Deadline: 5 March 2024
Applications are now open for the Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards 2024 . The Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards recognise global excellence in the broad area of food innovation and community impact.
In 2024, two prizes will be awarded:
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- Research Impact: This award will recognise a researcher, or group of researchers, who has advanced knowledge of the production, processing, distribution, consumption, safety and/or human nutrition of food, with a significant benefit for food systems or society in general.
- Likely topics include: food science, the environmental impact of agriculture, crop or livestock genetics, agroecology, soil health, animal health and production, pest management, supply chain management, food processing, food packaging, food safety, food consumption, human nutrition, food retailing/marketing. The judging committee is looking for contributions of the highest calibre. Nomination packages will be reviewed in the context of the nominee's career stage or the maturity of the group. Individuals with previous careers and recently instigated projects are not expected to have achieved the status of established, long-standing individuals and groups.
- Community impact: This award will recognise an individual, or group of individuals, who have contributed to improving nutritional health and/or food security, with a focus on strengthening disadvantaged communities.
- Likely themes include: food sovereignty, food production, food distribution/access, food insecurity, community development and governance, family nutrition, urban poverty, traditional food systems, socio-economic policy, empowerment of underserved communities, food and nutrition literacy.
Prizes
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- Each of the two prizes will be worth CAD$ 125,000, including a cash prize of US$ 100,000 for the recipients' personal use and up to US$ 25,000 per prize for travel and accommodation for the recipients, administered by the Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph.
- An award citation and a commemorative item will also be presented.
- Recipients are expected to take part in a programme of events. In particular, award winners may be invited to participate in the next Arrell Food Summit and other engagements.
Eligibility
- Citizens of any country are eligible for nomination, with no restrictions on gender, race, religion, creed or residence.
- Nominations can come from private companies, academic institutions, government units, charitable foundations and non-profit organisations. In the case of multiple nominations from the same organisation, only the one with the most recent date will be accepted.
Criteria
The criteria for the Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards are as follows:
- The nominated individual or group will have made exceptionally significant and documented contributions to scientific understanding related to food production, distribution and sales or human nutrition/consumption; and/or at the community level in markedly improving nutrition, including food access or distribution.
- The nomination package should clearly demonstrate how the nominated individual or group has played a critical leadership role in achieving the above-mentioned contributions.
- The nomination package should not be a proposal or a request for funding.
- Winners must be able to attend the awards ceremony and ancillary events.
Appointment
In total, application packs should be no longer than 15 pages and presented as one document in portrait or landscape format. Cover emails will not be considered by the judges.
All documents must be sent by 12 noon US Eastern Time on 5th March 2024 in Adobe format (.pdf) to afiawards@uoguelph.ca and this is also the address for any questions.
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