The American Phytopathological Society (APS) Foundation will present several monetary awards at the upcoming APS Annual Meeting, being held jointly with the Canadian Phytopathological Society and the Mycological Society of America, July 29 - August 2, 2006, in Québec City, Québec, Canada.

The Lucy Hastings de Gutiérrez Fund for Excellence in Teaching will be presented to Cleo D'Arcy, University of Illinois, recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award given through APS.

David Thurston, Cornell University, will receive the JANE International Service Award, an award given to the recipient of the APS International Service Award.

Walid Hamada, Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie, will be the recipient of the International Travel Award. This fund, established with the Office of International Programs, supports travel costs for early- to mid-career international APS members to participate in an APS Annual Meeting.

The Frank L. Howard Undergraduate Fellowship, a fund supporting undergraduate research projects in plant pathology, will be given to Jana K. Stedman of Iowa State University.

The 6th I.E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium Award, to support a student speaker or student symposium at the APS Annual Meeting, will be presented to Sara Blumer, Michigan State University; Zhaohui Liu, North Dakota State University; Maria Gay Carrillo, University of Philippines; Angela Records, Texas A&M University; and Robert Duncan, University of California-Davis.

In addition, travel awards will be presented to 31 students. The $500 awards are designed to help students studying in the field of plant pathology present their work, either in an oral or poster presentation, at the society’s annual meeting.

The 2006 student travel award recipients include: Christina Baker, Oklahoma State University; Maryann Borsick, Cornell University; Alan Chambers, Brigham Young University; Jennifer Clifford, University of Wisconsin; Megan Dewdney, Cornell University; Nicholas Dufault, Pennsylvania State University; Katrina Duttweiler, Iowa State University; Margaret Ellis, Michigan State University; Zomary Flores-Cruz, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John Goetz III, Washington State University; Charles Hagen, University of California-Davis; Maya Hayslett, University of Minnesota; Sushma Jossey, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthew Kasson, University of Maine; Kristen McGovern, University of Maine; Alexandre Mello, Oklahoma State University; Mauricio Montero, Universidad de Costa Rica; Anjali More, University of Arkansas; Angela Nelson, Cornell University; Lindsey Otto-Hanson, University of Nebraska; Claudia Probst, University of Arizona; David Renault, Université de Bretagne Occidentale; Nicole Russo, Cornell University; Damon Smith, North Carolina State University; Erica Swenson, Brigham Young University; Cassandra Swett, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Denise Thomas, University of Florida; Miguel Vega-Sanchez, Ohio State University; Kelly Vining, University of New Hampshire; Christopher Wallis, Ohio State University; Yeon Yee Oh, North Carolina State University.

Full descriptions of each of the awards are available at www.apsnet.org/foundation/special.asp. More information on the meeting is available at http://meeting.apsnet.org. Members of the media are extended complimentary registration to the annual meeting. To register, contact Amy Steigman at asteigman@scisoc.org or +1.651.994.3802.

The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is a non-profit, professional scientific organization. The research of the organization's 5,000 worldwide members advances the understanding of the science of plant pathology and its application to plant health.