Congratulations to our members receiving support from the APS Foundation​​ in 2024

​Funding opportunities are made possible through the generous donations from our members. ​

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2024

Books for the World

Helps scientists, educators, extension personnel, and other agriculturalists in developing countries acquire educational materials from APS PRESS. 

Browning Plant Medicine & Health Fund

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 Travel Fund

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. ​

• To be announced

John & Ann Niederhauser Endowment (JANE) International Cooperation Research Fund​

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

The APS Office of Private Sector Relations (OPSR), with support from APS Foundation, sponsors two Plant Pathology Experiential grants to promote career and research de​​velopment 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​, North Dakota State University
  

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
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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.

Student Travel Funds to Plant Health 2024

Student Travel Funds 
Fund supports 30 APS student members to present and attend Plant Health 2024.​

1. Vitor A. S. Moura, University of Florida
2. Shivranjani Baruah, Cornell University
3. Theodora Borland, Oregon State University
4. Carlton Collins, University of Georgia
5. Ernesto Da Silva, Louisiana State University
6. Shilu Dahal, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
7. Alexi Dong, University of Georgia
8. Juliana Gonzalez-Tobon, Cornell University
   
9. Madeline Henrickson, University of Delaware
10. Jonathan Henson, University of Georgia
11. Alexandra Hernandez, Michigan State University
12. Kaveh Javanshirjavid, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
13. Toi Ketehouli, University of Florida
14. Xin Zhi Khoo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
15. BeKa Leuschen-Kohl, Purdue University
16. Lily Lofton, USDA-ARS Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit
17. Harrison Miles, Virginia Tech University
18. Emma Nelson, Cornell University
19. Jonas Padilla, Louisiana State University
20. Roshni Panwala, University of Florida
21. Natalia Piñeros-Guerrero, Cornell University
22. Stephanie Ramos, Louisiana State University
23. Kensy Rodriguez-Herrera, Cornell University
24. Sophia Schmidt, Iowa State University
25. Pratibha Sharma, Cornell University
26. Pratima Subedi, Tennessee State University
27. Colin Todd, University of California, Riverside
28. Noah Totsline, North Carolina State University
29. Molly Veregge, University of Minnesota
30. Hsuan Fu Wang, University of Minnesota
    

The Indian P​hytopathology​​ Society Student Travel Fund​

​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

International Travel Fund

• Renuka N. Attanayake, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
• Leilani S. Dacones, Univeristy of the Phillippines, Phillippines