Awards

The distinction of Fellow is the highest award bestowed by the Poultry Science Association and is granted for professional distinction and contributions to the field of poultry science and service to the Poultry Science Association.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member
• Cannot have previously been named a Fellow of PSA
• A body of Fellows shall be chosen from the Professional, active prior to death, or the Emeritus membership of the Association. The title Fellow shall be granted for professional distinction and contributions to the field of poultry science and service to the Poultry Science Association.
  
  
• Suggested Guidelines Adopted by the PSA Board of Directors (July 2012) 
  The designation of "Fellow" is given in acknowledgement of significant service to the Poultry Science Association (PSA) during the course of a distinguished career devoted to poultry research, teaching, extension, administration or the poultry industry:
  • Made poultry science and membership in PSA a career choice
  • Demonstrated significant career contributions to activities sponsored by PSA
    • Journal review and/or editorship
    • Annual meeting implementation
    • Association governance through Board/Committee service or as an employee
  • Demonstrated dedication to the advancement of the poultry enterprise
    • Recognized academic excellence in teaching, research, or extension
    • Industry leader and/or liaison to academic colleagues

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Official Nomination Letter
• Biography / Professional Summary (800 words or less)
  • Including activities, accomplishments, and recognitions; documentation of specific service to the Poultry Science Association; contributions to poultry science.
• Three (3) Letters of Support

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Purpose of this Award

To increase the interest in research pertaining to all things related to eggs. This could include areas related to egg production, safety, product quality, or egg science technology. Committee may choose no awardee if none are deemed worthy.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member
• Published Manuscript in any scientific journal will be accepted. Cannot be a research note or a review article
• Must not have won the award in the last 5 years
• Must be affiliated with a North American (Canada, United States, or Mexico) based research institution or organization.

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Official Nomination Letter (Indicating significance/impact of research)
• Copy of the manuscript the nomination is based on

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Purpose of this Award

To recognize distinctive work demonstrating sound research in poultry nutrition in the last 10 years. The committee may choose no awardee if none are deemed worthy.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member
• Has not received the award previously
• Nominee’s significant publications must have been done at public, nonprofit institutions, hospitals, or similar organizations. Recipient must be affiliated with one of the institutions where significant research was conducted at the time of nomination
• Research must be in the field of poultry nutrition and have been published within the last ten (10) years
• Review articles will not be considered
• Must be a resident of North America (Canada, United States, or Mexico).

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Official Nomination Letter
• Biography
• Pertinent Bibliography
• One (1) Seconding Letter
• Maximum of ten (10) most significant publications (must be original work, not review articles)

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Purpose of this Award

To stimulate interest in documenting and recording historical information regarding the poultry industry development, to preserve artifacts and other items of historical interest to the poultry industry, and to encourage the publication of recorded historical information in papers, books, etc.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Does Not Need to be a PSA Member
• Cannot have already received the award
• Has several sustained contributions to the preservation of historical poultry information and artifacts. Cannot be a single paper.

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Official Nomination Letter
• Brief Biography
• Summary Statement about the contributions the individual has made in preserving or recording historical information. This should also include any copies, photos, or documentation of preserved artifacts placed in museums.
• One (1) Seconding Letter

**This Award is presented in even-numbered years.

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Purpose of this Award

This award is given to stimulate and reward research in the field of poultry (chicken, turkeys and eggs) pre- and post-harvest food safety. Nominee’s research should exhibit a sustained impact on decreasing pathogenic organisms in pre- and post-harvest situations.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member
• Cannot have previously received the award
• The award is preferably given to one individual; however, it may be given to coworkers if deemed advisable by the selection committee.
• Eligibility is limited to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of live poultry food safety poultry and/or egg products technology. These contributions must be documented through publications in peer-reviewed recognized journals; in state, provincial, or federal publications; in patents; or in other forms deemed appropriate by the selection committee.
• Significant research work published or other documented accomplishments during the 10 preceding calendar years will be considered in selecting the recipient of the award.
• Unpublished theses and dissertations are not eligible.

