Nominations for the  2013 George Washington Carver Award are now open.

Click here to download the nomination form. 

Nominees must be living individuals who have demonstrated significant and innovative accomplishments employing industrial biotechnology to advance a biobased economy and industrial sustainability.

Please e-mail completed forms to worldcongress@bio.org. The nomination process will close on February 28, 2013.

The award will be presented during the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, June 16-19, 2013 in Montreal, Canada.

The George Washington Carver Award honors the original vision of George Washington Carver who, over a century ago, achieved world renown by using agriculture and science to produce everyday products, changing the nature of farm economics and sustainability.

Past recipients include: