The New Phytologist Foundation supports symposia, conferences, meetings and other initiatives that further innovation and advancement in plant-focused research around the world. Often this will be in the form of part-support / sponsorship of a scientific meeting or awards such as poster and lecture prizes. Find out more about New Phytologist Foundation Innovation Grants.
Find out more about the events we've supported below. If you are interested in discussing support for your event, please contact the Events and Promotions Manager for further information.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored The International Biogeography Society's 12th Biennial Conference, TIBS2026, which took place in Aarhus, Denmark, from 6 to 10 January 2026.
Congratulations to two prize winners:
David Tan: The global drivers of mangrove faunal specialist diversity
Xiao Huang: Latitudinal patterns in seed defences and nutrition
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the Annual Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) Symposium, which took place at the University of Sheffield, UK, on 3 February 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored The 68th Annual Maize Genetics Meeting, which took place in Cologne, Germany, from 26 February to 1 March 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored Chromatin and Transcription: FLC and beyond II, which took place at La Cristalera, Madrid, Spain, 11–13 March 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the 39th Molecular Biology of Plants Conference, which took place in Hennef, Germany, 16–19 March 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored Monogram 2026, Cambridge, UK, 23–26 March 2026.
Congratulations to the New Phytologist Foundation poster prize winners Natasha Brock, Zoe Marshall and Hardik Patel.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the DOMPS Symposium, which took place in Freiburg, Germany, 25–27 March 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the 4th Annual Dynamic Vegetation Modeling and Observations Conference, which took place in Woods Hole, MA, USA, 8–10 April 2026. Congratulations to the winners of The New Phytologist Foundation prizes:
Best Postdoc Presentation: Ian McGregor, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Best Student Presentation: Jianing Fang, Columbia University
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the Young Researchers’ Symposium on Plant Photobiology, Edinburgh, UK, 15–18 April 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the 16th British Meiosis Meeting, which took place in London, UK, 15–16 April 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the 3rd UK Plant Biomechanics Workshop, Nottingham, UK, 17 April 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the 5th Argentine Conference on Ethnobiology and Society (JAES 2026), Malargüe, Argentina, 19–22 April 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the 11th International Symposium on Root Development (Rooting 2026), Specchiolla, Italy, 4–7 May 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored SeedCon, Potsdam, Germany, 5–7 May 2026.
Congratulations to the winners of The New Phytologist Foundation prizes:
Best poster: Emilio Garcia Canalejas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Best talk: Irene Sanz Puente, Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und Bioökonomie
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored Plant Tissue Culture and Genome Engineering (PTCGE) 2026, Barcelona, Spain, 10–13 May.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the Global Conservation Consortia summit, Conservation, Collaboration & Community, Edinburgh, UK, 14–15 May 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the Gordon Research Conference on Integrating Lignin Biology and Material Engineering for Product Development, Tuscany, Italy, 17–22 May 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the 14th International Conference for Plant Mitochondrial Biology (ICPMB 2026), Kagoshima, Japan, 18–22 May 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation supported Fascination of Plants Day activities at Lancaster Environment Centre, 25–29 May 2026.
Photos courtesy of Ellen Grayling.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the 2026 Salt and Water Stress in Plants Gordon Research Conference, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, 24–29 May 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the FEBS Workshop, Protein termini 2026: From mechanisms to biological impact, Palermo, Italy, 3–6 June 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the 9th International Symposium on Woody Root research (Woody Roots IX), Como, Italy, 3–5 June 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored BIOGEOMON 2026, Umeå, Sweden, 8–11 June 2026.
Congratulations to the winners of the poster prizes:
Ming Yu, University of Copenhagen
Charlotta Hagström, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the Population, Evolutionary and Quantitative Genetics conference (PEQG26), Asilomar, CA, USA, 9–12 June 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the session, 'S18: Evo-devo of plant forms and patterns', convened by Edwige Moyroud and Pierre Galipot at the 10th European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology Meeting, Glasgow, UK, 9–12 June 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the UK Plant Epigenetics Network Inaugural Meeting, 'Plant Epigenetics: From Model to Crop Species', Dundee, UK, 11–12 June 2026.
Congratulations to the recipient of the travel award, Heng Chen, University of Oxford.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the 8èmes Journées Francophones des Mycorhizes, Auzeville-Tolosane, France, 15–17 June 2026.
Congratulations to two presentation prize winners:
Lara Deloche
Montan Gautier
The New Phytologist Foundation was pleased to sponsor the 65th Annual Meeting of the Phytochemical Society of America, Madison, WI, USA, 15–19 June 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation's sponsorship supported travel grants for two early-career scientists, Anya Frank and Ivan Monsalvo, who were selected based on their excellent presentations.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the XVII Plant Cell Wall Meeting, Porto, Portugal, 15–19 June.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the Canadian Society for Horticultural Science National Annual Conference, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, 17–20 June 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the International Society of Chemical Ecology Annual Meeting, Ithaca, NY, USA, 21–25 June 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR 2026), Singapore, 22–26 June 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation, Xishuangbanna, China, 28 June – 3 July 2026.