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Official Nomination Letter (Emphasizing original research contributions)
• Brief Biography
• Complete Bibliography
• Maximum of five letters of support in which two (2) are from industry representatives.
• Maximum of ten (10) significant publications

**This Award is presented in odd-numbered years.

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Purpose of this Award

To recognize distinctive contributions to poultry science advancement, covering a period of not more than seven years preceding the annual award.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member
• Nominee’s contributions and achievements to the field of poultry science research must be within the last 7 years
• Two individuals may be nominated together as long as their work has been closely coordinated.
• Nominees must reside in Canada, Mexico, or the United States
• Cannot have previously received this award (That includes the past titles of this award: Merck Award, CPC International Award, and the Borden Award)
• Nominee’s contributions to poultry research must have been published in recognized journals or state, provincial, or federal publications
• Nomination cannot be made for a single paper but is to be made for exceptional accomplishments during the last 7 years

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Official Nomination Letter
• Concise Biography
• Pertinent Bibliography
• One (1) Seconding Letter
• Maximum of ten (10) significant publications

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Purpose of this Award

To stimulate and reward research with ducks and improve the knowledge base of science as applied to commercial duck production.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member
• Nominee must have conducted research in or directly related to commercial duck production in the last ten (10) years
• Cannot have previously received this award
• Coworkers may receive the award together if deemed acceptable by the selection committee

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Official Nomination Letter (emphasizing original research contributions)
• Brief Biography
• Complete bibliography
• One (1) letter of support from an industry representative
• Maximum of two (2) letters of support from industry or academia (optional)
• Maximum of five (5) significant articles to support the nomination

**This Award is presented in odd-numbered years.

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Purpose of this Award

To recognize distinctive research work that has a strong economic impact on the broiler industry, primarily on the economic influence the work has had or will have on the industry.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member
• Research must have been published in the last five (5) years and have had a strong economic impact on the broiler industry
• Past recipients are not eligible for this award
• Only research done at public, nonprofit, institutions or similar organizations will be considered
• Individuals or teams can be nominated for this award
• International nominations are welcomed

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Official Nomination Letter outlining the research conducted emphasizing contributions to the broiler industry.
• Brief biography
• Pertinent bibliography reporting on the research the nomination is based on
• Two (2) seconding letters from industry representatives
• Maximum of three (3) seconding letters from industry or academia (these additional letters are optional)
• Maximum of ten (10) significant publications the nomination is based on

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Purpose of this Award

To recognize the outstanding record of turkey research published in the last six years.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member
• Research must have been published in the last six (6) years
• Research must have been with turkeys in either: economics, food technology, genetics, merchandising, pathology, physiology, and/or nutrition

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Official Nomination Letter
• Biography
• Pertinent bibliography
• Copies of appropriate/supporting data

**This Award is presented in even-numbered years.

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Purpose of this Award

To recognize that excellence in teaching is basic to the future welfare of the poultry industry and to aid continued professional improvement through travel, study, and other means.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member
• Actively teaching at a university
• Past recipients cannot win this award again

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Official Nomination Letter
• Teaching Resume/CV
• Statement of Teaching Philosophy (written by nominee) that encompasses:
  • Teaching effectiveness and how to evaluate it
  • Description of how nominee evaluates student learning
• Minimum of three (3), maximum of six (6) letters of support from colleagues, students, or administrators with a unique perspective on nominee’s teaching effectiveness. Letters should include:
  • Emphasis on quality not quantity of teaching
  • Special techniques and methods used by the nominee as well as any unique teaching assets reflecting his/her performance

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Purpose of this Award

To recognize PSA members for conducting an outstanding program of work in the area of poultry extension and outreach during the five-year period prior to the award year.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member
• Past recipients are eligible to receive this award unlimited times
• Nominee must be employed by a nonprofit organization and their role must have devoted at least 30% annual of official work time to extension activities during the 5-year period which the award recognizes
• Nominee must have been a poultry extension worker on the last working day of the last calendar year for which the award is being made. Workers who were on official leave the previous year are eligible.

