NPPC Swine Industry Awards For Innovation

Southern section ASAS
 2000

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Purpose:
To promote and reward original and innovative ideas that are scientifically based and that have relevance to the pork industry.

Nature of the Award:
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) will provide one $500.00 award for the abstract which best describes either:

1. work that can be immediately applied to the pork industry.
2. work that has potential future application to the pork industry.
3. work that involves classroom teaching, extension and service or outreach programs related to the pork industry.

Checks will be provided to the authors' home institutions as grants for their use. A plaque will be presented during the Southern ASAS Annual Meeting.

Eligibility:

1. Abstracts must relate to pigs or pork products. Comparative work among species that includes pigs is eligible. 
2. Abstracts involving experimental models using animals other than swine are eligible if the work is relevant to the pork industry.
3. At least one abstract author must be an ASAS member in good standing.
4. Each institution or organization may submit only two (2) abstracts. Abstracts may come from any department or organization, but should be submitted by the Animal Science Department head (chair) or director at each participating institution or firm to avoid duplicate nomination.
5. Abstracts found unacceptable as described in the ASAS Quality Standards for Abstracts will not be considered.
6. All entries must be postmarked no later than October 14, 1999.
7. Abstracts must be accepted for presentation at the Southern Section ASAS annual meeting.
8. Previous recipients of this award are eligible for this award

Nomination Procedure:
Mail six (6) copies of the abstract and six (6) copies of the NPPC Swine Industry Award for Innovation entry form to:
Dr. L. Lee Southern
Department of Animal Science
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Selection Criteria:

1. Degree that the reported work:
   1. creates an opportunity previously unavailable to advance the swine industry by solving a problem.
   2. addresses a previously unrecognized issue important to the swine industry.
2. Degree to which the scientific or educational process used:
   1. contributes to understanding previously unavailable information in biology or education.
   2. employs an untried approach that effectively addresses a conceptual problem.
3. Soundness of approach.
4. Relevance of work to the pork industry.