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IWSS Outstanding International Achievement Award 2024 Call for nominations

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IWSS Outstanding International Achievement Award 2024
Call for Nominations

Every four years, the International Weed Science Society (IWSS) bestows awards to weed scientists who exemplify outstanding performance in science and service, during the International Weed Science Congress. The upcoming Congress will be held in Nanjing, China from 19-24 October 2025.  Up to four awardees may be selected for the period of 2021 to 2024, two each from developed and developing countries.  In this regard, we are soliciting nominations. 

Eligibility
Nominees are eligible for consideration for the IWSS Outstanding International Achievement Award if, over a prolonged period, they have demonstrated exemplary accomplishments in the field of weed science, promoting international activities, encouraging membership and strengthening the Regional Weed Science Societies, and with tangible international impact.

Nomination process:

  1. The nomination needs to be endorsed by a regional or national weed science society.
  2. The nomination packet can be submitted by an active member of any weed science society as long as the first criterion is met.
  3. The nomination package should be emailed to the IWSS Secretary, Dr. Luis Avila (avila@pss.msstate.edu) in a single pdf document. The package must contain a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a list of most relevant publications, and 3 letters of support from IWSS members.

Nomination Package

Nominee: Name, address, phone number and email address.

Nominator: Name, address, phone number and email address.

  1. Cover Letter
    Include contributions to the discipline of weed science and service to IWSS and other societies.
  2. Curriculum Vitae
    Include work experience and also special honors or awards that demonstrate the impact this candidate has had in his/her career to the profession of Weed Science. Reflect the total counts of refereed publications, books, abstracts, presentations, etc. in the CV.  LIST ONLY THE MOST RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS.
  3. Supporting Evaluation Letters
    Obtain three supporting letters. Each letter should be limited to two pages, single-spaced. If warranted by the nature of the nomination, a fourth supporting letter can be submitted.

Nomination Deadline:  June 15th, 2025 

Past Recipients:

  • Lewis I. Okafor (Nigeria, 1990)
  • LeRoy Holm (USA, 1991)
  • Larry Burrill (USA, 1992)
  • Chris Parker (UK, 1992)
  • Chester McWhorter (USA, 1993)
  • Harry Combellack (Australia, 1993)
  • Vishnu Mohan Bhan (India, 1995)
  • Ramiro de la Cruz (Colombia, 1996)
  • Chester L. Foy (USA, 1996)
  • Ram K Malik (India, 1997)
  • Ralph Kirkwood (UK, 1997)
  • Rashid A. Shad (Pakistan, 2000)
  • Barakat Abu-Irmaileh (Jordan, 2004)
  • Johnny Gressel (Israel, 2008)
  • Aurora Baltazar (Philippines, 2012)
  • Jerry Doll (USA, 2012)
  • Stephen O. Duke (USA, 2012)
  • Ricardo Labrada (FAO-Rome, 2012)
  • Bernal Valverde (Costa Rica, 2016)
  • Jens Streibig (Denmark, 2016)
  • Marco Quadranti (Switzerland, 2016)
  • Prasanta Bhowmik (USA, 2016)
  • Albert Fischer (USA, 2020)
  • Baruch Rubin (Israel, 2020)
  • Carol Mallory-Smith (USA, 2020)
  • Steve Powles (Australia, 2020)

If you need more details, please contact me.

Dr. Luis Avila, IWSS Secretary
Mississippi State University
Phone: +1 662-325-2598
E-mail:  luis.avila@pss.msstate.edu  
Website : http://www.iwss.info