Mentor Student Travel Awards
Mentor Travel Awards are given to assist students with travel to the Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of America. The mentor awards are given in the names of some of our famous mycological forbearers: C. J. Alexopoulos, A. Barksdale, H.E. Bigelow, M.B. Bigelow, E. Butler, W. C. Denison, R. Emerson, H. M. Fitzpatrick, M. S. Fuller, R. L. Gilbertson, R. P. Korf, C. L. Kramer, E. S. Luttrell, O. K. Miller, Jr., J. R. Raper, H. D. Thiers, J.M. Trappe, F. A. Uecker, K. Wells and H. Whisler.
Application deadline: February 15, annually
Requirements:
- Must be MSA student members or past student members who have been awarded the degree within one year of the annual meeting.
- Must be presenting a paper or poster at the meeting. Previous recipients may apply again; if applicant numbers are higher than the number of awards available, preference will be given to those who have won the award less than two times.
Documents required (four copies):
- A cover letter requesting consideration for an MSA Mentor Student Travel Award. Provide telephone number and, if available, fax and email addresses, and include information on any past Mentor Travel Award(s). If matching funds are available from the applicant’s institution, provide an address the committee can use to officially verify the receipt of an award.
- Abstract of paper or poster (note which).
- Curriculum vita.
- A one page description of the research project including an explanation of how this award will further the applicant’s research/study.
- A letter of support from the applicant’s major professor addressing the student’s abilities and potential and briefly summarizing the student’s current research. All documents must be in English to be considered. To assist the judging committee in making Mentor “assignments” to award winners, inclusion of comments regarding which Mentor(s) would be most appropriate for the student are welcome but not required.
Apply to: Send your application as a single electronic file, preferably in pdf format, containing all documents listed above to the Chair of the MSA Mentor Travel Awards Committee.
| Recipients - Mentor student travel awards | |
| 2012 | |
| Angela Ratekin | Hector Urbina |
| Nhu Ngyugen | Richard Hung |
| Sarah Hicks | Laura Quintanilla |
| Kathryn Picard | Tabitha Williams |
| Farhana Runa | Wesley Beaulieu |
| Laszlo Nagy | Alisha Owensby |
| 2011 | |
| Romina Gazis | Hector Urbina |
| Kathleen Burchhardt | Sebastian Albu |
| Vince Hustad | Hannah Reynolds |
| Emma Wilson | Michelle Jusino |
| Rodrigo Olarte | Cesar Herrera |
| Matthew Foltz | Shawn Brown |
| 2010 | |
| Tomas Rush | Rodrigo Olarte |
| Allison Walker | Nhu Nguyen |
| Cedar Hesse | Ryan Kepler |
| Kelsea Jewell | Valerie Wong |
| Daniel Lawrence | Mia Maltz |
| Donald Walker | Joey Tanney |
| Yazmin Rivera | Kevin Beiler |
| 2009 | |
| Marin Brewer | Thomas Jenkinson |
| Luis Mejia | Hana Khidir |
| Kathryn Picard | Faith Bartz |
| Nicole Hynson | SeaRa Lim |
| Eric Walberg | Jennifer Kerekes |
| Tara Tarnowski | Elizabeth Pekarek |
| 2008 | |
| Brendan Hodkinson | D. Rabern Simmons |
| Marion Andrew | Mary Jane (MJ) Epps |
| Geromy Moore | Douglas Eudy |
| Michelle Hersh | Jana U’Ren |
| Tami McDonald | Christopher Crabtree |
| Todd Osmundson | Megan Saunders |
| 2007 | |
| Sara Branco | Cecile Gueidan |
| Andrea Porras-Alfaro | Craig Dunek |
| Hannah Reynolds | Huzefa Raja |
| K. Lindsay Higgins | Maria-Alice Neves |
| Paul Trusty | Sandra Woolfolk |
| Suzanne Joneson | |
