THE STORKAN-HANES-McCASLIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION Encouraging research by offering financial assistance to graduate and post-graduate students who have demonstrated interest in soil-borne diseases and their control.
Project Title: Pyrrocidine, A Molecular Off Switch For Fumonisin Biosynthesis: How Does It Work?
Project Title: Root lesion nematodes in Montana winter wheat: understanding their genetic diversity and opportunities for a durable nematode management.
Project Title: Root rot and wilting complex for red raspberry in British Columbia: pathogen characterization, exploiting host-resistance and sustainable management options.
Project Title: Revealing the effector repertoire of Ceratocystis fimbriata to accelerate sweet potato breeding efforts
Project Title: Exploring alternative management of soilborne pathogens in stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) in North Carolina, Mexico, and Paraguay
Project Title: Identification of Phytophthora spp. causing root and crown rots in California cherry orchards and their management using new fungicides with unique modes of action
Project Title: Identifying additional resources and tools for the enhanced management of the causal agent of spinach Fusarium wilt, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. spinaciae
Project Title: Application of host-induced gene silencing to enhance soybean resistance to Phytophthora sojae
Project Title: Characterization of Phytophthora nicotianae adaptation to partial resistance in tobacco
Project Title: Characterizing endohyphal bacteria in Rhizoctonia solani field isolates and their potential contributions to virulence and fungicide resistance
The Storkan Foundation, in honor of Richard Storkan – former President of TriCal, Inc., was founded in 1987 to encourage graduate research on soil-borne diseases. The name was later changed to The Storkan-Hanes-McCaslin Research Foundation in honor of the three founding members of TriCal: aforementioned Storkan, Jerry Hanes, and Bob McCaslin. The Foundation was created to further the work of the three founders who were always willing to provide time, money, fumigants, and equipment to further research in soil diseases.
The Foundation grants awards on a yearly basis. As of 2023, the Foundation has awarded a total of $628,500 to 92 students across the United States and Canada. In addition to the cash awards, the Foundation supplies airfare each year for the newly elected Fellows of the Storkan-Hanes-McCaslin Foundation, to attend the annual American Phytopathological Society (APS) meeting.
1988-89 Mark Mazzola, Washington State Greg Gilbert, University of Wisconsin James Liebman, UC Berkeley
1989-90 Craig Sandlin, UC Riverside Bob Larkin, University of Florida Marc Cubeta, North Carolina State University
1990-91 John R. Washington, University of Florida Tsu-al-Lin, UC Davis B.W. Pennypacker, University of Pennsylvania
1991-92 Richard Stange, UC Riverside Sieglinde Snapp, UC Davis Juliet Carroll, Cornell University
1992-93 Shu-Fen Lu, Ohio State University Boazha Guo, University of Kentucky Juliet Carroll, Cornell University
1993-94 Jerrold K. Turney, UC Riverside Mahalaxmi G. Bangera, Washington State University
1994-95 Mahalaxmi G. Bangera, Washington State University Jefferson L. da S. Costa, UC Riverside Aida Raio, Oregon State University
1995-96 Barry Pryor, UC Davis Nathan Corbell, Oregon State University Lindy Brigham, University of Arizona
1996-97 Kurt Heungens, University of Wisconsin Belinda Messenger-Routh, UC Riverside
1997-98 Andreas Westphal, UC Riverside Cecilia Jones, UC Davis
1998-99 Pele Eve Rich, UC Riverside Marek Sliwinski, University of Wisconsin Dennis Bishop, University of Tennessee
1999-2000 Mee-Sook Kim, University of Idaho Lisa Buttonow, University of Wisconsin
2000-01 Lance Davidson, Cornell University Ewen Mullins, Penn State University Suzanne McKenzie Miller, Oregon State University Mee-Sook Kim, University of Idaho
2001-02 Alan T. Dyer, University of Minnesota Kirk Radewald, UC Riverside Payungsak Rauyaree, Penn State University
2002-03 Elizabeth Fichtner, North Carolina State University Jeness Petersen, UC Davis Sayed Islam, University of Illinois
2004-05
Leonardo De La Fuente, Washington State University Slavica Djonovic, Texas A&M University Jennifer E. Schaff, North Carolina State University Johanna Takach, University of Georgia
2005-06
David Doll, UC Davis Damon Smith, North Carolina State University Deborah Pagliaccia, UC Riverside
2006-07 William Rittenour, University of Nebraska Nathan Schroeder, University of Wisconsin
2007-08 Leigh Ann Harrison, Washington State University Periasamy Chitrampalam, University of Arizona Courtney A. Gallup, North Carolina State University
2008-09 Laura Gallegos, UC Davis Teresa Hughes, University of Wisconsin
2009-10 Fanhong Meng, University of Wisconsin
2010-11 Amara Camp, Cornell University
2011-12 Jonathan M. Jacobs, University of Wisconsin Brian Aynardi, Penn State University
2012-13 Allison Ferry, UC Davis Peter DiGennaro, North Carolina State University Kestrel McCorkle, North Carolina State University
2013-14 Y.M. Ananda Yapa Bandara, Kansas State University Kristi Fenstermacher, Penn State University
2014-15 Timothy Frey, Ohio State Peter Henry, UC Davis He (Helen) Jiang, University of Maine
2015-16 Hung Doan, University of California, Davis Morgan A. Gray, University of California, Riverside Ms. Ningxiao Li, Pennsylvania State University
2016-17 Alyssa Koehler, North Carolina State University Sanju Kunwar, University of Florida Kelley Paugh, UC Davis Minglu Gao (Hugo), University of Georgia
2017-18 Megan McCaghey, University of Wisconsin-Madison Kelly Hrywkiw, The University of British Columbia Ram Khadka, The Ohio State University Bradley Lalande, Colorado State University