This award recognizes individuals in government, intergovernmental organizations, academia, and industry who have exercised personal leadership for outstanding regulatory, public policy, and/or educational contributions supporting international harmonization of crop protection chemistry. The award is administered by the IUPAC Advisory Committee on Crop Protection Chemistry, a body of the IUPAC Division of Chemistry and the Environment and is presented on a roughly biennial basis. We thank Corteva Agriscience for their continued sponsorship of this Award.
The next award will be presented as part of the IUPAC International Congress of Crop Protection Chemistry in Thessaloniki, Greece, October 11-15, 2027. The Awardee will provide an in-person oral presentation. Awardees receive a $3000 honorarium plus travel and registration support of up to $2500. The awardee is expected to publish a review article on the topic of their lecture in the IUPAC journal Pure and Applied Chemistry (example: https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2024-0215) and to provide a short article about their review paper for the IUPAC magazine, Chemistry International.
Nominations for the 2027 award will be accepted beginning January 1, 2026 with a deadline of October 1, 2026. All nominations must be submitted via the on-line nomination form. Self-nominations are accepted.
LINK to Nomination Form
- A nomination letter including a description (200-1000 words) of the reasons why the nominee should receive this award, stressing the individual’s major accomplishments toward international harmonization of crop protection chemistry.
- A curriculum vitae of the candidate that includes places and names of employment, professional affiliations, committee and working group assignments, and listing of relevant regulatory guidance documents, reports, and/or publications.
- At least one but not more than three letters of support of no more than 500 words.
Download Call for Nominations Flyer
Past Awardees:
2023 – Keith R. Solomon, University of Guelph, Canada
2019 – Mark R. Lynch (posthumously), Department of Agriculture and Food, Ireland
2016 – Daniel L. Kunkel, IR-4 Project, Rutgers, NJ, USA
2014 – Árpád Ambrus, National Food Chain Safety Office, Budapest, Hungary
2012 – Lois A. Rossi, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA
2010 – Denis J. Hamilton, Animal and Plant Service, Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, Australia
Call for Nominations to be published in Chem Int Jan 2026