9th PLANTICA-APSR Awards, 2026

Nominations are Open:

Nomination for PLANTICA-APSR Awards – 2026 are Open from 18 May, 2026 and will be closed on 20 June, 2026. Submit nomination as per eligibility given below.

Notice:

Guideline:

The Association of Plant Science Researchers (APSR) invites nominations for Young Scientist Awards, Best Thesis Award (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) and Excellence Research Fellow Awards in the field of Agriculture, Applied and Life Sciences for the year 2026. PLANTICA awards were instituted in 2018 to motivate high quality fundamental and applied research amongst researchers in India in the field of Agriculture, Applied and Life Sciences. This is an annual award open to all Indian Researchers in the field of Agriculture, Applied and Life Sciences under following subject categories:

1. Botany 2. Zoology 3. Chemistry 4. Environmental Science 5. Plant Protection (Pathology/ Nematology / Entomology) 6. Soil Science 7. Food Science 8. Social Sciences (Agricultural Economics/ Extension Education) 9. Horticulture (Fruit Science/ Vegetable Science/Floriculture/ Plantation Spices/ Post Harvest) 10. Plant Breeding and Genetics 11. Seed Science and Technology 12. Medicinal & Aromatic Plants 13. Forestry (Forest Production & Utilization/ Silviculture & Agro-forestry/ Tree Physiology & Breeding/ Tree 15. Improvement/ Wood Science) 14. Plant Biotechnology 15. Microbiology 16. Molecular Biology 17. Agri Business Management 18. Agronomy 19. Agro-Meteorology 20. Plant Biochemistry and Plant Physiology and 21. Agri Engineering

(Top 03 Awards in each Subject Category)

1. Young Scientist Award

No. of Award: Top 03 in each subject category

Award Include: Each award will consist of a “Certificate of Award, One Medal and Life Member Certificate of the Association

Life Membership of Association of Plant Science Researchers (APSR) to the Young Scientist Awardees. The entire Young Scientist awardees can write the “MAPSR” (Life Member of Association of Plant Science Researchers) with their degrees for example Mr. A. B. Pant, M.Sc., MAPSR

Eligibility: Scholars/ Researchers/Faculty/ Scientist

Age Limit: up to 35 Years

2. Excellence Research Fellow Award

No. of Award: 03 in each subject category

Award Include: Each award will consist of a “Certificate of Award, One Medal and Fellow Member Certificate of the Association.

Fellow Membership of Association of Plant Science Researchers (FAPSR) to the Excellence Research Fellow Award. The entire awardees can write the “FAPSR” (Fellow Member of Association of Plant Science Researchers) with their degrees for example Dr. S. C. Pant, M.Sc., Ph.D., FAPSR

Eligibility: All Researchers/ Faculty/ Scientist who have Ph.D. with minimum 03 years of post Ph.D. experience.

Age Limit: up to 55 Years

3. Best Thesis Award- M.Sc. and Ph.D.

No. of Award: 03 in each subject category

Award Include: Each award will consist of a “Certificate of Award, One Medal and Life Member Certificate of the Association.

Life Membership of Association of Plant Science Researchers (MAPSR) to the Best Thesis Award -M.Sc. or Ph.D. Award. The entire awardees can write the “MAPSR” (Life Member of Association of Plant Science Researchers) with their degrees for example Dr. S. C. Pant, M.Sc., Ph.D., MAPSR

Eligibility: M. Sc. Students/ Ph.D. Scholars/ Researchers/ Faculty/ Scientist, who have submitted M.Sc. / Ph.D. Thesis Year of Thesis Submission should be: 2023, 2024, 2025-2026 (Not before 2023).

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