Fall 2022

The ASP Awards and Funds Committee is extending the submission deadline to March 5, 2019.  The ASP Foundation has funds to provide, don’t lose out and miss your opportunity to submit for grants and awards.  If you are not planning to submit encourage your colleagues and students to do so.  Don’t delay, submit today.

The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is now accepting applications for the Mary Frances Picciano Dietary Supplement Research Practicum to be held on May 29-31, 2019, on the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD.  This 2.5-day practicum will provide a thorough overview and grounding on the issues, concepts, unknowns, and controversies about […]

Registration and Abstract Submission are now open for the 2019 ASP Meeting in Madison, WI.  Visit the website to register and submit your abstract.   http://aspmeetings.pharmacognosy.us/ Check out the events, optional activities and workshops. Accomodations at The Madison Concourse Hotel  at a discounted rate   Look forward to seeing you in Madison!

Jerrold Meinwald, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Chemistry Emeritus and a 2014 winner of the National Medal of Science, the nation’s highest honor for achievement in science and engineering, died April 23 in Ithaca. He was 91. [Full Article]

ASP is looking for a Host for the 2022 Meeting and beyond.  ASP now provides planning and logistical support so you can concentrate on the program and the science! If interested, please fill out the form below: ASP Annual Meeting Hosting Form   Any questions? Reach out to the Business Manager at aspannualmeeting@gmail.com

Much of the current bench research conducted in natural products science is carried out by graduate students, who receive very modest stipends and tuition waivers as compensation. It is of great concern therefore that the current proposed new tax code reform being discussed will change this and increase graduate student tax liability to include these […]

It is with great sadness that I inform you that Dr. Charles D. Hufford, Associate Dean Emeritus for Research and Graduate Programs and Professor Emeritus of Pharmacognosy at the University of Mississippi, passed away suddenly on May 15. Charlie was a pillar of the School of Pharmacy, a mentor to many and a friend to […]

This year the program will award approximately 36 dissertation fellowships, 24 postdoctoral fellowships, and 60 predoctoral fellowships. Fellowships are tenable at any fully-accredited, non-proprietary (not for profit) U.S. institution of higher education. An applicant need not be accepted by the chosen institution at the time of application. The application deadline is Monday, November 10, 2016. […]

The Garden Club of America’s Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany provides at least one grant award of $4,500 annually to support research related to medicinal plants. An important aspect of the award is that it is intended to enable a student to pursue an avenue of research that might otherwise prove closed. Accordingly, […]

A request was posted soliciting comments on the new strategic plan draft for the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NIH). https://nccih.nih.gov/research/blog/draft-plan-comments. Comments are due by April 15, 2016 (sorry for the short notice).