Request for Nominations: The AAC Research Award of Excellence

Now is the time to get your nominations in for the Research Award of Excellence! 

The Board of Directors can annually recognize individuals for their outstanding research contribution to aquaculture in Canada. Awardees will be invited to the Annual Meeting where they will be presented with a medal and/or plaque and asked to give a special presentation. The Research Award of Excellence recipients will be recorded in the Conference Proceedings. 

A brief letter outlining why the individual deserves the honour, should be sent to the Chair of the Awards Committee, Joy Wade at Joy2004Wade@yahoo.ca.

Eligibility 

Any individual engaged in aquaculture-related research in Canada will be eligible to receive the Research Award of Excellence. 

Criteria 

The Research Award of Excellence will recognize high quality, innovative current research that has had a significant impact on the aquaculture industry in Canada. 

The criteria for evaluating the current research program of nominees are intended to be inclusive. That is, people involved in research from academia, government laboratories, industry, etc. should all be equally considered as potential nominees.

Click here to see some previous research award winners and for additional details

The deadline date for nominations for the AAC Research Award of Excellence is March 25, 2011