ISU Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research

Award Requirements

Application Deadline:
Due 3rd Tuesday in November to CALS

Nominations for university awards must be submitted to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences by the third Tuesday in November. (Note that the college deadline is earlier than the provost's deadline to allow for a review.) Use the online submissions portal under Nominating Instructions and Form. Use the ISU cover sheet found on the award description web page (see link below). Contact Julie Stewart (jstewart@iastate.edu) with questions. 

ISU Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research

Past Recipients

  • 2024 - Amy Andreotti - Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
  • 2024 - Jianming Yu - Agronomy
  • 2021 - Thomas Lubberstedt - Agronomy
  • 2020 - Basil Nikolau - Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
  • 2020 - Kan Wang - Agronomy
  • 2017 - Christopher Tuggle - Animal Science
  • 2016 - Bryony Bonning - Entomology
  • 2014 - Lawrence Johnson - Food Science and Human Nutrition
  • 2010 - Alan Myers - Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
  • 2010 - Hongwei Xin - Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
  • 2008 - Robert Jernigan - Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
  • 2006 - Lynn Clark - Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
  • 2006 - M. Ali Tabatabai - Agronomy
  • 2005 - GianCarlo Moschini - Economics
  • 2003 - Max Rothschild - Animal Science
  • 2002 - Ronald Simons - Sociology
  • 1999 - Jonathan Wendel - Botany
  • 1999 - Susan Lamont - Animal Science
  • 1998 - Richard Robson - Animal Science
  • 1997 - Herbert Fromm - Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
  • 1995 - Walter Fehr - Agronomy
  • 1994 - James Roth