The following students and early-stage career scientists (researchers in their first post-doctoral position) have been awarded New Phytologist Symposium grants. Poster prize winners for the various symposia are also listed here.

27th NPS: Stoichiometric flexibility in terrestrial ecosystems under global change held in Arizona, USA, August, 2011
Vidya Appukuttan Suseela, Purdue University, USA
Corina Buendia Grigoriu, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany
Yolima Carrillo, University of Wyoming, USA
Sarah Dale, University of Lancaster, UK
Daniel Goll, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany
Mary Heskel, Columbia University, USA
Rachel Marshall, University of Aberdeen, UK
Albert Rivas-Ubach, CSIC-CREAF, Spain
Luciola Santos Lannes, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Seeta Sistla, UC Santa Barbara, USA
Anthony Walker, University of Sheffield, UK
Shuang Xiang, Chengdu Institute of Biology, CAS, China
Qiang Yu, Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS, China
Alla Yurova, Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russia

Poster prize awardees
The judges awarded first prize to Jordan Mayor, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, República de Panamá. Poster honorable mentions went to: Michal Filipiak, Jagiellonian University, Poland; Daniel Goll, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany; Stefano Manzoni, Duke University, USA; Luciola Santos Lannes, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; Leiling Tao, University of Michigan, USA; Xiaojuan Yang, ORNL, USA.

26th NPS: Bioenergy trees held in Nancy, France, May 2011.
Pedro Araújo, UNICAMP, Brazil
Jennifer Cunniff, Rothamstead Research, UK
Oana Dima, VIB-University of Ghent, Belgium
Bingyou Fan, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands
Judith Felten, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden
Stefania Giacomello, University of Udine, Italy
Joshua Herr, Penn State University, USA
Nataliia Kutsokon, Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering NASU, Ukraine
Aurélian Lauron-Moreau, Université de Montréal - IRBV, Canada
Fabio Marroni, University of Udine, Italy
Matthew Nelson, University of Southamption, UK
Claudiu Niculaes, VIB-University of Ghent, Belgium
Dejuan Ning, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany
Sara Pinosio, University of Udine, Italy
Fernanda Salvato, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Anna Stout, North Carolina State University, USA
Maud Viger, University of Southampton, UK
Venkatesh Viswanath, Oregon State University, USA

Poster prize awardees
Joint First prize: Stépahne Maury, Université d’Orléans, France; Oana Dima, VIB-University of Ghent, Belgium & Hua Wang, Université Toulouse, France

25th NPS and Colston Research Society Symposium: Colonization of the terrestrial environment held in Bristol, UK, September 2010.
Katie Field, University of Sheffield, UK
Casper Chater, University of Sheffield, UK
Qasim Marzani, University of Nottingham, UK
Emma Granqvist, John Innes Centre, UK
Christopher White, University of Cambridge, UK
Younousse Saidi, University of Birmingham, UK
Laura Moody, University of Birmingham, UK
Susan Tremblay, University of Berkely, California, USA
Gracie Barrett, Scottish Crop Research Institute, UK

Poster prize awardees
First prize: John Clarke, University of Bristol, UK
Runner-up: Jenny Morris, Cardiff University, UK

24th NPS Plant respiration and climate change: scaling from mitochondria to the globe held in Oxford, UK, April 2010.
Wagner Araújo, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany
Doug Aubrey, University of Georgia, USA
Gohar Ayub, Australian National University, Australia
Igor Florez, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Henrik Hartmann, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany
Mary Heskel, Columbia University, USA
Richard Jacoby, University of Western Australia, Australia
Jennifer Klodmann, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Jonathan Martin, Oregon State University, USA
Poonam Mishra, Banasthali University, India
Stephanie Searle, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Martijn Slot, University of Florida, USA
Lorna Street, University of Edinburgh, UK
Frederik Wegener, University of Bielefeld, Germany

23rd NPS Carbon cycling in tropical ecosystems held in Guangzhou, China, November 2009.
Andre Butler, University of Edinburgh, UK
Tomas Domingues, University of Edinburgh, UK
Cécile Girardin, University of Oxford, UK
Lip Khoon Kho, University of Oxford, UK
Caroline Lehmann, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Jose Mauro Moura, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Fabian Scholz, San Juan Bosco Patagonia National University, Argentina
Clément Stahl, INRA, UMR ECOFOG, France
Marjan Van de Weg, University of Edinburgh, UK

22nd NPS Effectors in plant–microbe interactions held in Versailles, France, September 2009.
Melania Betts, Oregon State University, USA
Laurence Boutemy, John Innes Centre, UK
Angela Chaparro-Garcia, Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, UK
Angela Maria Cusano, INRA-Nancy, France
Georgina Fabro, Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, UK
Eleanor Gilroy, SCRI, UK
Selena Gimenez-Ibanez, Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, UK
Stéphane Hacquard, INRA, Champenoux, France
Joanna Jelenska, University of Chicago, USA
Farnusch Kaschani, Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany
Silke Kloppholz, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Alberto Macho, University of Malaga, Spain
Jorge Mondego, Agronomic Institute of Campinas, Brazil
Jonathan Plett, INRA-Nancy, France
Philippe Remigi, INRA/CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France

Poster prize awardees
First prize: Silke Kloppholz, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Runners-up: Philippe Remigi, INRA-CNRS, Castanet Tolosan, France & Johana Misas-Villamil, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany

21st NPS The ecology of ectomycorrhizal fungi held in Montpellier, France, December 2008.
Anna Wilkinson, University of Aberdeen, UK
B. Beáta Tóth, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Sara Branco, University of Chicago, USA
Gregory Bonito, Duke University, USA
Takahide Ishida, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Jessy Labbé, INRA- Nancy, France
Marit Frederikke Markussen Bjorbækmo, University of Oslo, Norway
Tiina Rajala, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland
Jeri Parrent, University of Guelph, Canada
Jordan Mayor, University of Florida, USA
Susana Gonçalves, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Montserrat Pestaña, Centro de Investigación e Información Ambiental, Spain
Grzegoirz Wojtczak, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Pierre-Emmanuel Courty, INRA-Nancy, France

Poster prize awardees
First prize: Sara Branco, University of Chicago, USA
Runner up: Inga Bödeker, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

19th NPS Physiological sculpture of plants: new visions and capabilities for crop development held in Mount Hood, Oregon, September 2008.
Mariana Chiozza, Iowa State University, USA
Sam Fox, Oregon State University, USA
Wichuda Jankangram, Khon Kean University, Thailand
Sun Kim, Dartmouth College, USA
Judith Richter, INRA-Nancy, France
Jose Rorundo, Iowa State University, USA
Bhumi nath Tripathi, Banasthali University, India
Ravi Valluru, University of Hohenheim, Germany
Ameha Yaekob, University of Hannover, Germany

Poster prize awardees
Joint First prize: Franciso Uribe, MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, USA & Jagger Harvey, University of Cambridge, UK
Runner-up: Jose Rotundo, Iowa State University, USA

20th NPS Arsenic: unravelling its metabolism and speciation in plants held in Aberdeen, UK, June 2008.
Christina Feenstra, University of Melbourne, Australia
Helle Martha Christophersen, University of Adelaide, Australia
Barbara Logoteta, Mediterranea University Reggio Calabria, Italy
Shinichi Miyashita, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Japan
Gerd Patrick Bienert, Copenhagen University, Denmark
Elisa Bona, University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy
Vincenza Cozzolino, University of Naples, Italy
Delphine Vromman, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Poster prize awardees
First prize: Takehiro Kamiya, University of Tokoyo, Japan
Runners-up: Patrick Bienert, Copenhagen University, Denmark & Katharina Blumlein, University of Aberdeen, UK