The Ruth Allen Award honors individuals who have made an outstanding innovative research contribution that has changed, or has the potential to change, the direction of research in any field of plant pathology.
Eligibility and Nomination Requirements
- Nominees are not required to be APS members.
- APS 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 presented to the recipient during the award ceremony at the APS Annual Meeting.
- $1,000 award honorarium
Awardees
2025: M. L. Heck
2024: T. Friesen
2023 A. Whitfield
2022 K. Mysore
2021 W. Ma
2020 N. Wang
2019 A. Wang
2018 K. V. Subbarao
2017 H. Jin
2016 P. Balint-Kurti
2015 N.J. Grunwald
2014 I. Carbone
2013 Y-H Lee and S. Kang
2012 J. L. Dang
2011 V. V. Dolja
2010 R. Loria
2009 D. Nuss
2008 P. Nagy
2007 H. Scholthof
2006 R. Hussey, E. Davis, and T. Baum
2005 T. J. Morris and A. Jackson
2004 H. Judelson
2003 L. Madden
2002 D.C. Baulcombe
2001 R. E. Davis
2000 W. G. Dougherty and J. Carrington
1966-1999
*Please note that all bios linked from this page were published at the time of the received award and may not be current.
