Travel Award
Plants Travel Award was launched in 2017, and it is presented every year to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in the field of plant science, which helps to increase their influence. The application will open from April to October and winners will be announced by the end of December every year.
The Prize:
– CHF 800;
– A certificate.
Number of Winners: 3
Plants Travel Award
Application deadline: 31 October 2025
Winner announcement: 31 December 2025
Winner announcement: 31 December 2025
Eligibility and Requirements
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students, plant science researcher in their first 3 years of practice;– Plans to attend an international conference in 2026. (oral presentation or poster).
List of Documents for Application
– Information of the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted;– Curriculum Vitae and list of publications;
– Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words);
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Kunyan Zhang
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States
Lamiaa Mahmoud
Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Florida, United States
Viviana Londoño Lemos
University of Minnesota, Minnesota, United States
Award Committee
Prof. Dilantha Fernando
Chairman
University of Manitoba
Prof. Ahmed Hussein
Cape peninsula University of Technology
Prof. Dr. Michael Moustakas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Prof. Gianluca Caruso
University of Naples Federico II
Dr. Enrico Doria
university of pavia
Winner
Edwin Hlangwani
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
MARTINA GHIDOLI
UNIVERSITY OF MILAN (UNIMI), Italy
Mercedes Rocafort Ferrer
CRAG, Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Dilantha Fernando
Chairman
University of Manitoba
Prof. Gianluca Caruso
University of Naples Federico II
Prof. Milan Stankovic
Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac
Dr. Othmane Merah
University of Toulouse
Dr. Tika Adhikari
North Carolina State University
Winner
Edeline Gagnon
Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh/University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Award Committee
Prof. Milan Stankovic
Chairman
Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac
Dr. Beatriz Ramos
Prof. Ki Hyun Kim
Sungkyunkwan university
Dr. Hironori Kaminaka
Tottori University
Winner
Syed Shane Ali Zaidi
University of Liège
Justin Mathias
West Virginia University
Award Committee
Prof. Milan Stankovic
Chairman
Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac
Dr. Beatriz Ramos
Prof. Ki Hyun Kim
Sungkyunkwan university
Dr. Hironori Kaminaka
Tottori University
Winner
Heather E. McFarlane
University of Melbourne
