Current Winner:

Ms Susan Sprague

CSIRO Plant Industry

Canberra

 

2003 Winner:

Ms Jillian Smith-White

Royal Botanic Gardens

Sydney

Online Nomination is available from the APPS Member Area

Rules

1. The prize will be awarded for the best piece of original research, undertaken at a University in Australia, New Zealand or Papua New Guinea, by a postgraduate student in the field of plant pathology. The prize will normally be awarded on the basis of publication in refereed journal(s).

2. Only candidates who are financial members of the Society at the time of nomination will be eligible for award.

3. Candidates must be under the age of 30 at the closing date for nominations. The same piece of work cannot be considered twice for award.

4. The prize shall be known as the Australasian Plant Pathology Society's Allen Kerr Postgraduate Prize in recognition of the outstanding contribution made by Allen Kerr to the science of plant pathology.

5. The prize shall consist of a medal inscribed with the name of the recipient, a certificate, and $500 cash.

6. Presentation of the prize shall take place at the APPS Biennial conference.

7. While attendance at the conference is desirable, it is not obligatory for award of the prize.

8. Candidates will normally be nominated by their supervisor, but nonsupervisors may nominate candidates. Candidates may not nominate themselves.

9. Nominations must be submitted on an official nomination form. Four copies of this form, together with four copies of published material must be submitted to the current Executive Secretary of the Society.

10. Nominations will be assessed by a panel of 3 or 4 judges appointed biennially by the APPS Management Committee. Additional expert opinions may be solicited by the panel to help them reach a decision. The management committee retains the right to appoint an ex officio member to the judging panel. This member will be in addition to the appointed judges.

11. The decision of the management committee is final and appeals will not be considered unless it can be demonstrated to the APPS Management Committee that correct procedures were not followed. The management committee has the right to refuse to grant a prize if in their opinion the work of the entrants is not of sufficiently high standard to justify the granting of a prize.

12. Nominations will close 16 weeks prior to the beginning of the biennial conference.