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.

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 Univerity, 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
Franciso Uribe (MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, USA) and Jagger Harvey (University of Cambridge, UK) Joint First prize
Jose Rotundo (Iowa State University, USA) Runner-up

20th NPS Arsenic: unravelling its metabolism and speciation in plants held in Aberdeen, 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
Takehiro Kamiya (University of Tokoyo, Japan) First prize
Patrick Bienert (Copenhagen University, Denmark) Runner-up
Katharina Blumlein (University of Aberdeen, UK) Runner-up