A total of 24 proposals was submitted for consideration for funding under the JANE Award Fund for 2003–2004. The Award Selection Committee and the APS Foundation had a difficult task in evaluating all the proposals received by the established deadline. The APS Foundation is pleased to announce that the following proposals were selected for funding at a level of $5,000 each. “Diversity of Phytophthora infestans in Potato Seed Production Areas in Mexico,” Gerardo Alvarado and Edith Garay Serrano, Michoacan, Mexico, and “Development of Late Blight Management Strategies for Resistant Potato Cultivars in Ecuador” (second year), A. Taipe, X. Cuesta and G. Forbes, Quito, Ecuador.

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* Phytopathology News, May 2003, Volume 37, Number 5, reprinted with permission