2025 Award Recipients

Botanical Society of America Awards Recipients 2025

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 awards provided by the Botanical Society of America. Here we provide recognition for outstanding efforts and contributions to the science of botany. We thank you for your support of these programs.

Awards for ESTABLISHED SCIENTISTS		Awards for STUDENTS
Distinguished Fellow of the Botanical Society of America Impact Award Charles Edwin Bessey Teaching Award BSA Corresponding Members Award Darkbaker Prize Donald R. Kaplan Memorial Lecture Grady L. Webster Structural Botany Publication Award Jeanette Siron Pelton Award Developing Nations Travel Grants Professional Member Travel Grants		AJ Harris Graduate Student Research Award Donald R. Kaplan Dissertation Award in Comparative Morphology Graduate Student Dissertation Award in Phylogenetic Comparative Plant Biology The BSA Graduate Student Research Award including the J. S. Karling Award The BSA Travel Grants to Attend the IBC The BSA Undergraduate Student Research Awards The BSA Young Botanist Awards The Botany and Beyond: PLANTS Grants Recipients (STA) The BSA Student and PostDoc Travel Awards (STA) TRIARCH Botanical Images (STA) Vernon I. Cheadle (STA)
Given by SECTIONS		Given by SECTIONS
Contributions to Paleobotany - PALEOBOTANICAL Hermann Becker Student Field Work Grant - PALEOBOTANICAL Remy, Remy, and Winslow Award - PALEOBOTANICAL Edgar T. Wherry Award - AFS—PTERIDOLOGICAL Margaret Menzel Award - GENETICS Michael Cichan Paleobotanical Research Grant - PALEOBOTANICAL Samuel Noel Postlethwait Award - TEACHING Awards for EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS AJB Synthesis Papers and Prize Botanical Advocacy and Service Grant BSA Emerging Leader Award BSA Public Policy Award SPECIAL AWARDS BSA Outgoing Past President BSA Outgoing BSA Treasurer BSA Outgoing Student Representative to the Board		Student Presentation and Poster Awards A. J. Sharp Award - ABLS/Bryological and Lichenological Section Developmental & Structural Poster Award Ecological Student Presentation Awards Ecological Student Poster Awards Economic Botany Section - Best Student Crops and Wild Relatives Poster Emanuel D. Rudolph Award - Historical Section Genetics Student Presentation Awards Isabel Cookson Award - Paleobotanical Section Katherine Esau Award - Developmental and Structural Section Li-COR Prize - Physiological and Ecophysiological Section Maynard Moseley Award - Developmental & Structural and Paleobotanical Sections Physiological and Ecophysiological Section Student Presentation Awards Phytochemical Section Presentation Awards Southeastern Section Presentation Awards Student Travel Awards (STA) Bryological and Lichenological (STA) Developmental & Structural Section (STA) Ecological Section (STA) Economic Botany Section (STA) Genetics Section (STA) Physiological and Ecophysiological Section (STA) Phytochemical Section (STA) Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI) Faculty and Future Faculty Conference Awards (STA) Pteridological Section & American Fern Society (STA) Paleobotanical Section Travel Awards to the North American Paleontological Conference

Award winners will be added below as they become available.

Awards for Established Scientists

Donald R. Kaplan Memorial Lecture

Dr. Pamela Diggle, University of Connecticut

Awards for Early Career Scientists

BSA Public Policy Award

The Public Policy Award was established in 2012 to support the development of of tomorrow's leaders and get a better understanding of this critical area.

Rina Talaba, Chicago Botanic Gardens and Northwestern University

Katherine Wolcott, University of Miami

SPECIAL AWARDS

Outgoing BSA President

Jenny Xiang

Outgoing BSA Student Representative to the Board

Josh Felton

Awards for Students

The BSA Student and PostDoc Travel Awards
Winners were selected by lottery

Daniel Coles

Amadeu dos Santos Neto

Vandana Gurung

Kiona Leeman

Whitney Murchison-Kastner

Kasey K. Pham

Mia Stevens

Marisa Szubryt

Yannick Woudstra

Matthew Yamamoto

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