The Applied Risk Analysis (ARA) section of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) is soliciting nominations for the annual ARA Award for Outstanding Contribution to Applied Risk Analysis. The award will be presented at the ARA business meeting during the 2012 AAEA annual meeting.

Nominations should be submitted electronically to ARA section chair, Rod M. Rejesus by April 1, 2013 at rod_rejesus@ncsu.edu. An ad hoc committee of three ARA members (who are not nominees) appointed by the section chair will select the award recipient.

Rules for the award are as follows:

1. A journal article or a professional report may be nominated. Books will not be considered.
2. Entries must have been published during the 2012 calendar year.
3. At least one author must be a member of the ARA section of the AAEA at the time the entry is nominated.
4. The general theme of the paper must address one of the following areas: production risk, market risk, financial risk, consumer risk, risk theory, risk analysis methods, risk transfer, or a closely related topic.
5. Nominations will consist of a letter and an electronic copy of the manuscript (article or report). The letter should briefly describe the manuscript and explain why it merits recognition by the ARA.
6. Self-nominations are allowed and encouraged.