Closing Date

The call is now being made for APS and APS sponsored award nominations for the 2009 APS Annual Meeting. Nominators are referred to the following guidelines. Updated nominations should be modified to meet revised guidelines.

Nominations for the Award of Distinction, Fellow, Excellence in Extension, Excellence in Teaching, Excellence in Industry, International Service, Ruth Allen, Lee M. Hutchins, William Boright & Maryellen Ball Hewitt, Noel T. Keen, and Syngenta awards should be postmarked on or before November 1, 2008 , according to the following procedures. Click here for specific instructions for each of the awards and a list of previous winners.

Nominations should be made following the General Instructions below. All nominations for the named awards are considered for three years, with the exception of the Lee M. Hutchins Award and the Hewitt Award, which stand for only one year. Multiple letters of support should not be provided for a candidate’s nomination. If a nomination is not successful in the first year, the nominator is encouraged to update the nomination. A gap of three years between the last year of consideration and renomination is recommended. The Awards and Honors Committee may decide not to make a named award in years without suitable nominations. Deceased members are not eligible for any APS award if they died before nomination.

Fellows are now eligible to be nominated for awards of excellence in an area of accomplishment different from that on which the Fellow was based provided that the new accomplishment has occurred after recognition as a Fellow. A period of five years should elapse between recognition as a Fellow and nomination for an award of excellence. The nominator of a Fellow for an award of excellence should specify how the contributions in the current nomination differ from those on which the Fellow nomination was based originally.

Each member of the society may nominate one candidate a year for each of the above awards. Nominations should address the activities most relevant to the award, with a clear statement of the impact the nominee has had in his/her specific area of expertise. The nomination should include the following supporting material:

Submission of Nominations
Nominations should be submitted as ONE portable document file (PDF file) saved as LAST NAME, FIRST INITIAL (example: SmithT_nomination.pdf). Each page should have the name of the nominee included in the page header. The following sections should be included in order:

If you do not currently have the software to create PDF files, you can find information and directions on how to convert your file for free at http://cpdf.adobe.com/index.pl

The nomination packet should be e-mailed to APS Staff Coordinator Linda Schmitt by November 1, 2008. Please include “APS award nomination” in the subject line of the e-mail. The nomination will be acknowledged by reply e-mail within 5 to 7 business days. If acknowledgement is not received, please call Linda Schmitt at +1.651.994.3828.

Those who receive awards will be notified by the APS President by March 15, 2009.

Do not e-mail nominations directly to committee members. Nominations must be received at APS Headquarters for forwarding to committee members.

Christopher L. Schardl, Chair
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

David M. Weller, Vice Chair
Washington State University
Pullman, WA

Robert Seem, Immediate Past Chair
Cornell University
Geneva, NY