ASPB Research Fellowship Awards

ASPB Research Fellowship Awards is sponsored by American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB). These fellowships fund promising undergraduate students so they can conduct meaningful research in plant biology during the early part of their college careers.

You are here: Home 1 / Awards & Funding 2 / ASPB Awards 3 / ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Award ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Award The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) fund promising undergraduate students so they can conduct research in plant biology during the early part of their college careers.

SURF recipients must present their research at ASPB’s annual Plant Biology meeting in the year following the fellowship award. Visit https://surf. aspb.

org November 30, 2026, to apply for a 2027 SURF award. Michelle Romina Alatriste Leon, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico Aritra Basu, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India Sonali Gopal, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Danielle Levi, University of California, Davis Scottie L. Mello, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Andrew Oldag, Caltech, Huntington Beach, California Lorenzo M.

Prado, São Paulo State University (Unesp, Rio Claro), Brazil Phoenix Schlorff, Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph Colleen Doherty, chair (2021-2028) Melinda Findlater (2023-2026) The ASPB SURF award is open for applications on an annual basis with winners announced in the spring.

Please check the Application Page for deadlines Chelsea An, Rice University Rachel Bai, University of California, Berkeley Abigail Bruzual Lopez, University of Utah Stella J. Chen, University of Toronto Hannah N. Davis, North Carolina State University Huynh Lan Thi (Thea) Do, University of British Columbia Kate F.

Dooling, Cornell University Viktoria GT Dubinin, University of California, Davis Destiny A. Holmes, California State University Long Beach Yu San (Emma) Hui, University of California, Davis Victoria A. Inlow, University of Arizona Antone H.

Jung, Cornell University Andrew R. Medina, Colorado State University Maria A.

Peacock, Kenyon College Sophia LS Shomper, University of Arizona Charles Colvin, The Pennsylvania State University Laura Cox, Rice University Celia Buetens, Colby College Ella McGrath, Iowa State University Jaden Milton, Boyce Thompson Institute Guilherme (William) Thives Santos, University of Missouri – Columbia Chiaki Komatsu, The University of Texas at Austin Helen Winters, Kansas State University Zoe Smutko, Loyola University Chicago Jamari Taylor, University of Kentucky Grace Delpit, Howard University Alethia Regina Pratas Da Costa Braun, Michigan State University Kyler Kromer, University of Kentucky Alice Westermann Villwock, Purdue University Rahnuma Nurain Tahsin, Iwate University Janick Boily, Bishop’s University Jordan L.

Chastain, University of California-Berkeley Cian Dotson, Loyola University–Chicago Mac C. Flanagan, Cornell University Eric X. Fritschi, University of Missouri-Columbia Rene S.

Frye, Missouri Western State University Yuxin Jiang, University of California-Davis Megan R. Johnston, University of Kentucky Bianca Y. Lopez, University of California San Diego Jonathan D.

Mason, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign Evelyn McAdam, North Carolina State University Raegan L. Mozal, Butler University Alison J. Norton, Cornell University Jedidiah O.

Peek, University of California-Davis Katie Philipps, Michigan State University Lizbeth Sanchez Rosas, University of Maryland Shelby L. Sliger, Purdue University Taylor N. Smith, West Virginia University Noah M.

Volin, University of Michigan Sonja Weber, Missouri Western State University Colin R. Wilburn, University of Missouri–Columbia Kristen B. Barwick, University of Missouri Denzel dos Santos e Silva, University of São Paulo Anne L.

Gilland, University of Vermont Sarah E. Hale, University of Idaho Erica Lin, University of Miami Anwen Roberts, University of Vermont Hisham Tadfie, Williams College Lauren N. Velie, University of Massachusetts Amherst Madison N.

Blea, University of Nevada Anna L.

Childers, Butler University Amanda Dee, Northeastern University Patricia Gallardo, Iowa State Ashley Knight, Colorado State University Miriam Li, Williams College Harper Lowrey, Yale University Lauren Owens, Cornell University Katherine Stegemann, Marian University Alyka Zahnd, Savannah Missouri Martin Alani, Cornell University Veronica Casey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Roberto Flores, Loyola University Chicago Leo Koenigsfeid, University of Missouri Columbia Emily Johnson, Purdue University Kristen Edgeworth, Kenyon College Ava Heller, Ohio University Jeremiah Lukes, University of Vermont Viviana Martinez, Universidad Politecnica de Pachuca Suprene Mohamend, Wake Forest University Malay Nanavaty, The College of New Jersey Bo Price, Utah State University Claire Ravenburg, James Madison University Benjamin Styler, Brown University Samantha Surber, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Ashley Turner, University of Florida Paige Wiebe, Kansas State University Kwan Yoon, University of Massachusetts Amherst Anastasiya Andriyash, University of New Mexico Daniel Berkovich, Washington University in St.

Louis David Berrios, University of California, Davis Bridget Bickner, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Roshani Budhathoki, Eastern Connecticut State University Edward Cruz, University of Nevada, Reno Marlo Hall, University of California San Diego Laura Janousek, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Grace Johnston, Colorado State University Rachael Prawitz, Missouri Western State University Cassandra Proctor, Cornell University Antonio Serrano, Northern New Mexico College Jenny Swinton, Oklahoma State University Xuening Zhang, University of California, Berkeley Samantha Connolly, University of Vermont Cameron Criswell, Texas A&M University Christopher Imler, University of Florida Victoria Morris, University of California, Riverside McKenzie Pickle, University of California, Riverside Angus Rae, University of Newcastle, Australia Alex Riley, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Elizabeth Winnicki, University of Hawaii at Manoa Robert Yvon, University of Massachusetts Patricia Goytortua, Instituto Politécnico Nacional Kenneth Kim, University of West Georgia Tayler Lewis, Radford University Lauren Pope, James Madison University Jennifer Walz, University of St.

Thomas Meghan Bacher, University of Puget Sound Julia Brose, University of Missouri-Columbia Snigdha Chatterjee, Syracuse University Alexander Clarke, University of Missouri – Columbia Nicole Folstad, University of Minnesota Erin Hartzell, West Virginia University Johanna L’Heureux, University of Massachusetts Geneva Lee, Mills College Helen Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Iris Mollhoff, University of California at Davis Jeremy Pardo, Cornell University Amanda Shurzinske, University of Missouri-St.

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