Nominations are now open for the 2021 CAFS Awards!
Each year, CAFS recognizes the contributions and work of our members. This year we are accepting nominations in two categories:
- Student Paper Award in Food Studies
- Research Award for Excellence in Food Studies
Please send nominations for either award to the CAFS Administrator. See details below. Nominations will be forwarded to the Awards Committee. You are welcome to nominate yourself or someone else.
Submission deadline: April 30, 2021
Notification of awards: May 20, 2021
Student Paper Award
Launched in 2011, this award was created to recognize scholarly excellence and encourage participation by undergraduate and graduate students. The 2021 award includes a $200 prize, a one-year CAFS membership, and complimentary conference registration. The following are the guidelines for submission:
- The paper must be student-authored and on any of a wide variety of disciplinary or transdisciplinary food issues.
- Co-authored papers by two students are also permitted, if both students agree that they made comparable contributions to the paper.
- The paper may have been written for a course, a major research project, or a thesis or comprehensive exam.
- Written papers should be 4,500 to 6,000 words (excluding bibliography).
Research Award for Excellence
The purpose of this award is to recognize CAFS members who have made research contributions that have had a substantial impact in programs and policies affecting the food system through their work in universities, colleges, government agencies, NGOs, consultancies, etc. To nominate someone, please submit the following:
- A cover letter from the principal nominator(s) that details the nominee’s contributions and makes the case for why the candidate deserves the award.
- The nominee’s current CV.
- Two or more letters of support (at least one from a CAFS member).
- Selected publications, student or peer evaluations, and/or other professionally relevant materials (optional).
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