| 2006 | |
| Melissa Long | Jo Ann Crouch |
| Luis Mejia | Suzanne Joneson |
| Nikki Charlton | Jon Palmer |
| Cécile Gueidan | Matthew Keirle |
| 2005 | |
| Katherine Winsett | Luz Beatriz Gilbert |
| Travis Clark | Bernadette O’Reilly |
| Kate Mohatt | Monica Hughes |
| Kelsea Anne Jewell | Andrea Porras-Alfaro |
| Terri McLenon | Irene Barnes |
| Deana Baucom | Cathy Rehmeyer |
| Lindsay Higgins | Rachel Novick |
| Brett Arenz | Julie Stewart |
| Kei E. Fujimura | Soo Chan Lee |
| Cara Gibson | |
| 2004 | |
| Jennifer Anderson | Rebecca Bennett |
| Jozsef Geml | Adam Gusse |
| Maria Lee | Bernadette O’Reilly |
| Zheng Wang | |
| 2003 | |
| Xiaorong Lin | Kentaro Hosaka |
| Gi-Ho Sung | David Hewitt |
| Carla Rydholm | Jeri Lynn Parrent |
| Joshua Burgess | Jozsef Geml |
| Matias Cafaro | |
| 2002 | |
| Nicholas B. Simpson | Amanda Brimer |
| Sean E. Westmoreland | Shelby R. Kenney |
| Cindy K. Cordery | Nicolas Zitomer |
| 2001 | |
| Rebecca Bellings | Terry Henkel |
| Travis Clark | Sarah Bergemann |
| Martin Coetzee | Daniel L.L. Czederpiltz |
| Steven Trudell | Partick Westfall |
| Jenny Tan | Todd Osmundson |
| Brett Couch | Merlin White |
| Priscila Chaverri | Ning Zhang |
| Patrik Inderbitzin | Daniel Henk |
| 2000 | |
| Martin Bidartondo | Gail Celio |
| Paulo Ceresini | Holly Chamberlain |
| Brett Couch | Leah Cowen |
| Jason Dobranic | Jennifer Fischer |
| Matthew Henn | Julia Kerrigan |
| Anna Levin | Andrew Miller |
| Valérie Reeb | Emma Steenkamp |
| Ning Zhang | Rebecca Bellings |
| 1999 | |
| Tamara R. Allen | Timothy D. Allen |
| M. Catherine Aime | John R. Blair |
| Kelly P. Collins | Jason K. Dobranic |
| Andrea Humpert | Timothy D. Allen |
| Martina Reblova | Clement K.M. Tsui |
| John F. Walker | Zhihong Zhong |
| 1998 | |
| M. Catherine Aime | M. I. Bidartondo |
| D.E. Binion | F.J. Camacho |
| I. Carbone | C. Chen |
| D. L. Lindner Czederpiltz | S. B. Kroken |
| L. Ma | D. L. Moore |
| B. A. Perry | K. R. Peterson |
| E. M. Pine | J. L. Platt |
| B.D. Shaw | J.F. Walker |
| 1997 | |
| F. Camacho | M. Camara |
| D. Gernandt | L. Grubisha |
| J. Johnson | T. Lebel |
| R. E. Marra | D. L. Moore |
| S. Ortiz-Garcia | J. L. Platt |
| J. M. Schrass | B. Shaw |
| A. R. Tuininga | X. Ye |
| 1996 | |
| B.P. Akers | J. T. Blodgett |
| M. L. Boyd | J. Herrera |
| R.L. Kovacs | S. LaGreca |
| R.E. Marra | J. M. McKemy |
| E. Pine | J. P. Schmit |
| T. Yun | |
| 1995 | |
| Y-M Ahn, | T. Bunting |
| G. R. Davidson | K. Enkerli |
| M. Freitag | Paul Gieser |
| F. A. Harrington | J. Herrera |
| Y. Kohli | R. E. Marra |
| S. C. McCleneghan | D. L. Moore |
| J. P. Schmit | J. P. Shields |
| T. Feibelman | |
| 1994 All designated as MSA Travel Awards for IMC-5 |
|
| James Bier | Lisa A. Castlebury |
| Tina Dreisbach | Elizabeth M. Frieders |
| David M. Geiser | David S. Gernandt |
| Paul T. Gieser | Sharon Harney |
| Kathie Hodge | Anthonio Izzo |
| Kevin A. Kuehn | Lisa A. Law |
| Patrick R. Leacock | Haisheng Lu |
| John M. McKemy | Eric Olyejar |
| Marlee A. Ramesh | John P. Shields |
| Amy Tuininga | Wendy Untereiner |
| Kurt A. Zeller | |
| 1993 | |
| James Bier (Luttrell) | Ignazio Carbone (Bigelow) |
| Samuel Hammer (Bigelow) | Scott LaGreca (Butler) |
| Sharyn Rusk (Denison) | |
| 1992 | |
| Partha Banerjee (Stuntz) | Monica Czymmek (Alexopoulos) |
| David Geiser (MSA) | Kathie T. Hodge (Rogerson) |
| Kathryn Jacobson (Merck, Sharpe & Dohme) | Susan Kaminskyj (Couch) |
| Yajuan Liu (Alexopoulos) | Karen Snetselaar (Alexopoulos-declined) |
| Maria M. Vargas (MSA) | |
