Awards and Nomination Forms
Know a graduate student or outstanding scientist? Nominate them for the ISPA Outstanding Graduate Student Award or the ISPA Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award. Nomination submissions are due 15 APRIL 2024.
Brief descriptions of the awards in different categories are listed below:
Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award(s)
The Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award honors individuals who have made significant contributions to precision agriculture science and technology and who are presenting an oral or poster paper at the conference. Two awards will be given in this category to a Young and Senior Scientist/Professional. The young scientist/professional must be 42 or younger; the senior scientist/professional over 42. Senior scientists/professionals must have 20 or more years of experience the majority of which must be in the area of precision agriculture. The nominee must be an active member of ISPA. The selected candidates will be honored during the conference award ceremony with a Plaque of Achievement and US$1000 cash award.
Submissions
The entire nomination package must be submitted as one pdf file, in an e-mail attachment. Nomination submissions are due on or before 15 APRIL 2024 to the Chair of the ICPA Awards Committee, awards@ispag.org. Questions related to the awards nomination must also be addressed to awards@ispag.org.
ISPA Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
The purpose of this award is to recognize graduate student achievement, training, preparation and research in the area of precision agriculture.
Up to 10 awards will be made to graduate students presenting their research work (oral or poster paper) at the 16th ICPA conference. The award will consist of waived conference registration fees and US$500 cash award. The selected candidates will be honored during the conference award ceremony.
The award is administered by the Award Committee of the International Society of Precision Agriculture.
Submissions
The entire nomination package must be submitted as one pdf file, in an e-mail attachment. Nomination submissions are due on or before 15 APRIL 2024 to the Chair of the ICPA Awards Committee, awards@ispag.org. Questions related to the awards nomination must also be addressed to awards@ispag.org.
2022 International Society of Precision Agriculture Award Winners
Dr. David Lamb
Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award
Senior Scientist
Dr. Ana Isabel de Castro
Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award
Young Scientist
Outstanding Graduate Student Awards:
- A.K.M. Abdullah Al-Amin
- Rui Dong
- Elisa A. Flint
- Zixuan He
- Paul B. Hegedus
- Livia Katz
- Sasha Loewen
- Jeff Daniel Steeven Nze Memiaghe
- Amrit Pokhrel
- Tiago Rodrigues Tavares
- Matt Tucker
2020 International Society of Precision Agriculture Award Winners
Dr. James Schepers
Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award
Senior Scientist
Dr. Joe Luck
Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award
Young Scientist
2018 International Society of Precision Agriculture Award Winners
Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award - Senior Scientist
- James Lowenberg-DeBoer
Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award - Young Scientist
- Louis Longchamps
Outstanding Graduate Student Award
- Stirling Stewart
- Richard Colley III
- Kushtrim Bresilla
- Hachem Agili
- Tyler Nigon
- Brian Bohman
- Emily Duncan
- Guilherme Sanches
- Hao Gan
- Nikolaos Tsoulias
- Santosh Bhusal
- Xinbing Wang
2016 International Society of Precision Agriculture Award Winners
Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award - Senior Scientist
- George Vellidis
Precision Agriculture Award - Young Scientist
- Brian Arnall
Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
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Martin Bosompem
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Daeun Choi
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Erin Kizer
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Junjun Lu
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Curtis Ransom
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Leonardo Mendes Bastos
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Gregory Mac Bean
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Mateus Tonini Eitelwein
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André Freitas Colaço
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Devin L. Mangus
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Nuwan K. Wijewardane
2014 International Society of Precision Agriculture Award Winners
Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award - Senior Scientist
- Kyle H. Holland
Precision Agriculture Award - Young Scientist
- Terry Griffin
- José M. Peña-Barragán
Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
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Amy Cosby
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Rajveer S. Dhillon
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Amir Haghverdi
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Patrick G. Lawrence
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Ahmad S. Mat Su
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Alireza Pourreza
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Muhammad Moshiur Rahman
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Laura J. Stevens
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Jorge Torres Sanches
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Qiang Cao
2012 International Society of Precision Agriculture Award Winners
Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award - Senior Scientist
- David Mulla
Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award - Young Scientist
- Yuxin Miao
Graduate Student Awards
- Dumont Benjamin
- Klaus Erdle
- Harald Hackl
- Sebastian Kipp
- Han Li
- Tomas Morier
- Farrah Melissa Muharam
- Mohammed Naser
- Yinkun Yao
2010 International Society of Precision Agriculture Award Winners
Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award - Senior Scientist
- William Raun
Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award - Young Scientist
- Bruno Basso
Graduate Student Awards
- Xystus Amakor
- David Harper
- Ming Li
- Joe David Luck
- Daniel K. Mullenix
- Georg Ruß
- Ajay Sharda
- Yeyin Shi
- Luciano S. Shiratsuchi
2008 International Society of Precision Agriculture Award Winners
Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award - Senior Scientist
- Fran Pierce
Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award - Young Scientist
- Viachslav Adamchuk
Graduate Student Awards
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Melisa Bridges
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Darrin Roberts
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Edwin Moshia
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Juan David Munoz
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Lauren Hunter
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Maria Virginia Pravia Nin
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Brent Myers
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David Roberts
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Tim Shaver
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Tanay Joshi
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Melina Moata