Graduate Student Awards

Year Name Award
2026 Sumit Chowdhury International Student Scholarship by K-State Alumni Association
2026 Shruthi Pullangari Graduate RSCAD Grant, Graduate School, Kansas State University
2026 Shruthi Pullangari Barbara M. Reed Travel Grant, Society for In-Vitro Biology
2026 Aidan McVey Fungal Genetics Conference Graduate Student Poster Winner
2026 Aidan McVey Kansas State University Graduate Student Council Travel Award
2026 Jane Mascarenhas Kansas State University Graduate Student Council Travel Award
2026 Indira Lakkakula International Student Center Scholarship
2026 Indira Lakkakula B4U Bayer University Mentorship Program
2026 Inisa Shrestha Kansas State University Graduate Student Council Travel Award
2026 Inisa Shrestha Kansas State University International Student Center Scholarship
2026 Luiza Adami Monteiro de Castro Society for In Vitro Biology Wilton R. Earle Award
2026 Luiza Adami Monteiro de Castro Society for In Vitro Biology Student Travel Award
2026 Sandhya Gopisetty K-State Alumni Association International Scholarship
2026 Heather Forster Oral presentation award, Kansas Academy of Sciences
2025 Aidan McVey Tillman family graduate student award – KSU Dept Plant Pathology
2025 Claudio Dias da Silva Tillman family graduate student award – KSU Dept Plant Pathology
2025 Madison Kessler Tillman family graduate student award – KSU Dept Plant Pathology
2025 Sandhya Gopisetty Tillman family graduate student award – KSU Dept Plant Pathology
2025 Sumit Chowdhury Tillman family graduate student award – KSU Dept Plant Pathology
2025 Buket Sahin Christine Lee Shepard Memorial Fund Scholarship, Dept of Plant Pathology
2025 Indira Lakkakula Christine Lee Shepard Memorial Fund Scholarship, Dept of Plant Pathology
2025 Sandhya Gopisetty Student Travel Award, American Phytopathological Society
2025 Sandhya Gopisetty Kansas State University Graduate Student Council Travel Award
2025 Madison Kessler Kansas State University Graduate Student Council Travel Award
2025 Indira Priyadarshini Lakkakula Kansas State University Graduate Student Council Travel Award
2025 Claudio Dias da Silva K-Grad Forum, First Place Presentation - Agriculture Section
2025 Giovanna Teixeira Sandoval Moreira International Scholarship, KSU International Student and Scholar Services and the K-State Alumni Association
2025 Giovanna Teixeira Sandoval Moreira Marietta Wheaton Saunders Award, Society for In Vitro Biology
2025 Heather Forster Oral presentation award, Kansas Academy of Sciences
2025 Heather Forster Poster award, Kansas Academy of Sciences
2025 Heather Forster Kansas Academy of Sciences Graduate Research Grant
2025 Shruthi Pullangari Graduate Student Parent Success Scholarship, Graduate School, Kansas State University
2025 Sumit Chowdhury Kansas State University Graduate Student Council Travel Award
2025 Luiza Adami Monteiro de Castro Kansas State University Graduate Student Council Travel Award
2025 Lawrence Tidakbi Don C. Warren Scholarship in Genetics, KSU College of Agriculture
2025 Buket Sahin Crop Science Society of America 3rd Place Poster Award
2025 Sandhya Gopisetty Don C. Warren Genetics Scholarship KSU College of Agriculture
2024 Madison Kessler First Place Student Poster Award, American Phytopathological Society North Central Division
2024 Claudio Dias de Silva Graduate Student Travel Award, North Central Division - American Phytopathological Society
2024 Heather Forster Poster award, Kansas Academy of Sciences
2024 Heather Forster Johnson Cancer Research Center travel award, Kansas State University
2024 Heather Forster Dale Augustine Cancer Research Award, Kansas State University
2024 Letícia Câmara Vieira Student travel award, North Central Division - American Phytopathological Society
2024 Lawrence Tidakbi Student travel award, North Central Division - American Phytopathological Society
2024 Ravi Bika Don C. Warren Scholarship in Genetics, KSU College of Agriculture
2024 Lawrence Tidakbi Don C. Warren Scholarship in Genetics, KSU College of Agriculture
2024 Heather Forster Don C. Warren Scholarship in Genetics, KSU College of Agriculture
2024 Heather Forster Fungal Genetics Conference travel award, Genetics Society of America
2024 Heather Forster Kansas State University Graduate Student Council travel award
2024 Chandler Day Robert Nunemacher Scholarship, KSU College of Agriculture
2024 Olamide Adesina Christine Lee Shepard Memorial Fund Scholarship, Dept of Plant Pathology
2024 Heather Forster Tillman family graduate student award – KSU Dept Plant Pathology
2024 Lawrence Tidakbi Tillman family graduate student award – KSU Dept Plant Pathology
2024 Ravi Bika Tillman family graduate student award – KSU Dept Plant Pathology
2024 Chandler Day Tillman family graduate student award – KSU Dept Plant Pathology
2023 Ravi Bika Student Travel Award, American Phytopathological Society
2023 Yoonha Ju Do Sup Chung International Student Scholarship, Kansas State University
2023 Angel de Trinidad Student Travel Award, American Phytopathological Society
2023 Claudio Dias da Silva KSU Graduate Student Council Travel Award
2023 Ravi Bika Tillman family graduate student award – KSU Dept Plant Pathology
2023 Lawrence Tidakbi Tillman family graduate student award – KSU Dept Plant Pathology
2022 Upasana Dhakal Robert Nunemacher Award, KSU College of Agriculture
2022 Lawrence Tidakbi KSU Graduate Student Council Travel Award
2022 Jun Huang RosaLee Sarachek Predoctoral Honors Fellowship in Molecular Biology
2022 Joel Steyer Sarachek Scientific Travel Award
2022 Angel de Trinidad Timothy R. Donoghue Graduate Scholarship, KSU Graduate School
2021 Joel Steyer Warren Scholarship, KSU College of Agriculture
2021 Joel Steyer Graduate Cancer Research Award, KSU Johnson Cancer Center
2021 Nar Ranabhat 1st place oral presentation, KSU Grad Forum
2021 Afsana Noor Robert Nunemacher Scholarship, KSU College of Agriculture
2021 Joseph Fenoglio Tillman family graduate student award – KSU Dept Plant Pathology
2021 Upasana Dhakal Robert Nunemacher Award, KSU College of Agriculture
2021 Upasana Dhakal Tillman family graduate student award – KSU Dept Plant Pathology
2021 Upasana Dhakal Travel award – KSU Graduate Student Council
2021 Upasana Dhakal KSU International Student and Scholar Services
2021 Upasana Dhakal 2nd place poster, KSU Grad Forum
2020 Paula Silva Alvin and RosaLee Sarachek Predoctoral Honors Travel Award in Molecular Biology, KSU
2020 Paula Silva Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum awards from the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI)
2020 Nar Ranabhat Kansas Academy of Science Graduate Research Grant award
2019 Afsana Noor Kansas Academy of Science Graduate Research Grant award
2018 Bliss Betzen Don C. Warren Genetics Scholarship, KSU
2018 Elina Adhikari Christine Lee Shepard Memorial Fund Scholarship, Dept of Plant Pathology
2018 Elina Adhikari Robert Nunemacher Scholarship, Kansas State University
2018 Paula Silva Tillman Family Agriculture Graduate Student Award, Dept of Plant Pathology
2018 Paula Silva Robert Nunemacher Scholarship, Kansas State University
2018 Paula Silva Mott Award, Crop Science Society of America
2018 Guifang Lin Tillman Family Agriculture Graduate Student Award, Dept of Plant Pathology
2018 Giovana Cruppe Tillman Family Agriculture Graduate Student Award, Dept Plant Pathology
2018 Giovana Cruppe Kansas State University Graduate Student Council Travel Award, summer 2018
2018 Giovana Cruppe Robert Nunemacher Scholarship, Kansas State University
2018 Christian Webb North Central American Phytopathological Society, student travel award
2018 Javier Kiyuna North Central American Phytopathological Society, 3rd place, student poster competition
2018 Jordan Brungardt Christine Lee Shepard Memorial Fund Scholarship, Dept of Plant Pathology
2018 Monica Navia-Urrutia Kansas State University Graduate Student Council Travel Award (June and July, 2018)
2018 Monica Navia-Urrutia Christine Lee Shepard Memorial Fund Scholarship - Dept of Plant Pathology
2018 Chandler Day North Central American Phytopathological Society, student travel award
2018 Chandler Day Tillman Family Agricultural Graduate Student Award - Dept of Plant Pathology
2018 Chandler Day North Central American Phytopathological Society. 2nd place, student poster competition
2018 Mohammad Mokhlesur Rahman BIFAD Student Award for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab
2017 Jordan Brungardt Christine Lee Shepard Memorial Fund Scholarship - Dept of Plant Pathology
2017 Jordan Brungardt Richard Elmore Brown Teaching Award. Kansas State University - College of Agriculture
2017 Giovana Cruppe Graduate Student Council Travel Award, Kansas State University
2017 Giovana Cruppe Tillman Family Agriculture Graduate Student Award, Dept of Plant Pathology
2017 Monica Navia-Urrutia Christine Lee Shepard Memorial Fund Scholarship - Dept of Plant Pathology
2017-18 Daljit Singh Tillman Family Agriculture Graduate Student Award
2017 Daljit Singh Purdue University Graduate Student Plant Science Symposium travel scholarship
2016 Daljit Singh KSU Graduate Student Council Travel Award
2016 Daljit Singh Third Place, Graduate Student & Post Doc Elevator Speech Contest, Crop Science Society of America Meeting (Phoenix, AZ)
2016 Daljit Singh 21st Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics Scholarship, University of Washington
2014-16 Catherine Stewart Genetics Doctoral Fellowship (KSU)
2016 Catherine Stewart K-State Graduate Research, Arts, and Discovery Forum. Third Place Biological Sciences (Oral)
2016 Catherine Stewart Don W. Warren Genetics Scholarship, K-State
2016 Cameron C. Hunter Tillman Family Agricultural Graduate Student Scholarship, K-State
2016 Cameron C. Hunter Don C. Warren Genetic Fund Scholarship, K-State
2016 Mohammad Rahman Don C. Warren Genetic Fund Scholarship, K-State
2016 Narinder Singh Don C. Warren Genetic Fund Scholarship, K-State
2016 Narinder Singh K-State Alumni Association International Student Scholarship, K-State
2016 Narinder Singh Tillman Family Agriculture Graduate Student Award, K-State
2016 Narinder Singh Ruby Newhall Scholarship, Gyp Hills Pilot Club, Pilot International
2016 Pierre Migeon Don C. Warren Genetics Scholarship. College of Agriculture, Kansas State University
2016 Kerri Neugebauer Alvin and RosaLee Sarachek Predoctoral Honors Travel Award, Kansas State University
2016 Kerri Neugebauer Student Travel Award. Society for In Vitro Biology
2016 Kerri Neugebauer First Place, Student Oral Presentation Competition, Society for In Vitro Biology
2016 Elina Adhikari Don C. Warren Genetics Scholarship. College of Agriculture, Kansas State University
2016 Daljit Singh Excellence in Science Award, Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (USAID)
2015 Rodrigo Pedrozo Grad Student Council Travel Award Grad Student Council
2015 Rodrigo Pedrozo William L. Richter International Scholarship International Coordinating Council – Kansas State University
2015 Rodrigo Pedrozo APS Art in Phytopathology contest - First place in the microscopy category. American Phytopathological Society
2015 Ananda Bandara KSU Graduate Student Council. Travel Award (APS meeting)
2015 Ananda Bandara KSU Tillman Family Agriculture Graduate Student Award
2015 Damien Downes Alvin and RosaLee Sarachek Predoctoral Honors Fellowship
2015 Cameron C. Hunter Tillman Family Agricultural Graduate Student Scholarship, K-State
2015 Cameron C. Hunter Don C. Warren Genetic Fund Scholarship, K-State
2015 Cameron C. Hunter 28th Fungal Genetics Conference Travel Award, FGC
2015 Cameron C. Hunter KSU Graduate Student Council Travel Award, K-State
2015 Taylor Fischer KSU Graduate Student Council. Travel Award
2015 Bethany Grabow Ph.D. Graduate Student Teaching Award, Gamma Sigma Delta, KSU
2015 Bethany Grabow KSU Graduate Student Council. Travel Award
2015 Bethany Grabow American Phytopathological Society C. Lee Campbell Student Travel Award
2015 Kerri Neugebauer KSU Tillman Family Agriculture Graduate Student Award
2015 Kerri Neugebauer KSU Graduate Student Council. Travel Award
2015 Kerri Neugebauer Society for In Vitro Biology. Student Travel Award
2015 Kerri Neugebauer Third Place. Student Oral Presentation Competition. Society for In Vitro Biology
2015 Andres Reyes Gaige Roger Krueger Memorial Scholarship. American Seed Trade Association
2015 Derek Schneweis Thrips-Tospovirus Educational Network. Travel Fellowship
2015 Derek Schneweis Kansas State University. Tillman Family Agriculture Graduate Student Award
2015 Daljit Singh Graduate Student Leadership Conference. ASA-CSSA-SSSA. Top 50 applicants selected globally for participation.
2015 Narinder Singh PhD. Don C. Warren Genetic Fund Scholarship, Kansas State University
2015 Narinder Singh PhD. Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics Scholarship, University of Washington
2015 Narinder Singh PhD. National Association of Plant Breeders Scholarship.
2015 Narinder Singh PhD. Triticeae-CAP Online Course Scholarship.
2015 Wei Yue KSU Graduate Student Council. Travel Award.
2015 Wei Yue KSU Don C. Warren Genetics Scholarship.
2015 Catherine Stewart Don C. Warren Genetics Scholarship