Submissions of applications and nominations for all MSA Awards are to be made by following the detailed instructions provided via the links for each award on the main MSA Awards page.
To contact any of the below listed Chairs or members, please login to your MSA membership and access the MSA Officers and Roster webpage.
MSA Awards Committees for 2025–2026:
Award Coordinator: Donny Walker (2024 – 2027)
Treasurer: Heather Hallen-Adams (2025-2028)
Mycological Society Distinctions Committee
Awards administered: Distinguished Mycologist Award, Alexopoulos Prize, Weston Award for Excellence in Teaching, The Community Mycologist Award
Chair: Sara Branco
Members:
Mycological Society Honorary Awards Committee
Awards administered: MSA Fellows, Honorary Members
Chair: Julia Kerrigan
Members:
Mycological Society Student Awards Committee
Awards Administered: MSA Graduate Fellowships, NAMA Memorial Fellowship, Backus Award, Undergraduate Research Award, Best Oral and Poster Presentations by Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Chair: Rachel Koch-Bach
Members:
Mycological Society Travel Awards Committee
Awards Administered: MSA Travel Awards
Chair: Jessie Uehling
Members:
Mycological Society Research Awards Committee:
Awards Administered: Martin-Baker Award, Clark T. Rogerson Student Research Award, Forest Fungal Ecology Research Award, Forest Fungal Ecology Postdoctoral Research Award, Alexander H. and Helen V. Smith Research Award, John W. Rippon Research Award, Salomon Bartnicki-Garcia Award, Emory Simmons Research Award, Translational Mycology Awards (regular and postdoctoral), Robert W. Lichtwardt Student Research Award
Chair: Thomas Jenkinson
Members:
The purpose of the Society is to promote and advance the science of mycology and to foster and encourage research and education in mycology in all its aspects. Members of the MSA meet annually to exchange information and build understanding of fungi
Contact Us
Mycological Society of America
4300 Duraform Lane, Ste A
Windsor WI 53598
Phone: (608) 441-1060
Email: info@msafungi.org
