General Requirements for

OUTSTANDING YOUNG ANIMAL/DAIRY SCIENTIST AWARDS

Deadline: October 25, 2006

The Midwestern Section of the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) and Midwest Branch of the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) offer Awards for Young Animal Science Leaders to be presented at the ASAS/ADSA Midwest Annual Meeting each year.

All nominators are cautioned again that dossiers of nomination for any of these awards that do not conform to the requirements as stated above will not be considered by the selection committees of the Midwest ASAS/ADSA.

The general requirements for eligibility and specific requirements for nomination for each of the four awards are as follows.

General Requirements

The general requirements for eligibility and specific requirements for nomination for each of the four awards are as follows:

1. A nominee for a Midwest award must be a member of the ASAS or ADSA and of the respective Midwest section or branch.
2. A nominee must not be more than 10 years past a graduate degree or post-doctoral training at the DEADLINE FOR NOMINATION.
3. A nominee must not have received a national ASAS, ADSA, PSA or AMSA award in the same area.
4. A nominee must be living at the time of nomination.
5. Only one (1) nominee per institution for each award each year. Each award will consist of a check in the amount of $500, an appropriate plaque, and recognition at the Midwest Annual Meeting.
6. Materials of nomination may be used for two years and the nominator has the option of updating the materials for the second year.
7. Each nomination dossier must be submitted on the web site by the deadline.
8. The items listed in the "Materials to be submitted by the nominator" section for each award constitute the only items permitted in the nomination dossier. Dossiers containing additional items or not following length limitations will not be considered.

Requirements for
Midwest ASAS/ADSA Outstanding Young Researcher Award

A nominee must have made an outstanding contribution in research in animal/dairy science. The research must have pertained to the following classes of animals: (a) beef cattle, (b) dairy cattle, (c) horses, (d) sheep, (e) swine, or (f) poultry. The research must have been related to some phase of breeding, feeding, management, nutrition, growth and development, physiology, milk production, muscle biology or meats of the animals listed above, and must have direct importance to their production.

Materials to be submitted on the web by the nominator:

1. Biography of the nominee, which must not exceed 2670 characters and spaces.
2. A list of the nominee's publications concerning the research upon which the nomination is based.
3. A summary statement describing the importance to the livestock industry of the work upon which the nomination is based. This statement must not exceed 8000 characters and spaces.
4. Letters of reference from no more than three persons familiar with the nominee's research but who are at the time of the nomination affiliated with an institution, firm, or organization other than that of the nominee.