ISPA Conference Awards Deadline Extended

Jamie JohansenAg Group, Award, Education

ICPA2013_logoThe International Society of Precision Agriculture presents the 12th International Conference on Precision Agriculture. The event will be held July 20-23, 2014 in Sacramento, CA.

As the original awards deadline was coincident with holidays for some, we have extended it to May 3, 2014. Please consider nominating a deserving colleague for one of the awards described below, and insure that the awards packet is submitted by May 3rd.

Graduate Student Awards
Approximately 10 awards will be made to graduate students presenting their research work (oral or poster paper) at the 12th ICPA conference. The award will consist of waived conference registration fees and US$500 cash award. The selected candidates will be honored during the conference award ceremony.

Click here to download the Graduate Student Awards pdf application form.

Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award
The Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award honors individuals who have made significant contributions to precision science and technology. Two awards will be given in this category to a Young and Senior Scientist/Professional. The young scientist/professional must be 42 or younger; the senior scientist/professional over 42. Senior scientist/professional must have 20 or more years of experience majority of which must be in the area of precision agriculture.

Click here to download the Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Awards pdf application form.

The selected candidates will be honored during the conference award ceremony with a Plaque of Achievement and US$1000 cash award.

The nominee must be presenting a paper (oral or poster) at the conference to be eligible for this award. All nominations must be submitted as e-mail attachments in Acrobat pdf. All documents must use Times New Roman, font size=12, and single-spaced. Nomination materials are limited to 6 pages, excluding reference letters.