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Nomination Letter Outlining:
  • Usefulness and timeliness of materials in serving the needs of the poultry industry
  • Evidence of adoption of improved practices and their durability as well as originality and stimulation of interest
  • Preparation, development, and publication delivery of extension/outreach materials in effective ways
  • Evidence of development or implementation of training programs for industry as well as other extension workers
  • Implementation of new information and industry problem solving programs
• Maximum five (5) page Resume C/V outlining relevant information from the last 5 years.
• Maximum six (6) page Summary of Work (for the last 5 years) including:
  • Program Impact (outcome) statements
  • Relevant publications mentioned/listed
  • Meetings and programs where nominee served as a speaker/presenter/instructor with dates and titles of papers presented
  • Mass media programs/presentations the nominee developed or participated in
• Two (2) letters of support addressing the committee, one must be from an industry representative

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Purpose of this Award

To recognize original research on poultry welfare in any discipline that has been published in the last five years. Research on poultry welfare will be defined as research that 1) evaluates indicators of welfare, such as those related to fear, pain, or stress; 2) evaluates management practices that can be applied to the laboratory use or commercial production of poultry to improve welfare; and/or 3) evaluates or develops procedures intended to alleviate or minimize poultry welfare problems.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member
• Original research on poultry welfare in any discipline that must have been done in the past five (5) years

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Official Nomination Letter
• Biography
• Pertinent bibliography from the past five (5) years with copies of articles/publications/relevant materials
• Maximum of three (3) supporting letters

**This Award is presented in even-numbered years.

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Purpose of this Award

To recognize the achievements of a PSA member in the early stages of his/her career in extension.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member
  • Cannot have won this award previously
  • Nominees could have won a PSA Early Achievement Award in the other three categories (Industry, Research, & Teaching) and be eligible to receive this award
  • Nominees must be within their first six (6) years of the appointed position in which the nomination is made

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Official Nomination Letter including:
  • Relevance of extension programs and materials
  • Stakeholder adoption of improved practices
  • Effective written and oral communication
• Resume/CV
• Professional Summary of the nominee’s extension efforts including:
  • Publications
  • Meetings & Conferences
  • Communications
  • Fundamental Teaching Philosophy
• Two (2) letters of support from stakeholders emphasizing quality, not quantity, of extension efforts
• Maximum of 1 optional, additional letter of support (from a colleague, stakeholder, student, or administrator)

**This Award is presented in odd-numbered years.

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Purpose of this Award

To recognize the achievements of a PSA member in the early stages of his/her career in the poultry industry.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member
• Cannot have won this award previously
• Nominees could have won a PSA Early Achievement Award in the other three categories (Extension, Research, & Teaching) and be eligible to receive this award
• Nominees must be within their first six (6) years of the appointed position in which the nomination is made

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Official Nomination Letter stating the nominee’s accomplishments and major contributions to the poultry industry. Maximum of three (3) pages
• Resume/CV
• Two (2) letters of support from individuals outside of the nominee’s employer emphasizing quality, not quantity, of contributions to the poultry industry
• Maximum of 1 optional, additional letter of support (from a colleague, client, or administrator)

**This Award is presented in odd-numbered years.

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Purpose of this Award

To recognize the achievements of a PSA member in the early stages of his/her career in poultry science research.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member
• Cannot have won this award previously
• Nominees could have won a PSA Early Achievement Award in the other three categories (Industry, Extension, & Teaching) and be eligible to receive this award
• Nominees must be within their first six (6) years of the appointed position in which the nomination is made

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Official Nomination Letter including (Maximum three (3) pages):
  • Nominee’s distinctive contributions to poultry in any field of research
  • Outline area of research
  • Emphasize accomplishments, major discoveries, collaborations, and source of funding
• Resume/CV
• Two (2) letters of support from individuals outside of the nominee’s employer
  • Letters of support should emphasize quality of research and not quantity. Letters should also inform of novel research reflecting the performance of the nominee.
• Maximum of 1 optional, additional letter of support (from a colleague, student, or administrator)

**This Award is presented in even-numbered years.

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Purpose of this Award

To recognize the achievements of a PSA member in the early stages of his/her career in poultry education and/or academia.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member
• Cannot have won this award previously
• Nominees could have won a PSA Early Achievement Award in the other three categories (Industry, Research, & Extension) and be eligible to receive this award.
• Nominees must be within their first six (6) years of the appointed position in which the nomination is made.

