MSA Graduate Fellowship, NAMA Memorial Fellowship, and Backus Award support PhD candidates in mycology, funding graduate studies and research to further their work and development as mycologists.
The 2026 NAMA Award application link now displays a deleted-file error instead of a notice that the form is no longer accepting responses.
The MSA Fellow Award from the Mycological Society of America honors mid-career mycologists for outstanding research, teaching, or service that advances the science of fungi.
Undergraduate Research Award supports undergraduates conducting mentored research on fungal biology and organisms studied by mycologists, while connecting them with the wider mycological community.
MSA Honorary Member Award recognizes distinguished senior scientists for sustained contributions to fungal biology, honoring scientific achievement through nonmonetary recognition rather than research funding.
Community Mycologist Award honors nontraditional mycologists for sustained contributions to mycology or sharing scientific or aesthetic knowledge of fungi, recognizing achievement rather than funding new work.
Supports non-student mycologists presenting research at the MSA Annual Meeting by providing travel funding to foster professional development and research dissemination.