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.

2026 Winners

Michelle Romina Alatriste Leon, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Puebla, 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)
Sona Pandey (2023-2026)
Yiping Qi (2024-2028)
Sibum Sung (2025-2028)