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Official Nomination Letter including:
  • How teaching is evaluated at the nominee’s institution and how nominee’s performance compares with others at the institution
• Teaching Resume/CV
• Maximum three (3) page statement of teaching philosophy, written by nominee, including:
  • View of teaching effectiveness
  • How to evaluate instruction best
  • How nominee evaluates student learning
• Maximum of two (2) letters of support from students.
  • Letters of support should include unique perspectives of teaching effectiveness; emphasize quality and not quantity; and should inform of the nominee’s innovative methods or other teaching assets.
• Maximum of one (1) optional, additional letter of support from a colleague, administrator, or student.

**This Award is presented in even-numbered years.

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Purpose

The Pathfinder Award specifically recognizes an individual for significant, influential contributions to the promotion and evolution of poultry science as a discipline and a profession. Award recipients are individuals holding long-term Poultry Science Association membership who have impacted poultry science through exemplary work encompassing multiple areas such as research, teaching, outreach, and service to the profession. Awardees should also have demonstrated dedication to the Poultry Science Association. This award should not be confused with recognition as a Poultry Science Association Fellow.

Eligibility to Receive this Award (eligibility must be confirmed prior to submission)

• Nominees must be living.

• Nominees must be a PSA Member (active or emeritus)

• Must have been a member in good standing for 10 consecutive years or more

• Emeritus members cannot have held that status for more than 10 years

• Nominees must be a regular participant in the PSA Annual meeting 

• Active members must have participated in at least 70% of PSA annual meetings demonstrated by attendance and authorship of an abstract or invited lecture, over a minimum of the ten years preceding the nomination.

• Emeritus members must have participated in 70% of PSA annual meetings, demonstrated by attendance and authorship of an abstract or invited lecture, in the ten years prior to achieving emeritus status.

• The following individuals are excluded:

• Previous award recipients

• Current members of the PSA Board of Directors or the PSA Foundation Committee at the time of nomination. (Former members of the Board of Directors and the PSA Foundation Committee are eligible to receive the award one year after the individual has left their respective position).

• Selection committee encouraged to avoid making the award to the same disciplinary field in consecutive years

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit (follow instructions to avoid disqualification)

• All materials should use 12 point typeface minimum, with 1-inch margins on all sides

• Nominee Basic Contact Information (name, email, phone)

• Resume/CV

• Three letters, two of which must be from current or Emeritus PSA members 

• Official Nomination Letter 

• Nominators:

• include their basic contact information (name, email, phone)

• may nominate one individual only per year for this award. (are excluded from supporting another nomination as well)

• Two (2) supporting letters 

• Authors of supporting letters: 

• may support one individual only per year for this award.

• Accomplishment Summary: 

• Documenting the nominee’s major contributions in multiple areas: i. e. research, teaching, outreach, service to the poultry science profession, service to the Poultry Science Association 

Purpose of this Award

To recognize an individual who, through the use of innovative methods, has significantly improved the recruiting program at a representative department, college, or university.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member
• Past recipients may win this award again after 5 years has passed since last receiving the award
• Only individuals may be nominated for this award, not teams or entire departments

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Official Nomination Letter outlining:
  • Recruitment efforts
  • Recruiting activities
• Brief Biography
• Documentation about the department’s undergraduate enrollment trends for the past 5 to 10 years.

**This Award is presented in odd-numbered years.

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Purpose of this Award & Background

The James H. Denton Distinguished Service Award specifically recognizes and focuses on a pattern of significant, continuous, dedicated contributions by an individual to the success, well-being and advancement of the Poultry Science Association and/or PSA Foundation. Recipients of the James H. Denton Distinguished Service Award are long-time Association members who have clearly and substantially given of themselves in the work of the Association and/or Foundation, having significantly furthered the purpose for which it was founded. This award should not be confused with recognition as a Poultry Science Association Fellow.

