WPSA Scholarship awards 2012
The Foundation for Promoting Poultry Science of the Netherlands Branch of the World’s Poultry Science Association has announced that the fifth group of awards will be presented at the XXIV World’s Poultry Congress in Salvador, Brazil in 2012. The awards are normally made in each of three categories - Education, Organization and Research - which coincide with the wording on the WPSA logo. An internationally representative committee chosen by the Board of the World’s Poultry Science Association will decide recipients. While it is anticipated that one award will be made in each category, this may vary depending on the number and quality of submissions.
WPSA Research awards
A WPSA Research Award will be presented at each World's Poultry Congress to an outstanding scientist in recognition of research achievement related to the poultry industry. Only those who have been members of the World's Poultry Science Association for at least two years immediately preceding the Congress at which the award is made will be eligible. The award will consist of a suitably inscribed certificate or plaque and € 11 000 (currently about US$ 14 500).
The award will be made to a scientist who has made an outstanding contribution in his or her field and will be based on up to five publications in refereed journals. The papers need not all relate to the same research project but they must be in the same general area. The scientist must be the senior author in the case of papers with multiple authors.
Nominations for the award may only be made by a WPSA member. Offprints or copies of the papers (up to five) on which it is based should accompany the nomination (other relevant papers may be cited). The nomination document, which should not exceed 1000 words, should include:
- reasons for making the nomination;
- a brief biography of the scientist being nominated;
- plans for the utilization of that part of the award not given directly to the recipient. These plans must be in sufficient detail to enable the awards Committee to assess the nature and value of the research programme. Examples of eligible costs include the purchase of leasing of equipment and stipends for graduate students.
WPSA Education award
A WPSA Education Award will be presented at each World's Poultry Congress to an individual or group who, in the view of the Awards Committee, has/have made a major contribution to poultry management education in a five year period immediately preceding a World's Poultry Congress. Nominees (or leaders of groups in the case of joint nominations) must have been members of the World's Poultry Science Association for at least two years immediately preceding the Congress at which the award is made. The award will consists of a suitably inscribed certificate or plaque and € 11 000 (currently about US$ 14 500).
Education will be interpreted liberally with achievement being represented by books, other publications, films, videos or the development of training programmes for poultry scientists, managers or workers. Nominations for the award may only be made by a WPSA member and should consist of:
- a description of the work, summarized in not more than 1000 words, which should give details of the educational project (including information on the target group or groups);
- an assessment of how much impact has been achieved;
- a clear indication of how the balance of the award would be applied to future educational activities. Examples might include publications, extension of courses, revision of videos etc., or entirely new initiatives.
The nominating document may be supported by additional items in the form of written or other work by the nominee/nominee group, but the nomination itself must be sufficient to stand-alone for evaluation by the Awards committee.
WPSA Industry/Organization award
A WPSA Industry/Organization Award will be presented at each World's Poultry Congress to an individual or organization who/which, in the view of the Awards Committee, has made an outstanding contribution to the development and/or success of the poultry industry in a five-year period immediately preceding a World's Poultry Congress. The development of trade organizations, promotional or information programmes, or the invention of new processes or products relevant to the poultry industry will form the basis of the award. Nominees (or leaders of nominated organizations) must have been members of the World's Poultry Science Association for at least two years immediately preceding the Congress at which the award is made.
The award will consist of a suitably inscribed certificate or plaque and € 11 000 (currently about US$ 14 500).
Nominations for the award may be made by any WPSA member and should consist of a citation in not more than 1000 words which includes:
- a description of the action or activity and how this has been of benefit to the poultry industry;
- an assessment of how much impact has been achieved;
- a clear indication of how the balance of the award would be applied to future activities, for example, new initiatives or the furtherance of the one which is the subject of the nomination.
The nominating document may be supported by additional written or other material, but must itself be sufficient to stand-alone for evaluation by the Awards Committee.
Nominations
Nominations should be submitted to the WPSA Awards Committee at least six months before the start of the Istanbul World's Poultry Congress. The deadline for receipt of submissions will be 31 December 2011.
Please send nominations:
Dr Roel W.A.W. Mulder
Secretary WPSA
PO Box 31
7360 AA Beekbergen
The Netherlands
E-mail: roel.mulder@wpsa.com
To show how awards are utilized, those nominated must, if successful, undertake to present a report of their work at the next World's Poultry Congress following the one at which the award was made.