b'HELP RECOGNIZE BREEDING ACHIEVEMENTThanks to a slate of great sponsors, the 2023 Canadian Plant Breeding Innovation (CPBI) Awards celebrated three scholarship recipients.You can come on as a sponsor, too!Marc ZienkiewiczWITH THE COMMON goals of recognizing achievement and innovation in plant breeding and shining a spotlight on theSPONSOR THE CPBI SCHOLARSHIPS!contributions made by plant breeders in Canada, the Canadian Plant Breeding Innovation (CPBI) Scholarships program grewWant to sponsor the CPBI Scholarships program? Sponsorship is only in its fourth year. $1,000 annually and all money goes toward the scholarships. Your The CPBI Awardswhich were formed in 2020 when theorganization is recognized by logo placement in our magazine, on our Seed of the Year and Canadian Plant Breeding and Geneticswebsite, and in the podcast episodes we do with each scholarship Awards came together under one umbrellaare an oppor- recipient. Simply email mzienkiewicz@seedworldgroup.com for info tunity to recognize plant breeders at various stages in theiron how to get involved. careers. It includes the Seed of the Year and Canadian Plant Breeding and Genetics Award (the latter co-sponsored by Germination and Seeds Canada), and we wanted to take this opportunity to highlight a very special portion of the program designed to mentor the next generation of plant breeders.The CPBI Innovation Scholarships (formerly Seed of theListen to our podcast episodes with the 2023 CPBI Scholarship recipients Jrme Year scholarships) recognize up-and-coming young plant breed- Blanger, Loveleen Dhillon and Ritesh Yadav! Visit germination.ca/CPBIers. The scholarships enjoyed the support of 13 great sponsors this year (see below) and three lucky students were selected to receive scholarships.Congratulations to all three and thank-you to our won-derful sponsors, who make it all possible! Stay tuned for our September issue as we put out the call for 2024 scholarships applicants. 36GERMINATION.CAJULY 2023'