The James H. Denton Distinguished Service Award be funded through an endowment of the Foundation created specifically for this purpose.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member and have been a member in good standing for a consecutive 8 years or more.
• Cannot have previously received the award.
• Nominees must be living.
• Cannot be serving on the PSA Board of Directors or on the PSA Foundation Committee at the time of nomination. Former members of the Board of Directors and the PSA Foundation Committee are eligible to receive the award one year after the individual has left the respective position.

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Official Nomination Letter
• Resume/CV
• Two (2) Letters of Support
• Summary Statement (300-500 words):
  • Documenting the nominee’s major contributions to the Association and/or Foundation
    
    
• Nominators must be PSA members in order to submit an individual for consideration of this award. Nominators are not allowed to nominate more than one individual per year for this award.

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Purpose of this Award

To acknowledge the contributions by support personnel and to recognize outstanding support of research, extension, or teaching programs in poultry science.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Does Not Need to be a PSA Member
• Nominee must be in a support staff role in poultry research, extension, or teaching (this could include farm worker, laboratory technician, extension assistant, etc.)

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Nomination Letter (Maximum of three (3) pages)
• Resume/CV (Maximum of one (1) page)
• Nominee’s Job Description
• Three (3) letters of support
• Two (2) optional supporting documents of the nominator’s choosing (such as coauthored papers, evidence of quality of work, etc.)

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Purpose of this Award

To recognize distinctive, outstanding contributions by an industry leader based upon a broad, even nonscientific, contribution to the poultry industry.

Eligibility to Receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member.
• Nominee must be living at the time of nomination.
• Nominees must be employed in the poultry industry. Nominations for individuals employed in academia or government will not be considered.
• Nonscientific individuals who are employed in and have contributed to the poultry industry may be nominated.
• Previous recipients are not eligible.
• Nominee must reside in North America (Canada, United States, or Mexico).

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Resume/CV
• Summary Statement (Maximum three (3) pages) outlining:
  • Accomplishments & major contributions to the poultry industry

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Purpose of this Award

To recognize graduate students for the presentation and publication as senior author of an outstanding research manuscript in Poultry Science or The Journal of Applied Poultry Research. 

Eligibility to receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member
• Must have received a Certificate of Excellence from the Student Competition at the PSA Annual Meeting within the last two years
• Manuscript must have been published in or submitted to Poultry Science® or The Journal of Applied Poultry Research. Manuscript must be deemed acceptable for publication by the Editor-in-Chief prior to the committee’s final decision

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Copy of Published Manuscript
• Copy of Certificate of Excellence

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Purpose of this Award

To recognize graduate students whose training and research in applied poultry sciences may lead to improvements in efficiency and profitability of the egg industry; particularly research that has the potential to have a positive financial impact on the egg industry.

Eligibility to receive this Award

• Must be a PSA Member
• Students conducting research at an institution in the United States, Canada, or Mexico
• Graduate Students (full or part time)
• Nominees must be majoring in an area of poultry science in a formally approved program of study within an animal or poultry science department. There must be either one (1) year of master’s degree course credits or two (2) years doctoral degree course credits related to general animal sciences, with emphasis specifically in poultry science in a field such as veterinary science or medicine, animal welfare and well-being, food science, food engineering, agricultural engineering, agricultural economics, or business/agribusiness within program of study.

Nomination Criteria Required to Submit

• Basic Contact Information (Name, Email, Company)
• Official Nomination Letter (Maximum two (2) pages) including:
  • Background/biography of the nominee
  • Description of the research conducted / in progress with an emphasis on the contribution to profitability and/or efficiency of the poultry/egg industry
• Resume/CV
• Two (2) seconding letters with at least one (1) from an industry representative. Letters should support the two-page narrative in regard to the potential impact of the nominee’s research on improvements in efficiency and profitability of the egg industry

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