ASPB Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
2023 Recognition Travel Award

 

Thank you for applying for the ASPB Recognition Travel Award (RTA) for 2023. Applications will open again in October 2023 to support travel to Plant Biology 2024 in Honolulu, HI, and can be accessed from this page.

Announcing the 2023 Recognition Travel Award Winners

ASPB's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee is offering a limited number of Recognition Travel Awards for students, postdocs, and faculty who are themselves members of groups minoritized in the US scientific workforce and/or who are directly supporting the education and professional development of students in such groups.

Recognition Travel Awards provide "full ride" fellowships to attend ASPB's annual meeting, which is scheduled to be held in Savannah, Georgia, from August 5-9, 2023. Congratulations to the 2023 award recipients:

  • Kiflom Aregawi, University of California, Berkeley  
  • Jessica Fernandez, University of Wisconsin  
  • Emmanuel Gonzalez, University of Arizona
  • Makaela Jackson, Rice University
  • Megan Johnston, University of Kentucky
  • Ashley Lantigua, University of Vermont
  • Azam Noori, Merrimack College
  • Uzezi Okinedo, University of Massachusetts Boston  
  • Alice Pierce, University of California, Davis
  • Jason Thomas, Carnegie Institution for Science
  • Dongfang Wang, Spelman College