Nominations Open for ASTA and SSF Annual Awards

  • On January 30, 2026

Nominations are open for ASTA’s Heritage Award and the Seed Science Foundation’s (SSF) Excellence in Science Award 

The Heritage Award was created to preserve and build seed industry history by honoring and recognizing individuals who have significantly impacted the seed industry and ASTA. 

The Excellence in Science Award recognizes outstanding achievement by a public or private researcher whose accomplishments have had an impact in the areas of Breeding Systems, Seed Quality, Seed Production and Technology, Seed Health and Pathology, Digital Agriculture, or Seed Applied Technology.  

Nominations are due to ASTA COO Ann Jorss at ajorss@betterseed.org by February 27.