The highest honor for research at Mississippi State University, the Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award is reserved for outstanding, nationally recognized and competitive researchers. The recipient of the Ralph E. Powe Award is a mentor who is an influence on students towards scholarly work, graduate study, and professional activities; a scholar who has made a significant contribution in research to the economic welfare or cultural growth of the University, the State, or the Nation, and a leader in local, sectional, and national professional societies.
Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award
2024 Ralph E. Powe Award Winner
Peter Allen
Past Winners
| 2023 | Dr. Nicholas Fitzkee - Department of Chemistry |
| 2022 | Robert Moorhead |
| 2021 | Todd Mlsna - Department of Chemistry - CAS |
| 2020 | David May - Department of Sociology - CAS |
| 2019 | Steve Demarais - Forest and Wildlife Research Center - CFR |
| 2018 | Wes Schilling - Department of Food Science Nutrition Health Promotion - CALS |
| 2017 | Henry Wan - Department of Basic Sciences - CVM |
| 2016 | Wes Burger - Department of Forestry - CFR |
| 2015 | Brent Funderburk - Department of Art - CAAD |
| 2014 | Nicholas Herrmann - Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Culture - CAS |
| 2013 | Daniel G. Peterson - Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing & Biotechnology |
| 2012 | Kambham “Raja” Reddy - Department of Plant and Soil Sciences - CALS |
| 2011 | James C. Newman Jr. - Department of Aerospace Engineering - COE |
| 2010 | Stanislaw Grzybowski - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - COE |
| 2009 | Shane Burgess - Department of Basic Sciences - CVM |
| 2008 | Mark Horstemeyer - Department of Mechanical Engineering - COE |
| 2007 | Louis D’Abramo - Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture - CFR |
| 2006 | Jung P. Shim - Department of Management and Information Systems - COB |
| 2005 | H. Michael Barnes - Department of Forestry - CFR |
| 2005 | Janice Chambers - Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences - CVM |
| 2004 | Domenico Parisi - Department of Sociology - CAS |
| 2003 | Thomas E. Nebeker - Department of Forestry - CFR |
| 2002 | Douglas L. Marshall - Department of Food Science and Technology - CALS |
| 2001 | Roger L. King - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - COE |
| 2000 | David R. Shaw - Department of Plant and Soil Sciences - CALS |
| 1999 | Robert W. Rogers - Department of Food Science and Health Promotion - CALS |
| 1998 | Charles U. Pittman Jr. - Department of Chemistry - CAS |
| 1997 | Lewis R. Brown - Department of Biological Sciences - CAS |