Margaret Menzel Award

The Margaret Menzel Award is presented by the Genetics Section of the Botanical Society of America for the outstanding paper presented in the contributed papers sessions of the BSA annual meeting. The award carries a $500 prize and is presented annually at the BSA banquet. Eligible presentations must be oral and fall within specified genetics/genomics-related session topics. Recipients are typically PhD candidates or recent PhD graduates.

$500 cash prize and recognition at the BSA banquet.

Applicants must submit an oral paper, be a BSA member, and be either a PhD candidate (completed coursework and passed qualifying exam) or a recent PhD graduate (within 2 years). Submissions must be to one of the specified sessions (Population Genetics; Genomics/Proteomics; Molecular Ecology and Evolution; Hybrids and Hybridization; or Phylogenomics Topics).

Submit an oral paper to the BSA annual meeting in one of the specified sessions and be a BSA member; selection is for the outstanding contributed paper presented at the meeting.