• The Society of Nematologists Honors and Awards Committee anticipates giving out several student travel awards to support students presenting papers (oral or poster) during the 2025 Annual Meeting in the amount of $500 each.
  Additionally, the Society of Nematologists will be covering the cost of registration for student travel grant awardees (a $500 value).
  
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   Nathan A. Cobb Travel Awards

• The N.A. Cobb Foundation will be granting four regular student travel awards, each worth $1,000, to support students presenting papers (oral or poster) at the 2025 Annual Meeting. Each recipient will have their $500 conference registration prepaid by the Foundation and will be awarded a check for $500 at the conference.

• New for 2025: From the new Richard Sikora Fund for Plant-parasitic Nematode Management (Society of Nematologists - Cobb Endowments), the Cobb Foundation will also be providing two additional awards of $1,000 each ($500 pre-paid registration + $500 check at conference). These awards are open to students and early career post-doctoral researchers .

•  For more information about Cobb Foundation awards and endowments see  https://nematologists.org/Cobb_Endowment.

Eligibility requirements for Student Travel Award Applicants:

 

Procedure for Applying for a Student Travel Award:

• Applying for a student travel award requires completing three steps. Applicants must 1) fully complete the online travel award application page (button link below), 2) wherein you will be required to submit a cover letter and presentation abstract as a single PDF file, and 3) submit the same abstract (no cover letter) but in word document format at the same time as submitting the travel award application materials.
  

• Applicants must give a presentation or poster at the annual meeting but do not have to participate in one of the student presentation competition sessions.

• The cover letter required for step 2 above must be no more than 1 page long and describe the student’s research and also explain why the student wants to attend the SON meeting. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR LAST NAME IS INCLUDED IN THE NAME OF YOUR PDF FILE SUBMISSION. (e.g. "NSchroeder_SON2025.pdf")

• The abstract must follow the guidelines for the annual meeting, as described on the 2025 Annual Meeting Abstract Submission Guidelines.  NOTE: Abstracts submitted must be reviewed by two people, and submitting an abstract for the meeting requires payment of a $50 fee. If you are not selected for a travel award and are unable to attend the conference, this fee will be reimbursed to you.

• Students may apply for more than one type of travel award for this meeting, but will receive only one.

• Click to Apply for 2025 Student Travel Awards

Industry and Cobb student travel awards will be awarded out of a single pool of applications.

Criteria for selecting award recipients will be based primarily on the quality of science; however, instances of financial need may be taken into consideration.