The Corresponding Members Committee is soliciting nominations for Corresponding Members of the BSA. According to the BSA Bylaws, "Corresponding Members are distinguished senior scientists who have made outstanding contributions to plant science and who live and work outside the United States of America." The number of such persons is limited to 50; we currently have two vacancies. Corresponding Members are granted life membership in the BSA and enjoy all the privileges of regular Active Members. The current members and past honorees are listed in the BSA Membership Directory and Handbook [and on the web].

The nomination should consist of a curriculum vitae of the proposed candidate, a detailed explanation of the qualifications and achievements of the candidate, and at least three (eight to ten are usual) letters of support. It is preferable for nominations to be made without knowledge of the nominee. Nominations should be completed by 1 March 1999 to be considered for award of corresponding membership in August of 1999. Please send completed nominations to the Past-President, Nancy G. Dengler, Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1A1.

Call For Nominations: 1999 Young Botanist Awards

The Botanical Society of America requests nominations for the Young Botanist Awards for 1998-1999. The purpose of these awards is to recognize outstanding graduating seniors in the plant sciences, and to encourage their participation in the Botanical Society of America. Nominations should document the student's qualifications for the award and should discuss the student's academic performance, research projects, and individual attributes. Nominations should be accompanied by one or more letters of support from faculty who know the students well. Award winners will receive a Certificate of Recognition signed by the President of the Botanical Society, which is forwarded to the nominating faculty member for presentation. Nominations should be sent to the Past-President, Nancy G. Dengler, Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1A1. Deadline: March 1, 1999.

The recipients of this year's Young Botanist Awards were listed on p. 67 of the previous issue of PLANT SCIENCE BULLETIN.

Call for Applications: Karling Graduate Student Research Awards

Purpose and Eligibility

The purpose of this award is to support and promote graduate student research in the botanical sciences. To be eligible, one must be a member of the Botanical Society of America (BSA), a registered full-time graduate student, have a faculty advisor who is also a member of the BSA, and not have won the award previously.

Proposal Guidelines

The application shall consist of 1) a title page (must include: title of proposal, name of student, student's institutional and departmental affiliation, year of student's study, and student's sectional affiliation within BSA); 2) an Abstract; 3) a Narrative (must include: a description of the research, including appropriate conceptual background, purpose or objective, brief outline of methodology, and potential contribution or significance to an area of the botanical sciences); 4) a Budget detailing how the funds will be used (the Abstract, Narrative, Budget and any tables or figures should not exceed five single-spaced pages); 5) a Bibliography (up to two pages); 6) a Biographical Sketch (up to two pages); and 7) two letters of support (one must be from the student's advisor).

Applications should include one inch margins all around and use a font size of not smaller than 12 point.

Award Level and Announcements

Each award provides $500. Award winners will be announced at the BSA banquet held in conjunction with the International Botanical Congress in St. Louis, Missouri in August 1999. Funds for the awards come from interest on the Karling and the BSA Endowment Funds, and from the sale of BSA logo items.

Submissions

Applications should be postmarked no later than March 15, 1999 and should be submitted to the Chair of the Karling Graduate Student Research Award Committee at the following address: Jeffrey M. Osborn, BSA Karling Award Committee, Division of Science, Truman State University, 100 E. Normal Street, Kirksville, MO 63501-4221.

The recipients of this year's Karling Awards were announced at the 1998 Annual Meeting in Baltimore. A complete list of 1998 recipients is on p. 112 of this issue of PSB.

1999 BSA Annual Meeting

The 1999 Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of American will be held in conjunction with the XVI International Botanical Congress in St. Louis, Missouri from I to 7 August. Information about XVI IBC can be obtained at their website: http://www.ibc99.org/.

1999 Scientific Program:

The scientific program of the XVI IBC will consist of invited oral presentations and contributed poster presentations. Except for those who have been invited to give an oral presentation, the only format for a contributed scientific communication is a poster.

BSA Council Meeting and Business Meetings:

The BSA Council Meeting will be held prior to the opening of XVI IBC on Sunday, 1 August. The BSA Business Meeting will be held on Tuesday morning, 3 August prior to the start of the general sessions. BSA Section business meetings should be scheduled so as not to conflict with IBC events and sessions.

BSA Social Events:

The BSA will be sponsoring a social and reception at the Missouri Botanical Garden on Thursday evening 5 August. All members of the BSA as well as those of the Canadian Botanical Association (CBA/ABC) and the Sociedad Bótanica de México are invited to participate.

BSA Section social events can be scheduled or associated with other functions, but social events must be coordinated with Wayne Elisens, BSA Program Director, and Peter Hoch, the XVI IBC Secretary General.

1998 Recipients of the Karling Graduate Student Research Awards

Sandra K. Floyd
University of Colorado at Boulder
Supervisor: William Friedman
"Reproductive character evolution in basal angiosperms: endosperm development and embryogeny"

Ecological Section

JulieBeckstead
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Supervisor: Carol K. Augspurger
Microhabitat factors affecting variation in success of invading cheatgrass"

Jeff P. Castelli
University of Pennsylvania
Supervisor: Brenda B. Casper
"Examining the functional significance of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal diversity along a successional sequence on serpentine soils"

Theresa M. Culley
Ohio State University
Supervisor: Allison Snow
"Genetic variability using isozyme and ISSR markers in Viola pubescens, a herbaceous species with both chasmogamous and cleistogamous flowers"

Paleobotanical Section

Susana Majallon-Puebla
The Field Museum
Supervisor: Peter R. Crane
"Phylogenetic relationships and evolution of floral pattern among basal eudicots"

Systematics Section

Janet C. Barber
University of Texas at Austin
Supervisor: Robert K. Jansen
"Origin and evolution of endemic Sideritis L. in Macaronesia"

Leslie Goertzen
University of Texas at Austin
Supervisor: Robert K. Jansen
"The role of hybridization in the evolution of Argyranthemum in Macaronesia"

Douglas Goldman
University of Texas at Austin
Supervisor: Robert K. Jansen
"Systematics of the orchid genus Calopogon"

Randall Small
Iowa State University
Supervisor: Jonathan F. Wendel
"Nuclear-encoded genes for phylogeny reconstruction in plants: alcohol dehydrogenase genes in Gossypium L. (Malvaceae)"

Anna Woodfill
Michigan State University
Supervisor: Alan Prather
"Adaptation and the correlates of intra-specific variation in floral morphology among populations of Pedicularis densiflora"