Awards
National Association of Plant Breeders
Final deadline was 2011 awards was March 15, 2011 @ 5:00 pm (Pacific time)
- 2011 Awards Announcement
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- The Life Time Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has given distinguished long-term service to the plant breeding field in such areas as research, education, outreach and leadership.
- 2011 winner: Dr. Jules Janick, James Troop Distinguished Professor of Horticulture (Fruit and vegetable breeding), Purdue University
- 2010 winner: Dr. James Brewbaker, Professor of Horticulture and Genetics (sweetcorn), University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Not awarded in 2009
- Early Career Scientist Award
- The Award recognizes a plant breeding professional for excellence of early-career performance.
- 2011 winner: Dr. Sterling Brooks Blanche, Assistant Professor (maize and rice) at Louisiana State Agricultural Center
- 2010 winner: Dr. Yanqi Wu, Assistant Professor (forage and turfgrass) at Oklahoma State University
- 2009 winner: Dr. Stacy Bonos, Assistant Professor (turfgrass) at Rutgers
- Graduate Student Award
- The Award recognizes an outstanding contribution by a graduate student and was awarded on an ad hoc basis in 2011
- 2011 winner (ad hoc): Shelby Repinski, Graduate Student at UC DAVIS
Nomination instructions (click on links above for full applications):
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These awards will highlight the achievements of individuals and are open to everyone in the plant breeding community. The nominee does not have to be a member of the NAPB.
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A description of each award and the procedures for nominating a candidate are included with this announcement and on our website http://www.plantbreeding.org/napb/Awards/Awards.html Annual NAPB Meeting information can also be found at the meeting site http://www.plantbreeding.org/napb/Meetings/Meetings.html
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Nominations are currently closed, the final deadline was March 15, 2011 (5:00 pm Pacific time). For inquiries or questions please contact the Awards Chair Karen Moldenhauer at (870)673-2661 or kmolden@uark.edu
- Send your nomination (pdf format) by email to both officers:
- Dr. Karen Moldenhauer, Rice Research & Extension Ctr., 2900 Hwy 130 E., Stuttgart, AR 72160 (870)673-2661 kmolden@uark.edu
- Dr. Sterling Blanche, LSU AgCenter, 8105 Tom Bowman Drive, Alexandria, LA 71302 (318)229-5635 sblanche@agcenter.lsu.edu
- Send your nomination (pdf format) by email to both officers:
The National Association of Plant Breeders Awards have been developed by the Awards and Nominations subcommittee
Other Plant Breeding Awards (not affiliated with NAPB)
- Nobel Prize
- Norman Borlaug
- Barbara McClintock
- World Food Prize
- Wolf Award
- ASHS Vegetable Breeding Award
- Frank N. Meyer Medal
- National Council of Commercial Plant Breeders (NCCPB) Breeding Awards
- Graduate student awards
Grants and Funding (not an extensive list)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- The American Society of Agronomy posts a list of new grants every month in the Science Policy Report
Early / Mid / Late Career opportunities
- Assistantships / Fellowships
