The Danone International Prize for Alimentation (DIPA) 2017-2018

Aim: Encourage and support cutting edge, innovative and multidisciplinary scientific research in Alimentation, the umbrella term for all practices relating to food, including food choice, purchase, preparation, cooking and meal organisation, and their determinants.
The award is intended to raise the profile of a mid-career researcher and accelerate his/her career, as well as help develop knowledge on the topic and inspire junior researchers.

Award:  Of the €100,000 Prize, 75% will be granted for an Alimentation research project. The Laureate should

be directly involved in that project and it should be under the auspices of a non-profit organization.

The remaining 25% of the Prize will be granted individually to the Laureate.

Eligibility criteria:

- Belong to a non-profit organisation

- Currently take an active part in research work

- Have been conducting research for 10 to 20 years

- Benefit from a certain degree of recognition from their peers beyond their national border

- Have a proven interest and ability to engage with and spread messages to their peers and other audiences.

- Their research work:

-- Contributes to a better understanding of Alimentation

-- Combines several dimensions of Alimentation

-- Is interdisciplinary: links and integrates different disciplines

-- Is rigorous and innovative.

Web: web del premi

Deadlines:

Termini de presentació de sol·licituds al VHIR: 08/09/2017

Termini oficial: 15/09/2017

All documents should be sent by e-mail to the dedicated contact address: dipaprize2018@gmail.com.

Més informació: Bases del Premi