Fall 2022

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).

The Nobel Prize Lectures in Physiology or Medicine 2015 was given today, including ASP Fellow Professor Satoshi Ōmura’s lecture entitled, “A splendid gift from the Earth: The origins & impact of Avermectin.” http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2015/omura-lecture.html

Nominations are now open for the 2017 Norman R Farnsworth ASP Research Achievement Award. This award is given annually by the American Society of Pharmacognosy, and consists of an honorarium of $5,000 and travel expenses to present the award lecture at the annual meeting of the Society in Portland, OR, July 29 – August 2, 2017. This is the premier award of […]