Washington, DC
November 21, 2008
The world cotton industry does not
have an international research institute. However, the
ICAC helps to organize World
Cotton Research Conferences and regional network meetings to
facilitate communication among researchers. The world research
conferences and regional meetings provide opportunities for
cotton researchers to share their experiences through paper
presentations, poster presentations and direct contacts. While,
these conferences facilitate contacts among institutions and
researchers, there is no international recognition of the work
done by cotton researchers through awards and certificates.
The ICAC has initiated a system to recognize one cotton
researcher every year and award him/her with an honorarium of
US$1,000 and the title “ICAC Researcher of the Year.” The
selected researcher will be invited to make a special
presentation at the next Plenary Meeting during the technical
session on his/her contributions to cotton research and his/her
vision for the future of cotton technology.
An award panel of five anonymous judges headed by a university
professor has been formed. The judges will scrutinize
applications received from researchers in a uniform format.
Researchers from universities and public sector research
organizations will be able to apply for the award directly.
Applications can also be made through their heads of
institutions or a colleague can make a nomination with full
details. Researchers from all disciplines of cotton production
research including ginning, fiber quality and textile research
are eligible for the award.
All candidates should provide information only in the format
indicated If required, judges will contact applicants for
addition information/clarification. Any application sent to an
address other than the address on the ICAC webpage will not be
considered. Nominations will be submitted on-line only, and
information will go directly to the judges. Judges are
independent of the ICAC Secretariat and the Chairman of the
award panel will forward the name of the finalist to the ICAC
Secretariat for announcement. Nominations will be accepted from
January 1 to February 28 and the finalist will be announced on
April 30 each year.
The International Cotton Advisory Committee is an association
of governments of countries with an interest in cotton. The
Secretariat of the Committee publishes information related to
world cotton production, supply, demand and prices, and provides
technical information on cotton production technology. Detailed
statistics are found bimonthly in COTTON: Review of the World
Situation, $180 per year via email, $215 per year in hard copy.
A monthly outlook is available by email for $285 per year.
Access to the latest weekly estimates of world cotton supply and
use by the Secretariat is available on the Internet for $450 per
year. Access Secretariat reports at
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