Raymond W. Schneider Student Travel Award

The Raymond W. Schneider Student Travel Award is awarded to full-time graduate students or post-doctoral candidates in the College enrolled in the Department of Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology, who have and maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. Financial need may be a consideration in selecting recipients. Awards are intended to defray the cost of attending professional meetings and conferences, industry technical training, other professional development programs, and travel to review comparative agricultural industry operations.

Applicants must submit: a description of their travel plans and the benefit to be derived; a summary of the applicant’s academic career and graduate research in a travel-related field; and a letter of support from the applicant’s faculty advisor.

Award
Varies
Scopes
Ag Center - Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Graduate, Plant Pathology And Crop Physiology
Deadline
08/14/2026
Supplemental Questions
  1. Are you planning to participate in a professional meeting?
  2. Please provide the following details related to the profession meeting you're planning to attend: Meeting Name, Meeting Dates, Meeting Location, Expected Total Cost of Attendance
  3. Are you participating as an attendee or presenter?
  4. Please attach a letter of support from your faculty advisor.
  5. Authorization
    • 1. By submitting this form, I hereby acknowledge the information I have provided is true and complete to the best of my knowledge, and I have completed this form voluntarily. I give my permission to disclose this information and photo to the scholarship donor/s or their families or representatives and the committee of reviewers tasked with selecting scholarship recipients. Furthermore, I give permission to use part or all of this information for internal LSU reporting and future media releases.
    • 2. Full Name
    • 3. Date