AWARDS
** 2012 Science and Technology Award Winner **
DR JAN MAARTEN de BRUIJN
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* In 2001 S.P.R.I. combined its previous two awards given biennially into one award, The Science and Technology Award. This award will be presented at the 2012 S.P.R.I. Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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The Dr. Margaret A. Clarke Memorial Award for Best Paper WINNER |
Dr. Margaret A. Clarke Memorial Award for Best Paper |
The Dr. Margaret A. Clarke Memorial Award
for Best Paper
This award will be offered at the 2012 S.P.R.I. Conference for the best paper on the program. The purpose of this award is to foster excellence in scientific presentations.
Previous winners of the S.P.R.I. Science Award This award was given to an outstanding scientist whose
research and development accomplishments have been distinguished by their
originality and by their contribution to the sucrose processing and production
industry.
Previous winners of the S.P.R.I. Industrial Technology Award This award was given to
one outstanding individual whose contribution to the industry in the
development of technology, or implementation of technology, has been
distinguished by its originality and the resulting benefit to the industry.
Previous winner of the Dr. Margaret A.
Clarke Award for Best Paper 2010 – Dr. Henrique V. Amorim, Fermentec Ltda, Piracicaba SP, Brasil. This award is
given to the best paper presented at the
FUNDING
Sponsoring member
companies contribute dues to S.P.R.I.'s treasury on
an annual basis. The fiscal year begins July 1st. Dues are based on annual
production and set by the Board of Directors. S.P.R.I., Inc., funds are used
for salary, equipment and operating expenses of S.P.R.I., with budget approval
by the Board of Directors.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, under its Memorandum of Understanding with
S.P.R.I., Inc., supplies laboratory and office space, some equipment, and
appropriate personnel to work in cooperation with S.P.R.I., Inc., personnel on
sugar processing research. U.S.D.A. also supplies the library and technical
service facilities of the Southern Regional Research Center, a major 
laboratory with staff of 250; in this way, S.P.R.I., Inc.,
has access to the personnel, instrumental and information resources of a large
research laboratory, but can still maintain industrial confidentiality as an
incorporated entity.
