PhD students in Plant Pathology that graduated at a South African University can now apply for the John and Petakin Mildenhall PhD Award. The SASPP council facilitates the process and applications that meet the set criteria will be handed for judgement to a selected panel that include academic and industry members. The recipient will be announced at the biennial conference and the decision will be final. The panel may decide not to make a named award in years without suitable nominations.