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
• Award for Excellence in Public Service

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:
March 31, 2022

Notification of awards:
April 15, 2022

Student Paper Award

Launched in 2011, this award was created to recognize scholarly excellence and encourage participation by undergraduate and graduate students. The award includes a $200 prize, a one-year CAFS membership, and complimentary conference registration. The submission guidelines are as follows:

• 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;
• Applicants must also submit an abstract for the CAFS conference by the deadline;
• 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); and
• Videos and other non-text formats will also be considered.

Award for Excellence in Public Service

The purpose of this award is to recognize CAFS members who have made academic or non-academic contributions that have had a significant public service 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 detailing the member’s significant contributions in policy, program development, and/or other areas as they pertain to this award;
• the nominee’s current CV; and
• two or three letters of support.