APS Foundation Funds Awarded for 2025
Funding opportunities are made possible through the generous donations received from our Foundation Donors, thank you!
Books for the World
Helps scientists, educators, extension personnel, and other agriculturalists in developing countries acquire educational materials from APS PRESS.
Faith Ayobami Bankole, Nigeria
Cesar Escalante and John Bonkowski, El Salvador
Sabina KC, Nepal
Ayoub Maachi, Morocco
Niranjan Mahadevan, Sri Lanka
K. Prasannath, Sri Lanka
Global Experience Program
The APS Office of International Programs (OIP), with support from APS Foundation, sponsors the OIP Global Experience, a program aimed at helping APS members who are plant pathologists to work with scientists and extension personnel in developing countries in training and outreach efforts. As agriculture is affected by globalization, it becomes increasingly important to foster and sustain plant pathological research and extension on a global scale.
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.
- Wadzani Dauda Palnam, Federal University Gashua, Nigera
Plant Pathology Experiential ProgramThe APS Office of Private Sector Relations (OPSR), with support from APS Foundation, sponsors two Plant Pathology Experiential funds that promote career and research development experience and opportunities with organizations classified within industry and/or government.
Public Policy Fund
Supports the Public Policy Board's (PPB) intern activities or initiatives as approved by the PPB Board.
- Colin Todd, University of California, Riverside
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.
- Natalia Piñeros-Guerrero, Cornell 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.
Plant Health 2025 Symposia for APS Student and Early Career Members
I.E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium
Supports APS Graduate Student members to present at the Melhus student symposium at Plant Health 2025.
Alexi Dong, University of Georgia
Samodya Jayasinghe, Washington State University
Jaden King, Auburn University
Harshita Saxena, University of Georgia
Schroth Faces of the Future Symposium
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 2025.
Andres Espindola, Oklahoma State University
Kiran Gadhave, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Alejandro Olmedo-Velarde, Iowa State University
Jennifer Wilson, USDA ARS
Plant Health 2025 Travel Awards
Student Travel Awards
The APS Foundation "Named" Student Travel Funds provide funds to support APS Student Members who are confirmed to present, to attend the APS annual meeting.
International Travel Fund
The APS Office of International Programs (OIP) International Travel fund provides financial support to APS members who are scientists holding post-graduate positions in their respective country that are confirmed to present, to attend the APS annual meeting.
Jessa Ata, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippeans
Ummad-ud din Umar, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan
The Indian Phytopathology 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.
