IFA Science Awards
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Every year, IFA invites individual scientists to apply for two awards that recognize excellence in plant nutrition science, innovation and extension for sustainable development.
The two award categories are:
- The IFA Norman Borlaug Plant Nutrition Award, which recognizes a large portfolio of research achievements, demonstrating that the individual candidate has made significant contributions to knowledge as well as concrete solutions.
- The IFA Emerging Scholar Award, which recognizes an individual’s portfolio of research that suggests the candidate will make significant contributions in the future.
The judges for each award will consider the nominations in the context of the “New Paradigm for Plant Nutrition” (read here) as developed by the Scientific Panel on Responsible Plant Nutrition.
The application deadline is usually mid-September. Read for further details and for information on past winners.
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IFA Norman Borlaug Plant Nutrition Award Winner: Dr. Jian Feng Ma
2023 IFA Emerging Scholar Award Joint Winner: Dr. Shan Li
2023 IFA Emerging Scholar Award Joint Winner: Dr. Chelsea Janke
Dr. Chelsea Janke, a distinguished researcher renowned for her pioneering work in nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer dynamics, has been acknowledged for her research’s substantial impact on improving nutrient utilization efficiency, boosting agricultural productivity, and promoting environmental sustainability.
IFA Science Awards Past Winners.
All winners of the IFA Norman Borlaug Award are eligible to sit on the panel of recipients.
The panel has been established to recommend ways to make the Award an ever more effective tool for promoting ongoing research to improve efficient and environmentally friendly plant nutrition.
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Dr. Xia Emma Lian
Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia
![Dr. Andrew Sharpley](https://www.fertilizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Dr-Sharpley.png)
Dr. Andrew Sharpley
Distinguished Professor of Soils and Water quality for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
![Heitor Cantarella](https://www.fertilizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2017-Heitor-Cantarella-Large.png)
Heitor Cantarella
Director of the Soil and Environmental Resources Center of the Agronomic Institute of Campinas in Brazil
![Tekalign Mamo](https://www.fertilizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2016-Tekalign-Mamo-Large.png)
Tekalign Mamo
Distinguished soil scientist and former Ethiopian State Minister of Agriculture
![Michael McLaughlin](https://www.fertilizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2015-Michael-McLaughin-Large.png)
Michael McLaughlin
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
![Xuhua Zhong](https://www.fertilizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2014-zhong-Large.png)
Xuhua Zhong
Rice Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
![Greta Gabinete](https://www.fertilizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2012-Greta-Gabinete-Large.png)
Greta Gabinete
Research and Development Center, West Visayas State University, Philippines
![Fusuo Zhang](https://www.fertilizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2007-Fusuo-Zhang-Large.png)
Fusuo Zhang
College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, China
![Kenneth G. Cassman](https://www.fertilizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2004-Kenneth-Cassman-Large.png)
Kenneth G. Cassman
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska, USA
![Graeme Blair](https://www.fertilizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2000-Graeme-Blair-Large.png)
Graeme Blair
School of Rural Science and Natural Resources, University of New England, Australia