorate Researcher Travel Grant, established in 2025, is intended to increase opportunities for post-doctoral scholars and fellows working at institutions within the Pacific Division region to participate in APS Pacific Division meetings. Post-Doctorate Researcher Travel Grants are not distributed for virtual meetings.

Applications are invited each year for Pacific Division Post-Doctorate Researcher Travel Grants. Several $750 travel funds will be available to APS Pacific Division Post-Doctorate members giving oral or poster presentations at the 2025 Pacific Division meeting. Post-Doctorate Researchers 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 2025 APS-PD Travel Grant.

Applicant Requirements for Funding:

1. Be enrolled as a Post-Doctoral Scholar or Fellow in the Pacific Division at the time of the abstract submission deadline;
2. Be a member in good standing of the APS Pacific Division at the time of the meeting (check your APS membership to confirm that you are a member of the Pacific Division);
3. Present a paper at the APS Pacific Division meeting based on work conducted at an institution in the Pacific Division;
4. Submit a completed application containing a narrative statement, and a copy of the abstract, abstract title, and author list that follows the guidelines required for the APS Pacific Division meeting abstracts (refer to the abstract submission guidelines). Combine the narrative and abstract details as a single PDF file;
    
   Narrative statement requirements:
   • Word limit:  500 words
   • Describe the applicant’s academic interests, career goals, current academic status (Post-Doctoral Scholar or Fellows), and involvement in professional activities
     
   • Describe innovative projects and/or research that the applicant has conducted and/or participated in
     
   • State how participation in the meeting will lead toward achievement of professional goals
      
     
   NOTE: Applications that do not follow these guidelines for the narrative statement, abstract submission, and APS Pacific Division membership will not be considered for funding;
    
   
5. A letter of support submitted by their major advisor or PI supervisor.
   

COMPLETED APPLICATIONS AND LETTERS OF SUPPORT SHOULD BE SUBMITTED BY EMAIL TO:  APS-PD Travel Grants Committee Chair, Jeremiah Dung at jeremiah.dung@oregonstate.edu by February 3, 2025. Applicants will receive an email notification after their application has been received.

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