Congratulations to EEB Professor John Stinchcombe, who has been awarded a 2011 NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement to support his work on the "Ecological genomics of plant adaptation". The Discovery Accelerator Supplement Program provide substantial and timely additional resources to a small group of outstanding researchers who have a well-established research program. The aim is to accelerate progress and maximize the impact of outstanding research programs. Each supplement is valued at $120,000 over three years, and will provide recipients with additional resources to compete with the best in the world.