Prolog International Prize for Women and the Opportunity to Attend the International Wheat Conference in China

The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) invites early-career women scientists to participate in an annual competition that aims to support women working in wheat during the early stages of their careers. Recipients of the Jeanie Borlaug Laube WIT Early Career award will be supported to participate in the International Wheat Congress in 2022 in China.

• The award is made only for women.
• There is no age limit, but the award is intended for early-career scientists ranging from advanced undergraduates to recent Ph.D. graduates and post-doctoral fellows.​
• Priority is given to women at the pre-professoriate level.​

Selection Criteria:

Nominees will be judged on:

• Strength of scientific abstract submitted to the BGRI annual technical workshop.
• Commitment to and passion for agricultural development.
• Leadership potential.
• Quality of written statement of intent.

About Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI):

The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) is an international community of thousands of hunger fighters from hundreds of institutions working together to: reduce the world’s vulnerability to threats to wheat, particularly from disease and climate change; enhance world productivity to withstand global threats to wheat security, and facilitate sustainable international partnerships to contain these threats. The BGRI was initiated by Norman E. Borlaug in 2005. Founding institutions were ICAR, ICARDA, CIMMYT, UN-FAO, and Cornell University.

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