Call for Award Nominations

Deadline: May 16, 2025

Nominations for 2025 APRES Awards are now being accepted. Eligibility rules and nominating guidelines are different for each award and can be found on in the Awards pages on our website. Nominations with supporting documentation should be e-mailed to the Chair of the Award listed below. Winners will be announced during the Business Meeting of the 2025 Annual Meeting being held July 15-17 at the Omni Richmond Hotel in Richmond, VA.

Coyt T. Wilson Distinguished Service Award

Chair: Tim Grey | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The award recognizes an individual who best emulates Dr. Coyt T. Wilson who contributed freely of his time and service to APRES during its formative years. Active members with five years of membership and service to APRES in the area(s) of committee appointments, officer duties, editorial boards, or special assignments are eligible.

Award: $1,000 cash and recognition plaque

APRES Fellow of the Society Award

Chair: Eric Prostko | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Fellows are active members of the Society who have been nominated to receive the honor of fellowship by other active members, recommended by the Fellows Committee, and elected by the APRES Board of Directors. The nominee should have made outstanding contributions in an area of specialization whether in research, extension or administration and whether in public, commercial or private service activities.

Award: Plaque, Certificate, Recognition of Accomplishments entered into the Proceedings

Corteva™ Agrisciences Award for Excellence in Research

Chair: Cristiane Pilon | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The award recognizes an individual or team for excellence in research‐career performance or for an outstanding current research achievement of significant benefit to the peanut industry.

Award: $1000 cash, Plaque to the Individual or Team Leader, Certificates for Team Members

Corteva™ Agrisciences Award for Excellence in Education

Chair: Cristiane Pilon | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The award recognizes an individual or team for excellence in educational program‐career performance or for an outstanding current research achievement of significant benefit to the peanut industry.

Award: $1000 cash, Plaque to the Individual or Team Leader, Certificates for Team Members

Additional APRES Awards

Bailey Award

Chair: Peter Dotray | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Bailey Award was established in honor of Wallace K. Bailey, an eminent peanut scientist and recognizes the best paper presented at the previous year’s Annual Meeting. All session papers presented by APRES members at the Annual Meeting are eligible. Nominations are selected based on the oral paper presentation at the previous year's Annual Meeting. Nominees are invited to submit a manuscript for Committee review and critique. The recipient is chosen from the nominees submitting a manuscript.

Award: Bookends awarded to speaker; Additional Authors recognized in the Proceedings and APRES website

Page charges are waived for recipients who choose Peanut Science to publish their manuscript.

Joe Sugg Graduate Student Competition (Oral Presentation)

(Sponsored by North Carolina Peanut Growers Association and National Peanut Board)

Chair: Bob Kemerait | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Graduate students are invited to participate in the oral presentation competition. Two divisions—PhD and Masters. Awards for both divisions. Interested students should submit an online abstract during the Call for Papers which closes March 31st.

Award: 1st Place=$500 2nd Place=$300 3rd Place=$200

Graduate Student Poster Competition

(Sponsored by National Peanut Board)

Chair: Bob Kemerait | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Graduate students are invited to participate in a poster competition. Interested students should submit an online abstract during the Call for Papers which closes March 31st.

Award: 1st Place=$350 + APRES Book 2nd Place=$100 + APRES Book

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