ASPB’s Awards honor the most notable achievements and contributions of plant scientists worldwide—a responsibility that the Society carries out in large part through our annual awards program. It is vital to our profession that we all recognize our colleagues’ efforts by taking time to nominate them for awards.
2023 ASPB Awards
In 2023, ASPB will be offering 10 different awards to accomplished plant biologists across all areas of the discipline and at all stages of their career; these awards will be presented during Plant Biology 2023 in Savannah, Georgia.
The 10 Awards being offered this year are:
- The ASPB Innovation Prize for Agricultural Technology
- Charles Albert Shull Award
- Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award
- Early Career Award
- Enid MacRobbie Corresponding Membership Award
- Eric E. Conn Young Investigator Award
- Excellence in Education Award
- Fellow of ASPB Award
- Martin Gibbs Medal
- Stephen Hales Prize
All that is required to make a nomination for ASPB awards is a one- to two-page letter of nomination and the nominee’s CV. Nominators should check the guidelines for eligibility for their award nominee prior to assembling the package. To confirm nominee eligibility regarding ASPB membership status for those awards that require membership, please contact awardnominations@aspb.org. Awards committees may subsequently contact the nominator and ask for additional information if they feel it is necessary.
Please support the most notable contributions of your fellow plant biologists by making awards nominations! Nominations are due by February 24, 2023.
Email Sylvia Lee, executive and governance affairs administrator, with questions.