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​Excellence in International Service Award

The Excellence in International Service Award recognizes outstanding contributions to plant pathology by APS members for countries other than their own. 

Eligibility and Nomination Requirements

  • Nominees must be current APS Professional Members who have made outstanding contributions to plant pathology for a country beyond their home country.  ​

  • Nominee's contributions may have been made through collaborative projects, sabbaticals, short- and long-term assignments with educational or governmental agencies, including, but not limited to, international centers and research institutes. 

  • Supporting nomination information may include descriptions of plant pathology programs that have been established, collaborative efforts with scientists in the host country, publications resulting from work done in the host country, and effective coordination of educational programs for universities or government agencies. 

  • Fellows are not eligible to be nominated for this award except when the new nominations are for accomplishments different from that on which the Fellow nomination was based, and the new accomplishment has occurred after recognition as a Fellow.

Nomination Guidelines​

Honor Bestowed

  • The award consists of a crystal inscribed award that is presented to the award recipient during the award ceremony at the APS Annual Meeting.

  • $1,000 USD award honorarium to awardee​ and $1,000 USD to an international program recommended by the awardee. Honorarium funds made possible through the APS Foundation John and Ann Niederhauser fund​.​

Awardees

2025 C. D. ​Cruz​​

2022 P. O. Firpo​​

2021 R. Kemerait​

2020 J. Brown

​2019 C.M. Deom​

2018 J. ​E. Bowman

2017 R. Bandyopadhyay

2016 J. B. Ristaino

2015 R.J. Nelson

2014 V. Verdier

2013 J. C. Comstock

2012 L. E. Datnoff

2011 M. Babadoost

2009 R. Sikora

2008 R. Ploetz

2007 N. Rayapati

2006 H. D. Thurston

2005 J. Steadman

2004 H. Czosnek

2003 K. Cardwell

2002 S.A. Miller

2001 R.S. Zeigler

2000 C.C. Mundt

1998 B.E. Lockhart

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*Please note that all bios linked from this page were published at the time of the received award and may not be current​.​