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Niigata International Food Award

Eligibility

Regarding the "Sano Touzaburo Memorial Niigata International Food Award"

The category of "food" encompasses three fields─(1)Growing and Supplying/Provisioning (2)Dietary Health (3)Food Education. The three interconnected fields must be addressed comprehensively. With the above prerequisite in mind, the eligible fields for the "main prize", and the "special prize", are listed below. The words enclosed in parenthesis ( ), are merely examples.

１.Main Prize
  1. Technical applications for the field of cereals & grains（preservation & processing, etc.）
  2. Farming & Production (breeding, cultivation techniques & technologies, land improvement, soil erosion & desertification prevention, irrigation, flood control, etc.)
  3. Distribution Systems (Development of stable supply systems, improvement of trade rules & regulations)
  4. Food Safety (establishing and clearing links between certain foods and harmful health effects, etc.)
  5. Improving Food in Developing Countries（nutrition, safe drinking water, school lunches, etc.）
  6. Improving Health Through Diet (Health effects on food, an epidemiological study into disease prevention)
  7. Food/Agricultural Education (schools, regional areas, industry education models & practices, fostering a spirit of self reliance in the people of a country, technology transfer and follow up, etc.)
  8. International Cooperation（Particularly the various activities of NGOs）
  9. Other (real-world application of political, economic, social, or educational initiatives that contribute to the security of the global food supply.)
2.Special Prize（2 Categories）
A Sano Touzaburo Special Prize
  1. For contributions in increasing food production or security of the food supply base in developing countries.
  2. Achievements in creating & developing sustainable, self reliant agricultural models.
  3. Containing (1) or (2) and also contributing to achieve the effective international cooperation.

#Special Note for "Tozaburo Sano Special Prize"

  1. "Tozaburo Sano Special Prize" established to hope the appearance of the second and the third Tozaburo Sano who

    would have inherited his indomitable spirit and high principle. Add to the present valuation, we greatly expect the possibility of the achievement in the future.

  2. As a general rule, the candidate should not be the prize winner of the notable award.(ex. Nobel Prize, World Food Prize, Japan prize, Kyoto prize)


B The 21st Century Hope Prize
  1. Eligible fields of contribution are the same as those listed for the "main prize".
  2. Prize is awarded to a young person (below age 45) for outstanding research or achievements.
    And to encourage a candidate for joint research and development with the enterprises or the other organizations to contribute for the world.
  3. This prize does not require that the candidate demonstrate repeated proof of the success of their research or actions. Rather, it places more importance on thoroughness of research and planning, vision and future viability.
Considerations
(1) Candidates

Nationality, ethnicity, gender, or religion will not be considered. The only criterion is that the candidate be a currently living person.

However, achievements made in the service of a government agency or group will not be considered for the award unless the achievements of the individual or group in question went above and beyond their responsibilities.

(2) Nomination Limits

You can nominate up to three people for each prize. Organizations count as one person.
You can not nominate the same candidate to plural prizes at the same time.

We accept the unaccepted candidate of the first award of 2010. In that case, please don't forget to add the new achievement if there is.

(3) Nomination Form

To be filled out in English or Japanese. Please use our fixed form and make it within 2 pages.

You can download the "Form" from our Home Page.

(4) Return of Documents

Documents sent in will not be returned.

(5) Private Information and the Case of Release

As a general rule, all information in the nomination will remain completely confidential. But there would be the case to release the contents with the approval of the nominee and the nominator to promote the joint research, further development or the practical use.

(6) Self Nomination

The nominator may nominate his or her self.

(7) Deadline

Until the end of November, 2011.

(8) Submission

Please submit the nomination form either electronically or by mail to the office of the Niigata International Food Award.

(9) Contact
e-mail ： info@niigata-award.jp
address ：
Niigata International Food Award Foundation
Niigata City Office Hakusan-ura Annex 1, 4F
1-425-9 Hakusan-ura, Chuo-ku
Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken
951-8131 JAPAN
Fax ： +81-25-201-8902
URL ：http://www.niigata-award.jp
(Nomination form can be download from the homepage)

(10) Other

Additional documents may be requested from you during the screening process.

Screening Rules
  1. Regional or individual efforts, with universal applicability to the world.
  2. The main prize in not meant to be an award to praise the value of anyone's academic research. It is an assessment of achievements at the level of improving people's lives by making new discoveries and developing new technologies.
  3. Long-term, sustainable initiatives, with a comprehensive, integrated outlook.
Screening Committee Chairman

Hideaki Karaki (Vice President of the Science Council of Japan, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University)

The Foundation

A gathering of volunteers from industry, academia, and government in Niigata Prefecture who, with the hope for peace and prosperity in the world, formed a nonprofit foundation in March of 2009, The Niigata International Food Award Foundation (Hajime Koizumi, Chairman of the Board of Directors), in order to establish an international prize in the field of food. The foundation is not sponsored by a large corporation or a wealthy patron, it is run by numerous donations from food industries, farmers groups, land improvement groups, and many other businesses and individuals in Niigata Prefecture.