Chance to Win Cash Prize $125,000 CAD at the Arrell Food Innovation Awards 2021

Arrell Food Institute is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Arrell Food Innovation Awards. The Arrell Food Prizes recognize global excellence in the broad area of food innovation and community impact. In 2021, two awards will be given: 

• One award will recognize a researcher, or group of researchers, who has an advanced understanding of food production, processing, distribution, consumption, safety, and/or human nutrition, with a significant positive impact on society. Likely themes include food science, the environmental impact of agriculture, crop or livestock genetics, agroecology, 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 other 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, Aboriginal food security, non-traditional food systems, socioeconomic policy, empowerment of under-served communities, food and nutrition literacy.

Criteria:

The criteria for awarding the Arrell Food Prizes are as follows:

• The individual or group being nominated will have made exceptionally significant and documented contributions to either the institute 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.
• Nominees must be able to attend the award ceremony and ancillary events.

Terms of the Prize:

The Arrell Food Prizes 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. There may also be other engagements organized, subject to mutual availability. 
• Given the current global pandemic, a determination on the travel and accommodation component of the award will be made sometime during the 2021 calendar year.

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.

About Arrell Food Institute:

Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph is transforming global food systems and elevating Canada as a food innovation and research leader. The institute exists to elevate food to improve life. They bring people together to conduct research, train the next generation of food leaders, and shape social, industrial, and governmental decisions, always ensuring food is the central priority.

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