World Soybean Conference Prize Nomination

Dear Fellow Soybean Scientist:

The World Soybean Research Conference will introduce the World Soybean Conference Prize at the WSRC VIII being held in Beijing, China from August 10th-15th, 2009. The purpose of this prize is to recognize and honour outstanding soybean scientists from around the world. For this year's conference we will award 5 Prizes based on nominations from the soybean research community. This will be structured so that the award winners come from each of the four regions defined by the WSRC continuing committee plus an additional recipient from the host country, in this case China.

Any deserving living soybean scientist who is either retired or still active and has made outstanding contributions to soybeans can be nominated. Nominations should go to the continuing committee member in each region who is coordinating the process. The four regions are:

Region I - Canada and the United States of America

Nominations sent to:
Tommy Carter - Research Geneticist, USDA-ARS
3127 Ligon St. Raleigh, NC 27607
USA
Ph: 919-513-1480 Fax: 919-856-4598
Email: thomas.carter@ars.usda.gov

Region II - Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean Islands

Nominations sent:
Dr. Francisco Carlos Krzyzanowski
Pesquisador em Tecnologia de Sementes
Embrapa Soja
P.O.Box: 231
86001-970 - Londrina, Parana
Brasil
E-mail: fck@cnpso.embrapa.br
Ph.: 043 - 3371.6262
Fax: 043 - 3371.6100

Region III - Continental Asia including Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Laos, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, China, North Korea and South Korea

Nominations sent to:
Dr. Prem S. Bhatnagar:
Director (Retd.), National Research Centre for Soybean (ICAR). DARE (GOI):
Cosultant Indian Soybean Sector:
61, Goyal Nagar, Indore 452016:
(M.P.) India:
Ph: 91 731 2592939:
Mobile: 9617 990110:
Email: premsb@sancharnet.in; premsb@rediffmail.com

Region IV - Africa and adjacent island countries, Indonesia, Europe, Middle East, Oceania, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and CIS member countries.

Nominations sent to:
Jacob Tichagwa
Rattray Arnold Research Station
P.O. Box CH 142
Chisipite, Harare
Zimbabwe
Email: jacobti@rars.seedco.co.zw

For Hosting Country of China

Nominations sent to:
Dr. Tianfu Han or Dr. Lijuan Qiu
Institute of Crop Science
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
12 Zhong Guan Cun South Street
Beijing 100081
P.R. CHINA
Ph: 86 10 82108784; 86 10 82105843
Email: hantf@mail.caas.net.cn; qiu_lijuan@263.net

In support of your nomination please document the following information and supply 3-5 high quality electronic pictures to supplement your nomination. Nominations should not exceed 5 pages excluding the career citation list.

Name
3~5 Pictures
Birth Date
Education
Professional Experience (Career)
Major Accomplishments
Professional Affiliations
Honors and Awards
Publications and Patents (Career)
A. Peer-Reviewed Journals
B. Book Chapters
C. Patent

Please add any further information you think is important. This information in summary format will be displayed at the conference using an electronic poster style. Please be aware that material will not be returned.

Deadline for receipt of the information is July 8, 2009.

The continuing committee members in each region will consider all nominations and make the recommendation for one scientist to receive this prize from each region. The current membership of the continuing committee can be found at http://www.hostwsrc.org/.

We understand the time-lines are very short, but we are very confident with your input that 5 outstanding scientists will be recognized in Beijing.

With thanks,

Gary Ablett
Chair, Continuing Committee of the
World Soybean Research Conference