The ASPT Membership Committee is happy to announce that the popular student travel award lottery from previous years will be continued this year. Travel awards are anticipated to comprise $300 each to attend Botany 2024 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Please see the instructions, below.

Advisors, please encourage those students who do not have full funding for conference travel to apply! Both undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to apply. All students must be current members of ASPT and must present at the conference; enrollment status will be verified. In addition, only students who did not receive a travel award last year are eligible to apply.

The application process is straightforward and implemented as a Google form [https://forms.gle/aTL1hPcczvTX4hHfA] where the student enters their contact information and attendance plan for Botany 2024; part of the requirement is a one-line confirmation of status by their advisor to ASPT (businessoffice@aspt.net) to confirm that the student is enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at a degree-granting institution.

All applications will enter into a single pool, from which winners will be drawn randomly. If the student purchases an ASPT awards reception ticket, the amount of the grant will be increased to cover the additional cost of that ticket. A PDF of the student’s registration receipt will be required, and the receipt should show the ASPT awards reception ticket purchase. Recipients of the travel awards will receive their award in the form of reimbursement checks at the conference site.

Please note that applications must be received by 15 May 2024. All applicants will be notified by June 1. The application form is at [https://forms.gle/aTL1hPcczvTX4hHfA]

For Botany 2024 information, visit the conference website at https://2024.botanyconference.org/.

Sincerely,
The ASPT Membership Committee

Membership Renewal Instructions:
*Go to the Welcome Page at members.aspt.net
*Click on the "Membership Payments” link to renew a membership or to submit a new application.
*At the Membership Payments page: Renewing members, please login before you submit your membership renewal form online whether you will be making an immediate payment by credit card or sending a check. The ASPT Business Office can easily supply you with your login information upon request to businessoffice@aspt.net. Do not hesitate to ask.

New Members: Please go to the ASPT Welcome page and scroll down the page to read the instructions for submitting your new membership application.