Entries are now open for
the Agropolis Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Agriculture and
Food.
The Prize, given once every two years, aims
to recognize individuals, or a group of individuals, for their exemplary and
promising contribution in promoting innovation through research, development
and/or capacity building in the North, South or in the Mediterranean in order
to improve food and agricultural systems sustainability as well as to address
food security and poverty reduction.
The Prize recognizes individuals whose scientific works are not only important contribution to the production of knowledge but are also actively promoting the use of knowledge in addressing current development challenges, and are involved in fomenting collective action acrossstakeholders.
For the 2021 edition of the Prize, the Foundation is looking for individuals whose work are contributing towards agroecological transition, in particular, through efforts designed to address (1) agricultural adaptation and/or mitigation to face climate change; (2) conservation and sustainable use of agrobiodiversity; or (3) responsible production and consumption
Categories
The Prize has three
categories:
- Young
Promising Scientist Prize;
- Distinguished
Scientist Prize; and
- Outstanding
Career in Agricultural Development.
Prize Information
- The
Young Promising Scientist Prize comes with a €5,000 cash prize and a
€15,000 worth of scientific mobility grant to any of the research labs
that are part of Agropolis Fondation’s scientific network.
- The
Distinguished Scientist and the Outstanding Career in Agricultural
Development Prizes come with a €20,000 cash prize.
Eligibility Criteria
- To
be eligible for the Prize, candidates should be from any of the following
categories:
- Academic
or research organization, public orprivate;
- Civil
society organization;
- Private
sector group (e.g., small/medium enterprises).
- A
group nomination should consist of no more than three persons. Each
nominee (and each member of a group, in the case of a group nomination)
should meet the following criteria:
- For
the “Young Promising Scientist” Category
- Holds
a PhD degree;
- At
least 5 years of professional experience (outside of PhD education);
- Demonstrated
potential in one or various fields covered by the Prize, as stated in
Article 1;
- Should
be no more than 40 years old by 01 January 2021. Due consideration will
be accorded to female candidates who have had maternityleave(s) in the
course of their career.
- For
the “Distinguished Scientist” Category
- Holds
a PhD degree;
- At
least 15 years of professional experience;
- Proven
significant contribution in one or various fields covered by the Prize,
as stated in Article 1.
- For
the “Outstanding Career in Agricultural Development” Category
- At
least 20 years of professional experience;
- Given
to a person whose is still professionally active and whose career has
been devoted to agricultural development, be it in the field of research,
training, innovation, capacity building, development or policy in any of
the fields covered by the Prize, as stated in Article 1.
- Only
complete Application Packages submitted no later than the set deadline
will be considered for the Prize.
Selection Criteria
The
selection by the jury is based on the relevance of the dossier with respect to
the category of the Prize the application belongs to.
Candidates
are evaluated and selected based on the following criteria:
- Scientific
quality of the contribution of the Candidate;
- (Potential)
Impacts of the contribution to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
- Quality
of partnerships developed and established, notably with the civil society,
e.g. non government organizations, farmers and producers organizations,
etc.
Post Date
- 21-Aug-2020