From fhb at scabusa.org Wed May 20 06:40:09 2026 From: fhb at scabusa.org (USWBSI's general mailing list) Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 08:40:09 -0500 Subject: [fhb] Call for Nominations: 2026 USWBSI Excellence Awards Message-ID: Dear FHB Community, The USWBSI Executive Committee is pleased to announce the second annual Call for Nominations for the USWBSI Excellence Awards, celebrating outstanding contributions toward reducing the impact of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) on wheat and barley. Following a highly successful inaugural year, these awards will again recognize both emerging talent and established leaders whose innovative research, collaboration, and advocacy have advanced the mission of the U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative. Please consider nominating your peers to help us recognize those driving meaningful impact in reducing the threat of Fusarium Head Blight! Award Categories * Outstanding New Investigator Award - Recognizes researchers with up to 7 years as a USWBSI funded PI whose innovative work shows high potential for impact. * Collaborative Achievement Award - Honors multi-institutional or multi-disciplinary teams whose collaboration has led to meaningful progress in addressing FHB. * Innovative Impact Award - Celebrates individuals or teams whose outreach or advocacy has greatly enhanced FHB awareness and response. * Lifetime Achievement Award - Reserved for those with 20+ years of impactful FHB experience. We invite nominations from across the research and stakeholder community, including academia, industry, and governmental/non-governmental organizations. Self-nominations are welcome. Full award descriptions, eligibility criteria, and nomination form access are available on the USWBSI Excellence Awards webpage. Nomination Deadline Complete a nomination submission via the online 2026 USWBSI Excellence Awards Nomination Form no later than August 26, 2026. Awardees will be honored during the 2026 National FHB Forum in Louisville, KY. Lifetime Achievement and Outstanding New Investigator awardees will also have an opportunity to present during the 2026 NFHB Forum program. For questions, please contact the USWBSI NFO at nfo at scabusa.org. ______ U.S. Wheat & Barley Scab Initiative (USWBSI) Networking & Facilitation Office (NFO) 495 Borlaug Hall | 1991 Upper Buford Circle | St. Paul, MN 55108 nfo at scabusa.org | 517.290.5023 | https://scabusa.org Twitter @USWBSI | Linkedin #uswbsi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 31921 bytes Desc: not available URL: