ASPB Awards to Be Presented in 2006

In 2006, ASPB will be awarding nine awards to accomplished plant biologists across all areas of the discipline and at all stages of their careers. These awards, which recognize the major scientific contributions of the recipients, will be presented during the Plant Biology 2006 annual meeting August 5–9 in Boston, Massachusetts. Most of the awards are monetary, and winners also will be reimbursed up to $1,000 for travel expenses to Boston.

Brief descriptions of the 2006 awards appear below. If you know of an individual who you think would be a worthy recipient of any of these awards, please consider making a nomination. For instructions on the nomination process and for a complete description of each award, please visit our website at http://www.aspb.org/awards/nominate.cfm. A hardcopy of the “Call for 2006 Nominations for ASPB Awards” was mailed to all ASPB members in early January. But please hurry—nominations close February 21, 2006.

ASPB is very excited to announce a new award this year, the Lawrence Bogorad Award for Excellence in Plant Biology Research. This is a monetary award that honors Dr. Bogorad’s many contributions to plant biology. It will be awarded biennially. (See article in this issue)

ASPB is also delighted to announce the ASPB–Pioneer Hi-Bred International Graduate Student Prize. With support from Pioneer (http://www.pioneer.com), ASPB will be awarding three $5,000 prizes each year from 2006 through 2009 to students whose work demonstrates the application of plant biology to research topics related to commodity crops.

ASPB–Pioneer Hi-Bred International Graduate Student Prize
The ASPB–Pioneer Hi-Bred International Graduate Student Prize is awarded to students whose work demonstrates the application of plant biology to research topics related to commodity crops.

Charles F. Kettering Award
The Charles F. Kettering Award was established by an endowment from the Kettering Foundation in 1962 to recognize excellence in the field of photosynthesis.

Charles Albert Shull Award
Created in 1971 to honor the Society’s founding father and the first editor-in-chief of Plant Physiology, the Charles Albert Shull Award is designed to recognize young researchers.

Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award
The Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award is made annually to a plant biologist who has produced an excellent body of work during the course of his or her career.

Corresponding Membership
The Corresponding Membership award, initially given in 1932, provides life membership and subscription to the Society’s journals to distinguished plant biologists from outside the United States.

Dennis R. Hoagland Award
A triennial monetary award established by the Society in 1985 with funds provided by the Monsanto Agricultural Products Company, the Dennis R. Hoagland Award honors Dr. Hoagland, the first recipient of the Stephen Hales Prize.

Early Career Award
The Early Career Award is a monetary award made annually for exceptionally creative, independent contributions by a member of the Society who is not more than five years post-PhD on January 1 of the year of the presentation.

Lawrence Bogorad Award for Excellence in Plant Biology Research
The ASPB Lawrence Bogorad Award for Excellence in Plant Biology Research is made biennially to a plant scientist whose work “both illuminates the present and suggests paths to enlighten the future.”

Stephen Hales Prize
This award honors the Reverend Stephen Hales for his pioneering work in plant biology published in his 1727 book Vegetable Staticks. Established in 1927 for a scientist, whether or not a member of the Society, who has served the science of plant biology in some noteworthy manner, the award is made annually.

Please support the most notable contributions of your fellow plant biologists by making a nomination. The process is fast and easy. Don’t delay; send in your nominations today! Remember the deadline is February 21, 2006.

For information on ASPB’s nominating procedures, go to http://www.aspb.org/awards/nominate.cfm.