Frank L. Haynes Graduate Student Research Award Competition
A graduate student award fund honoring the late Dr. Frank L. Haynes, long time professor of Potato Breeding and Genetics at North Carolina State University was initiated by his wife, Dr. Kathy Haynes, USDA-ARS Potato Breeder at Beltsville, MD and family to the PAA Endowment and presented at the organization’s annual meeting held July 27, 2000 in Colorado, Springs, Colorado. The PAA has been making the Graduate student cash awards honoring outstanding student research presentations given during paper presentation sessions at the organization's Annual Meeting. Each participating student is presented a certificate showing the name of the title of presentation when they receive their evaluation from the Chair of the Graduate Student Competition Committee.
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Honorary Life Membership
One of the most significant ways to recognize outstanding contributions to the potato industry and to our organization, The Potato Association of America (PAA), is the awarding of the PAA Honorary Life Membership (HLM). This is the highest award bestowed upon an individual by the PAA. The awarding of Honorary Life Membership awards is considered by many meeting attendees the highlight of the award banquet at the PAA annual meeting.
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Outstanding Extension Project Award
The Outstanding Extension Project Award was established by the PAA Extension Section to recognize exceptional Extension projects or programs that have significantly contributed to potato education. Eligible projects may include printed publications, websites, workshops, newsletters, or other impactful initiatives. The award is presented at the PAA annual meeting during the award banquet.
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Outstanding Paper Award
Each year the Editorial Board of the
American Journal of Potato Research (AJPR) conducts a formal routine of reviewing and voting to select the highest quality research paper in each section published in AJPR from the volume of the previous year. The corresponding author is recognized at the PAA annual meeting during the awards banquet.
Honor bestowed: the paper itself is granted free-access status by the publisher
