GCHERA World Agriculture Prize for Academics with 100,000 USD Award

The Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for the Agricultural and Life Sciences (GCHERA) is now accepting applications for the GCHERA World Agriculture Prize. The Prize aims to encourage the development of the mission of higher education institutions in education, research, innovation, and outreach in the agricultural and life sciences by recognizing the distinguished contribution of individuals to this mission. The 2021 GCHERA World Agriculture Prize Award Ceremony will be held on 28 October 2021 in Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.

About the GCHERA Prize:-

• GCHERA has the mission to encourage mutual understanding and global co-operation among higher education associations and their constituent member institutions in supporting innovation and to provide within the global context, leadership in education, research, and outreach in the agricultural and life sciences.
• Two Prizes will be awarded in 2021 each to an individual academic/faculty member from a higher education institution in recognition of the academic/faculty member’s lifetime achievements working in the disciplines relating to the agricultural and life sciences – including but not limited to agriculture, forestry, natural resources, food, bio-based products, bioenergy, rural development, and the environment.
• Each nominee will demonstrate exceptional and significant achievement in his or her engagement in the mission of higher education institutions in education, research, innovation, and outreach relating to the agricultural and life sciences. 
• The impact of these achievements will most likely be demonstrated in the work of the nominee in the development of the institution(s) in which the nominee has served, and in the local and wider geographical region of those institution(s), but not necessarily globally.

Two 100,000 USD prizes will be awarded with at least one recipient coming from a country not classified as having a developed economy. See the list of those countries with a developed economy from here.

• At least one of the two prizes will be awarded to a person coming from a developing country.
• A nominee from a country classified as having a developing economy should have been employed by a university or a research institute in one or more developing countries for at least two thirds of their professional careers.
• The second GCHERA prize can be awarded to an individual whose career has been in either a developed or developing economy, or both, based solely on merit.
• A nominee must be an academic/faculty member of a higher education institution. All submissions must include the date of the nomination and are eligible only for consideration in that year.
• Individuals who do not receive an award in a given year are eligible to be nominated again. However, a new nomination package must be submitted. Nomination files are not retained by the GCHERA World Agriculture Prize Secretariat for reconsideration in a following year.
• A World Agriculture Prize Laureate is not eligible to be nominated for a second time.

About GCHERA:-

The Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences (GCHERA) is a global network of national and regional Higher Education Associations.  GCHERA’s mission is to encourage mutual understanding and global co-operation among higher education associations and their constituent member universities, provide leadership in education, research, innovation and outreach in agricultural and life sciences and be a catalyst for the sharing and adoption of best practices across its membership.

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