Organization: Arrell Food Institute

Apply By: 05 Mar 2024

Grant Amount: 100000 USD

About the Organization

Arrell Food Institute activities are shaped by needs within the food system and the resources the University of Guelph can provide to meeting those needs.

A sustainable, reliable, and just food system.

About the Grant  

The Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards recognize global excellence in the broad area of food innovation and community impact. In 2024, two awards will be given:

Research Impact: This award will recognize a researcher, or group of researchers, who has advanced understanding of food production, processing, distribution, consumption, safety and/or human nutrition, with a significant benefit to food systems or wider society.

• Likely themes include: food science, the environmental impact of agriculture, crop or livestock genetics, agro-ecology, soil health, food animal health and production, pest management, supply chain management, food processing, food packaging, food safety, food consumption, human nutrition, food retail/marketing. The adjudication committee seeks contributions at the highest level. Nomination packages will be reviewed in the context of the nominee’s career stage or maturity of the group. Earlier career individuals and recently instigated projects are not expected to have reached the status of long standing, established individuals and groups.

Community Impact: This award will recognize an individual, or group of individuals, who has contributed to improved 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, household nutrition, urban poverty, traditional food systems, socioeconomic policy, empowerment of under-served communities, food and nutrition literacy.
  

  Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards

• Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards want to hear from you!

  Recognizing global excellence:

  These prestigious awards celebrate outstanding achievements in two key areas:

  • Research Impact: Are you a researcher or research team whose work has significantly advanced our understanding of food production, processing, distribution, consumption, safety, or human nutrition? Have your findings led to tangible benefits for food systems or society as a whole? Then the Research Impact Award is for you!

  What makes these awards special?

  • Global reach: Compete with food innovators from around the world and gain international recognition for your work.
  • Financial support: Each award comes with a generous cash prize to further your research or initiative.
  • Amplified impact: The Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards platform will showcase your achievements, connecting you with potential collaborators, funders, and partners.
  • Celebrate positive change: Be part of a movement committed to building a more sustainable, equitable, and nutritious food future for all.

  Who can apply?

  • The Research Impact Award is open to researchers and research teams from any country, working in academia, government, the private sector, or non-profit organizations.
  • Your research must demonstrate significant innovation, rigor, and impact, addressing critical challenges within the food system.

Terms of the prize

The Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards come with the following terms:

• Each of the two prizes will be worth $125,000 CAD comprising a $100,000 cash award for the personal use of recipients and up to $25,000 per award for travel and accommodation of 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 participate in a program of events. In particular, award recipients may be asked to attend 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 residency.
• Nominations may come from private companies, academic institutions, governmental units, charitable foundations, and not-for-profit organizations. In the case of multiple nominations from a single organization, only the one with the latest date will be accepted.

Criteria

The criteria for awarding the Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards are as follows:

• The individual or group being nominated will have made exceptionally significant and documented contributions to either the scientific understanding related to food production, distribution and sales, or human nutrition/consumption; and/or at the community level in markedly improving nutrition, including access to, or distribution of food.
• The nomination package must clearly demonstrate how the individual or group being nominated played a critical leadership role in achieving the above noted contributions.
• The nomination package should not be a proposal or a request for funding.
• Nominees must be able to attend the award ceremony and ancillary events.

How to Apply

All documents must be submitted by 12:00 p.m. ET on March 5, 2024 in Adobe (.pdf) Download the Pdf. 

For a paper form or any other enquiries, please email us at info@cfdra.in

 

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