Recipients of Elvin McDonald Research Grants and Nellie D. Sleeth Scholarships from The Gesneriad Society
The Gesneriad Society established the Elvin McDonald Research grants in 1986 and the Nellie D. Sleeth Scholarships in 2005 in order to assist researchers and students in their work with gesneriads.
Research grants and scholarships are awarded based on the submission of proposals from gesneriad researchers and students from around the world. Guidelines for submitting an application for an Elvin McDonald Research Grant can be found here; guidelines for submitting an application for a Nellie D. Sleeth Scholarship can be found here.
The Gesneriad Society is proud to have supported these researchers and students in their work in expanding our knowledge of the Gesneriaceae. Recent recipients of these grants and scholarships are:
| 2022 | NDSSEF: | Zulfadli from Indonesia (Exploration of Aeschynanthus in Sulawesi, Indonesia) |
| 2022 | EMREF: | S.B. Rhuthuparna from India (Understanding the role of phylogeny and ecology in driving floral diversity in Indian Gesneriaceae M.K. Akhil from India (An integrative approach based on taxonomic and molecular analysis of the genus Aeschynanthus (Gesneriaceae) in India) Dr. A.P. Janeesha from India (Gesneriaceae of South India — a pictorial guide) |
| 2021 | EMREF: | Roland Putra Pribadi Ahmad from Indonesia (Exploration for Gesneriaceae in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia) |
| 2020 | EMREF: | Katharine Arango Gomez from Colombia (Kohleria) Prasanna Naibi Shrungeshwara from India (Didymocarpus) |
| 2020 | NDSSEF: | Talita Kely Bellonzi from Brazil (Paradrymonia and Nautilocalyx) |
| 2019 | EMREF: | Laura Clavijo from Colombia (Kohleria) Hong Xin from China (Primulina) |
| 2019 | NDSSEF: | Kimberly Hansen from the United States (Kohleria) |
| 2018 | EMREF: | Kimberly Hansen from the United States (Kohleria) |
| 2018 | NDSSEF: | N. S. Prasanna from India (Didymocarpus) |
| 2017 | EMREF: | Tomas N. Hasing from the United States (Sinningia speciosa); Melissa A. Johnson from the United States (Cyrtandra) |
| NDSSEF: | Erandi Ramirez Aguirre from Mexico (Achimenes) | |
| 2016 | EMREF: | Galya Petrova from Bulgaria (Ramonda); Wade Roberts from the United States (Achimenes) |
| NDSSEF: | Yun-Yu Chen from the United Kingdom (Streptocarps); Hong Xin from China (Primulina) | |
| 2015 | EMREF: | Gabriel E. Ferreira from Brazil (Besleria); Melissa A. Johnson from the United States (Cyrtandra) |
| NDSSEF: | Carlos Martel from Germany (Pollination ecology) | |
| 2014 | EMREF: | Hannah Atkins from Scotland (Cyrtandra); Dr. Paulo Milet-Pinheiro from Germany (Gloxinia perennis) |
| NDSSEF: | Gabriel Emiliano Ferreira from Brazil (Besleria) | |
| 2013 | EMREF: | Jason Martin from the United States (Resia); Dave Zaitlin from the United States (Sinningia) |
| NDSSEF: | Oscar Humberto Marin Gómez from Colombia (Columnea); Melissa Johnson from the United States (Cyrtandra) | |
| 2012 | EMREF: | no award |
| NDSSEF: | Lianka Cairampoma from Peru (Besleria) | |
| 2011 | EMREF: | Cassandra L. Coleman from the United States (Gasteranthus) |
| NDSSEF: | Laura Clavijo Romero from Colombia (Drymonia) | |
| 2010 | EMREF: | Laura Clavijo Romero from Colombia (Drymonia) |
| NDSSEF: | Jeremy Keene from the United States (Diastema and Monopyle) | |
| 2009 | EMREF: | Marisol Amaya Marquez from Colombia (Columnea); Silvana Martén Rodríguez from Costa Rica (Cuban Gesneriaceae) |
| NDSSEF: | Abdulrokhman Kartonegoro from Indonesia (Gesneriads of Sulawesi, Indonesia) | |
| 2008 | EMREF: | John L. Clark from the United States (field work in Cuba) |
| NDSSEF: | Marcela Mora-Pinto from Colombia (Paradrymonia) | |
| 2007 | EMREF: | no award |
| NDSSEF: | John R. Clark from the United States (Cyrtandra) | |
| 2006 | EMREF: | Claudia Rodriguez-Flores from Colombia (Corytoplectus) |
| NDSSEF: | Josiene Rossini from Brazil (Gesneriaceae in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil) | |
| 2005 | EMREF: | W. Scott Hoover & Jim Hunter from the United States (Gesneriad exploration in Sumbawa, Indonesia) |
| 2004 | EMREF: | John R. Clark & Eric Roalson from the United States (Cyrtandra); Andréa Onofre de Araujo from Brazil (Gloxinia); Silvana Martén-Rodriguez from Costa Rica (Tribe Gesnerieae) |
| 2003 | EMREF: | Mary Fuqua & Scott Hoover from the United States (Gesneriad exploration in Java, Indonesia); John L. Clark from the United States (Alloplectus in Peru) |
| 2002 | EMREF: | Vincent Woo from Canada and New Zealand (Rhabdothamnus); John R. Clark & Bruce Holst from the United States (Gesneriad Research Foundation curation) |
