Partner: Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS) & the American Society for Nutrition (ASN)

Achievement Award Description: Awarded for food technology contributions that resulted in improved public health through nutrition or more nutritious food.

Award: $3,000 honorarium from the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences and a crystal award from IFT.

Eligibility: Individuals with food technology contributions that resulted in improved public health through nutrition or more nutritious food.

Award Criteria: The nominee must have made technological contributions resulting in improved public health. The technological contributions or technological development resulting from scientific research must be in actual, large-scale production leading to better consumer nutrition or health. Contributions could be made in any of the following areas:

• Food production, food processing, food packaging, food storage, or food distribution.
• Food packaging, food storage, or food distribution conditions that would eventually affect nutritive value.

Materials to Submit:

• Nomination Statement (no longer than four typed pages). Nomination statement should include examples of contributions that resulted in improved public health through nutrition or more nutritious food and reflect award criteria.
• Letter of Reference that should speak to the Nominee’s contributions that resulted in improved public health through nutrition or more nutritious food and reflect award criteria.

The submissions for the 2022 Achievement Awards are now closed.

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