Agriscience Awards Nominations Open

The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, a federal government agency, is now accepting nominations for the 2012 Agriscience Awards. The awards are presented by the Foundation in partnership with the American Farm Bureau Federation.

The mission of the partnership is to present the Third Annual Agriscience Awards to recognize, through four monetary awards, one scientist, one current high school educator and two current high school students who are judged to exemplify excellence in the field of agriscience and to highlight the importance of agriculture in the 21st century.

One $10,000 Distinguished Agriscience Scientist Award will be presented to a scientist who is making or has recently made significant and positive contributions in the field of agriscience.

One $5,000 Agriscience Educator Award will be presented to a current high school educator with at least five years of teaching experience and who emphasizes concepts, principles and applications in their curriculum to promote the study of agriscience to students.

Two $1,000 Agriscience Student Awards will be presented to current high school students who are making or have recently made significant and positive contributions related to the study of agriscience.

All nominations are accepted online only at www.agriscienceawards.com. Competition rules and regulations may also be accessed at this site. The deadline for nominations is March 13.

Any questions may be directed to Judi Shellenberger, executive director of the Foundation at judithscolumbus@cs.com or 315.258.0090.

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