{"id":289077,"date":"2025-11-17T15:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/289077\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T15:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:03:11","slug":"the-canadian-plant-breeding-innovation-awards-are-accepting-nominations-applications-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/289077\/","title":{"rendered":"The Canadian Plant Breeding Innovation Awards are Accepting Nominations, Applications for 2026!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the common\u00a0 goals of recognizing achievement and innovation in plant breeding and shining a spotlight on the contributions made by plant breeders in Canada, the Canadian Plant Breeding Innovation (CPBI) Awards are now soliciting nominations and applicants to be awarded in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The CPBI Awards are an opportunity to recognize plant breeders at various stages in their careers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is broken down into the following components. Application deadline is Feb. 27, 2026. If you have questions that aren\u2019t answered on any of the pages below, email editor Marc Zienkiewicz at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seedworld.com\/canada\/2025\/11\/17\/the-canadian-plant-breeding-innovation-awards-are-accepting-nominations-applications-for-2025\/mailto:mzienkiewicz@seedworldgroup.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mzienkiewicz@seedworldgroup.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seedworld.com\/canada\/2025\/10\/09\/investing-in-innovation-matters-heres-why-you-should-support-the-cpbi-scholarships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CPBI Innovation Scholarships<\/a> \u2014 One winner from the East and two from the West, recognizing up-and-coming young plant breeders. Students at the following schools are eligible to apply: University of British Columbia, University of Alberta, University of Saskatchewan, University of Manitoba, University of Guelph, Laval University and McGill University.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seedworld.com\/canada\/2025\/10\/09\/know-a-variety-that-changed-farming-nominate-it-for-seed-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Seed of the Year<\/a> \u2014 Honouring the accomplishments of seed breeders from across Canada and their chosen variety, with the intention of bolstering knowledge of the importance of breeding programs in Canada. The winner is selected by Seed World Canada\u2019s editorial board.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seedworld.com\/canada\/2025\/10\/09\/dont-miss-your-chance-to-nominate-a-plant-breeding-pioneer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Canadian Plant Breeding and Genetics Award<\/a> \u2014 Sponsored by Seeds Canada and Seed World Canada, it\u2019s presented annually to a public or private sector researcher who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of Canadian plant agriculture through research in plant breeding and genetics. The winner has the honour of the picking the year\u2019s CPBI Scholarship recipients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the common\u00a0 goals of recognizing achievement and innovation in plant breeding and shining a spotlight on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,71900,44,130998,13964],"class_list":{"0":"post-289077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-featured-canada","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-plant-breeding-innovation","13":"tag-seed-world-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}