The Arrell Global Food Innovation Award recognizes global excellence in the broad area of food innovation and community impact. 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.
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.
Eligibility
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 organisations. In the case of multiple nominations from a single organization, only the one with the latest date will be accepted.
Prize
The Arrell Global Food Innovation Award comes with the following terms:
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.
The recipient is expected to participate in a program of events. In particular, the award recipient may be asked to attend the next Arrell Food Summit and other engagements.
Nomination
Academic institutions, governmental units or private / public organizations may submit a nomination for the Arrell Global Food Innovation Award. Each organization may submit one application for the award.
All documents must be submitted by 12:00 p.m. ET on April 24, 2025 in Adobe (.pdf) format to [email protected] and this is also the address for any inquiries.
