Deadline: 24-Apr-25
Nominations are now open for the Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards to recognize global excellence in the broad area of food innovation and community impact.
Focus Areas
- In 2025, one award will be given:
- 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.
Themes
- 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.
Funding Information
- The prize will be worth $125,000 CAD comprising a $100,000 cash award for the use of the recipient and up to $25,000 for travel and accommodation of the recipient, administered by the Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph.
- An award citation and a commemorative item will also be presented.
Eligibility Criteria
- 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 Award is as follows:
- The individual or group being nominated will have made exceptionally significant and documented contributions at the community level in markedly improving nutrition, including access to, or distribution of food.
- The nomination package must clearly demonstrate alignment with their mission, which is to produce more healthy and nutritious food with less environmental impact and economic inequality, “more with less”.
- 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.
For more information, visit Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph.