Award-NIFA Partnership Awards; July 15, 2011
May 10, 2011
Dear Colleagues,
The National Institute of Food and
Agriculture (NIFA) recognizes there are many
outstanding contributions that our partners in the land-grant universities and
other cooperating institutions and organizations have achieved. To
recognize these achievements, the Partnership Awards Program was established in
2007.
NIFA invites all land-grant
universities and cooperating institutions and organizations supported by NIFA
to submit nominations for the 2011 NIFA
Partnership Awards Program. This program recognizes outstanding
contributions, aligned with NIFA strategic goals, in support of the USDA
mission. Awards for this year will recognize excellence in:
Nominations can be submitted
for individuals or teams of up to 35 members.
Each institution may submit up to two nominations (combined total across all
categories), meaning the entire institution including research, education, and
extension functions.
Specific instructions and other
information regarding this awards program are attached (2011 NIFA partnership
criteria.doc). Nominations must be submitted via the NIFA Partnership
Awards Nomination Form, also attached (2011 NIFA partnership
Nom-form.doc). All signed nomination forms must be
submitted by July 15, 2011, via email using scanned files that have been saved
as .pdf or .jpg files to Chevon
Gibson at Chevon.Gibson@ars.usda.gov
according to instructions in the attached guidelines.
Winning nominations will be recognized at the NIFA Day of
Appreciation tentatively scheduled for October. NIFA will pay travel
expenses for one person from each winning nomination, whether it is an
individual or team award.
Nominations should include only individuals or teams who
have performed truly distinguished service. We ask that Deans, Directors,
and Administrators thoroughly review each submission for validity of
accomplishments before signing his or her approval on the nomination form.
We have many excellent examples of success in these
categories across our partnership, and NIFA looks forward to recognizing great
accomplishments in October.
Roger N. Beachy
Director
National Institute of Food and Agriculture