Ag Research Award
The annual Purdue Agricultural Research Award consists of a plaque, a $1,500 honorarium funded by earnings in the Charles Guthrie Patterson Memorial Endowment and Matthew Morgan Hamilton Funds, and $10,000 for the recipient’s research program. Agricultural Research has presented this award annually since 1982.
Nomination guidelines
Department heads and faculty may nominate deserving candidates with less than 18 years experience beyond the Ph.D.
- Concise Summary (a paragraph or list) describing major achievements and impacts
- Educational background
- Faculty Appointments (rank, date)
- Memberships in professional societies and organizations, editorial boards, grants panels, etc.
- Awards and honors received
- List of publications in the following categories:
- Refereed journal papers (including impact factors, citation indices), book chapters, and books
- Other technical publications, including published proceedings
- Published abstracts
- Invitational papers presented
- Research grants and contracts
- Professional Service & Recognition
- Students and postdoctorates advised and mentored
- Collaboration and broader impacts
- Statement of research contribution – Limit to two pages. Describe the nominee’s significant accomplishments and the impact of the person’s research.
- Explain how the nominee’s work has contributed to agriculture, natural resources, and quality of life of Indiana citizens. The latter should be interpreted broadly, as the research undertaken may not have an immediate or direct impact on agriculture, natural resources, and quality of life.
- Supporting letters–There should be four supporting letters, including two from well-recognized peers in the field from outside Purdue University. These should cover how the person’s research accomplishments impact the field or discipline.
- Nominations for the 2024 Award must be submitted electronically to Rhonda Haan (rhaan@purdue.edu) by Thursday, February 1, 2024.
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Past recipients
2023 Haley Oliver, Food Science
2022 Kolapo Ajuwon, Animal Sciences
2021 Tomas Höök, Forestry and Natural Resources
2020 Songlin Fei, Forestry and Natural Resources
2019 Ian Kaplan, Entomology
2018 Marisol Sepúlveda, Forestry and Natural Resources
2017 Mary Catherine Aime, Botany and Plant Pathology
2016 Jianxin Ma, Agronomy
2015 Nathan Mosier, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
2014 Shihuan Kuang, Animal Sciences
2013 Mario Ferruzzi, Food Science
2012 Indrajeet Chaubey, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
2011 Andrew DeWoody, Forestry and Natural Resources
2010 Lisa Mauer, Food Science
2009 Daniel Szymanski, Agronomy
2008 Rabi Mohtar, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
2007 Gerald Shively, Agricultural Economics
2006 Dirk Maier, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
2005 Natalia Dudareva, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
2004 Michael Spurlock, Animal Sciences
2003 Arun Bhunia, Food Science
2002 K.G. Raghothama, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
2001 Clint Chapple, Biochemistry
2000 Bruce Hamaker, Food Science
1999 Sally A. Mackenzie, Agronomy
1998 Bernard Engel, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
1997 S. Suzanne Nielsen, Food Science
1996 Allan P. Schinckel, Animal Sciences
1995 Thomas W. Hertel, Agricultural Economics
1994 W. Randy Woodson, Horticulture
1993 Jeffrey Volenec, Agronomy
1992 Mark A. Diekman, Animal Sciences
1991 Nicholas C. Carpita, Botany and Plant Pathology
1990 Martin Okos, Agricultural Engineering
1989 Phillip C. Abbott, Agricultural Economics
1988 Peter E. Dunn, Entomology
1985 Michael R. Ladisch, Agricultural Engineering
1984 Wallace Tyner, Agricultural Economics
1983 John H. Cushman, Agronomy
1982 Robert L. Thompson, Agricultural Economics