Scientific innovation will be essential to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal #2- End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. The Olam Prize aims to advance knowledge and recognize innovation in world food security, by rewarding an outstanding research project for its potential impact on the availability, affordability, accessibility or adequacy of food
WORTH
- The winner of the Prize will receive US$50,000 (including VAT where applicable) which is to be spent unrestricted on furthering the research project and/or scaling up its impact.
ELIGIBILITY
- Research projects in plant science, soil science, nutritional science, agricultural sciences or other field of scientific research impacting food security will be considered for prize.
- Applicants will be considered from academic or research organizations, civil society organizations and the private sector
- The research can be based anywhere in the world, and can focused on innovation for food security in developed and/or developing countries.
- The research project must be ongoing, and have enough evidence of achieved or potential impact to fulfil the judging criteria
- Research into the genetic modification of organisms is not eligible for the prize
- Olam employees are not eligible for the prize
DEADLINE: January 25 2017
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