GRDC Seed of Light

The GRDC Seed of Light Award was initiated in 1999 is presented each year to someone who makes a significant contribution to communicating the outcomes of research.

Previous recipients have included:

Year	Northern Region	Organisation	Southern Region	Organisation	Western Region	Organisation
1999	Peter Hayman	NSW DPI	Di Carpenter	NSW DPI	Frances Hoyle	DAFWA
2000	Wayne Strong	QDPI	Nigel Wilhelm	SARDI	Robert Loughman	DAFWA
2001	Graham White	QDPI	Chris Preston	University of Adelaide	Ros Jettner (not presented an award)
2002	Kevin Moore	NSW DPI	Neil Fettell	NSW DPI	Vanessa Stewart	DAFWA
2003	John Doughton	Central Queensland Farming Systems	John Passioura	CSIRO Plant Industry	Ros Jettner	DAFWA
2004	David Murray/Melina Miles	QDPI	Ian McClelland	Birchip Cropping Group	Peter Nelson	Grainpool
2005	Col Mullen	NSW DPI	Nick Poole	Foundation for Arable Research	Cameron Weeks	Mingenew Irwin Group
2006	John Slatter	Pulse Australia	Peter Hayman	SARDI	Bill Crabtree	WANTFA
2007	Mike Bell	QDPI	Jon Lamb	Jon Lamb Communications	Peter Mangano	DAFWA
2008	Neil Dalgleish	CSIRO	John Kirkegaard	CSIRO Plant Industry	Peter Newman	DAFWA
2009	Steven Simpfendorfer	NSW DPI	TJ Higgins	CSIRO Plant Industry	Bill Bowden	DAFWA
2010	Richard Daniel	Northern Grower Alliance	Wayne Hawthorne	Pulse Australia	Stephen Powles	WAHRI
2011	John Cameron	Independent Consultants Australia Network	Col Wellings	Australian Cereal Rust Control Program	Geoff Fosbery	Consultag

For further information contact Kylie Paulsen, GRDC Communication Manager on 02 6166 4500.