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Plants Journal Travel Award

We are pleased to announce that the application period is now open for the Plants Travel Award. The applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief of Plants.

This prize provides financial support for the winners to attend an international conference in the field of plant science to be held in 2025, in order to hold a presentation, present a poster, or both.

Candidate Requirements

  • Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students, and plant science researchers in their first 3 years of practice;
  • Plans to attend an international conference in 2025 (oral presentation or poster). 

Required Application Documents

  • Information of the conference that the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted;
  • Curriculum vitae and list of publications;
  • Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words);
  • Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status.

The winners (three awardees) will each be awarded CHF 800 and a certificate. 

Please apply by clicking the link before 31 October 2024. The winners will be announced on 31 December 2024.

Kind regards,

Plants Editorial Office


Journal Information
Plants (ISSN 2223-7747) is an international and multidisciplinary scientific open access journal that covers all key areas of plant science.
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Nishanth Gurav Selected as a Society for Ethnobotany (SEB) Student Ambassador

We are proud to announce that Nishanth Gurav, a 3rd-year Ph.D. candidate at the Tropical Botany and Ethnobiology Lab (TRIBE), Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences (FTA), Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, has been selected as a Student Ambassador and a member of the student committee of the prestigious Society for Ethnobotany (SEB).

Nishanth hails from India, and his current research focuses on sustainable practices and the folk taxonomy of wild edible plants used by the Gond tribal communities in the Bastar region of India. He has extensive experience working with local communities, having developed People’s Biodiversity Registers (PBR) for over 70 villages in the states of Karnataka and Chhattisgarh.

As a member of the SEB student committee (serving from June 2024 to June 2026), Nishanth will be involved in managing the committee’s social media pages and student blog, as well as supporting the organization of student events and initiatives related to ethnobotanical research.

We congratulate Nishanth on this significant achievement and wish him continued success in his future endeavors!

For more information on SEB, visit SEB's website.

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Beauty of the West African Savannah: Photo Exhibition and Seminar at FTZ

We would like to invite you to a unique exhibition, Beauty of the West African Savannah, which will showcase the diversity of West African nature through 7x7 family photography. This exhibition will also highlight the importance of protecting endangered species such as the Western Giant eland  , the largest antelope in the world.

The exhibition will be complemented by a seminar that will take place at 2:00 p.m. in the FTZ-116 classroom, led by Assoc. Ing. Karolína Brandlová, Ph.D. (Wildlife Ecology Lab), who is also the leader of the Antelope Conservation Association. At the seminar, she will present the 7x7 family project, sharing experiences  from her travels in West Africa, and explain the importance of biodiversity conservation.

The opening of the exhibition will take place on 3 October 2024 at 15:00 in the lobby of the Faculty of Tropical Agriculture. The opening will be attended by Mgr. Lenka Pokorná, former Czech Ambassador to Senegal, and Mgr. Václav Prášil from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.

October 3, 2024 The Entrance Hall of the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, ČZU Prague Seminar: 2:00 PM (room FTZ-116) Exhibition opening: 3:00 PM

Come to be inspired and discover the beauty of West African nature!

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