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The International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) has selected the winners of the annual Scholar Award Program. A total of 36 graduate students, representing 14 countries, were chosen in 2016. Each winner receives the equivalent of US$2,000.

Congratulations to Ms. Carolyn Wilson, a M.Sc. student studying the effect of Diverse Compost Products on Soil Quality and Potato Productivity.

The award is available to graduate students in science programs relevant to plant nutri­tion science and the management of crop nutrients including: agronomy, horticulture, ecology, soil fertility, soil chemistry, crop physiology, environmental science and others.

"It is an honourÌýto beÌýrecognized as an IPNI Scholar," said Carolyn.Ìý "As the only Canadian student selected for thisÌýInternational Award, I am proud to bring thisÌýhonour home to the Maritimes. We may be small, butÌýour students, researchers and industries areÌýactively engaged inÌýrelevant, cutting-edge soil fertility research.ÌýA special thanks toÌýmy fellow grad students, my colleagues at AAFC,Ìýmy two excellent supervisors, the project funding agencies andÌýIPNIÌýfor helping make this award possible"

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