Sponsor
World Food Prize
Description
The World Food Prize is awarded for a specific, exceptionally significant, individual achievement that advances human development with a demonstrable increase in the quantity, quality, availability of or access to food through creative interventions at any point within the full scope of the food system.
Fields of achievement include, but are not limited to: soil and land; plant and animal science; food science and technology; nutrition; rural development; marketing; food processing, packaging and storage; water and the environment; natural resource conservation; physical infrastructure; transportation and distribution; special or extraordinary feeding programs; social organization and poverty elimination; economics and finance; policy analysis and implementation; and public advocacy.
Eligibility
A nominee must be living and in sufficiently good health to attend the World Food Prize Award Ceremony. The nominee must be able to give an acceptance speech and agree to participate in selected media events and the World Food Prize Global Youth Institute at the time of the Award Ceremony. Nominees remain eligible for consideration for a three-year period, starting with the year of submission.
The Prize is intended to be awarded to one person. In exceptional circumstances where an additional person (or persons) has collaborated in an indispensable way, more than one person may be included in the nomination. However, it must be demonstrated conclusively that each person contributed in an essential way, and that without each individual’s contribution, no achievement would have been possible. The World Food Prize Selection Committee will determine whether a joint nomination meets these criteria, and in cases where it judges this standard has not been met, to limit the number of persons being considered.
Further information regarding eligibility and selection criteria can be found on the World Food Prize Foundation website.
Prize
The prize includes $250,000 USD.
Deadlines
If College-level review is required, your College will communicate its earlier internal deadlines.
| Type | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
External Deadline | Please submit the nomination directly to the organization using the nomination form on the World Food Prize Foundation website. Please also submit a copy of the full nomination to research.services@uoguelph.ca. |
How to Apply
Please submit the nomination directly to the organization using the nomination form on the World Food Prize Foundation website. Please also submit a copy of the full nomination to research.services@uoguelph.ca.
For More Information
For more information please contact ailsakay@uoguelph.ca or wfpf@worldfoodprize.org. Please also visit the World Food Prize website.