Congratulations to two prize winners:
Artemis Anest, winner of the New Phytologist Foundation prize for best talk
Alicia Xiang Ting Ong, winner of the New Phytologist Foundation prize for best poster
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the State of the World's Plants and Fungi 2026 symposium, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, UK, 29 June – 1 July 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored The Molecular Moss Workshop, Oxford, UK, 30 June – 2 July 2026.
Congratulations to three prize winners:
Georgina Pettinari, winner of the prize for best postdoc flash talk
Eline Eggermont, winner of a prize for best student flash talk
Océane Larousse, winner of a prize for best student flash talk
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the 18th Plant Molecular Biology Meeting, Bilbao, Spain, 1–3 July 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the 27th International Symposium on Plant Lipids (ISPL), Málaga, Spain, 5–10 July 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored Harnessing plant associated microbial communities for plant stress resilience, a session at the Society for Experimental Biology's annual meeting, Florence, Italy, 7–9 July 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, USA, 11–15 July 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the International Conference on Mycorrhiza (ICOM) 13 and its satellite symposium for early career researchers, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 12–17 July 2026.
Congratulations to the following prize winners:
Sarah Winkowski, winner of the Harley Medal
Carina Berlingeri, winner of the prize for best ECR day presentation
Alexander Smith, winner of the prize for best ECR day speed talk
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the World Palm Symposium, National University of Singapore, 13–17 July 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored this satellite meeting of the International Conference on Photosynthesis Research. C460 took place in Lancaster, UK, 23–25 July 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the International Conference on Photosynthesis Research (ICPR), Liverpool, UK, 26–30 July 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the Ecological Society of America's annual meeting, 'Ecology in an era of uncertainty', Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 26–31 July 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE) Congress, Cairns, Australia, 26–29 July 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored Botany 2026: Biodiversity at the Boundaries, Tucson, AZ, USA, 1–5 August 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the Gordon Research Conference: Plant and Microbial Cytoskeleton – Bridging Concepts and Approaches Across Organismal Diversity, Andover, NH, USA, 9–14 August 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the Norwich–Cambridge Science Symposium (NoCaSS) 2026, Norwich, UK, 13–14 August 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of CYCAD 2026: the 13th International Conference on Cycad Biology, Sydney, Australia, 17–22 August 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation sponsored the Botanical University Challenge and 4th Student Botany Festival, Reading, UK, 19–21 August 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of the 13th Environmental Signaling in Plants Summer School, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 24–26 August 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of the IV Symposium of the Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in South America, Quito, Ecuador, 24–28 August 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of Thermomorphogenesis 2026, Dundee, UK, 26–28 August 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of Green Planet Day 2026, York, UK, 2 September 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of the Combined Biological Sciences Meeting, Perth Australia, 4 September.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of Botanik-Tagung 2026, Bochum, Germany, 6–10 September 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of the EMBO Workshop on Plant Photobiology (ISPP 2026), Les Diablerets, Switzerland, 8–11 September 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of the International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics, London, UK, 8–11 September 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of the 58th Annual Conference of the German Society of Plant Nutrition, Geisenheim, Germany, 13–16 September 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of the Second International Symposium on Plant Awareness, Vienna, Austria, 14–16 September 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of Clock Club, Norwich, UK, 17 September 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of the EMBO workshop on Plant calcium signalling, Primošten, Croatia, 20–24 September 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of the Trilateral ECR Symposium, Ghent, Belgium, 20–22 September 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of the 3rd IJPB International Symposium, Versailles, France, 23–25 September 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of the 13th International PhD School on Plant Development, Neustadt, Germany, 23–25 September 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of the 8th International Conference on Duckweed Research and Applications, Portici, Italy, 28 September – 2 October 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of ComBio 2026, Sydney, Australia, 29 September – 1 October 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of AUXIN 2026, Algarve, Portugal, 4–8 October 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of Post-transcriptional Gene regulation in Plants (PGRP) 2026, Málaga, Spain, 5–7 October 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of the 4th International Congress on Strigolactones, Paris, France, 5–8 October 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of Silene 2026, 12–13 October 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of the 12th International Symposium on Plant Soil Interactions at Low pH (PSILPH), Gifu, Japan, 27–31 October 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of Integrating Scales in Planetary Biology, Uppsala, Sweden, 28–30 October 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of the Black in Plant Science Conference, Leeds, UK, 30 October 2026.
The New Phytologist Foundation is a sponsor of the Fungal Conservation Biobanking Workshop, San Diego, CA, USA, 2–3 December 2026.