{"id":9726,"date":"2026-09-08T17:19:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/np\/?page_id=9726"},"modified":"2026-09-08T17:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:25:31","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/np\/program\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 has-pattern-background has-mask-background hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right:6%;--awb-padding-left:6%;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:30;line-height:1.2;\"><p>2027 Natural Products Student Diversity Awards<\/p>\n<p>Deadline October 13, 2026<\/p><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 has-pattern-background has-mask-background hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right:6%;--awb-padding-left:6%;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>About the Student Diversity Travel Award<\/h2>\n<p>The SIMB Student Diversity Travel Award has been established to promote diversity and increase the participation of underrepresented minority groups in the Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) among graduate students presenting at the International Conference on Natural Product Discovery and Development in the Genomic Era. Recipients of this award must be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A U.S. citizen or permanent resident<\/li>\n<li>A female and\/or an underrepresented minority (American Indian or Alaska Native, Black or African American, Asian, Hispanic, or Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander)<\/li>\n<li>A current graduate student or a graduate student at the time the abstract was submitted<\/li>\n<li>The presenting author of an abstract accepted for presentation (poster or oral session) at the International Conference on Natural Product Discovery and Development in the Genomic Era.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each winner receives a certificate, $500 to help cover travel to the meeting, and a one-year student membership in SIMB. The President of SIMB will present the awards at the meeting banquet, and the winners will be recognized at the Diversity Session. Attendance at the International Conference on Natural Product Discovery and Development in the Genomic Era is required for receiving this award. Should an awardee be unable to attend, the award will be presented to an alternate previously identified by the committee who also meets the criteria. Award winners are not eligible to apply for this award again.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-button-wrapper fusion-align-inline-medium\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:20px;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/np\/program\/diversity-travel\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Begin the Submission Process<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right:6%;--awb-padding-left:6%;--awb-background-color:rgba(147,224,178,0.71);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h2>Past Diversity Travel Awardees<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3 awb-text-cols fusion-text-columns-4\" style=\"--awb-columns:4;--awb-column-spacing:2em;--awb-column-min-width:100px;\"><p><strong>2025 &#8211; <\/strong>Abiodun Samuel Oyedele<br \/>\n<strong>2025<\/strong> &#8211; Jennifer Shyong<br \/>\n<strong>2023<\/strong> &#8211; Derrick Ousley<br \/>\n<strong>2023<\/strong> &#8211; Maribel Okiye<br \/>\n<strong>2020<\/strong> \u2013 Joshua Corpuz<br \/>\n<strong>2018<\/strong> &#8211; Ajeeth Adhikari<br \/>\n<strong>2018<\/strong> &#8211; Audrey Ynigez-Gutierrez<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":324,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9726","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9726"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9733,"href":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9726\/revisions\/9733"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}