SFIAR Award 2010 - Call for Applications

The Swiss Forum for International Agricultural Research offers an annual Award for scientists working for a Swiss institution in agricultural research for development.

With this Award the SFIAR aims to:

a) support relevant agricultural research for development (ARD) b) promote knowledge on and visibility of Swiss ARD

The SFIAR intends to award new, innovative and result oriented research. The SFIAR Award 2010 (prize sum: CHF 5000.-) is restricted to individuals.

Scientists working (or having worked) for a Swiss institution and with appropriate linkages in developing countries can apply for the SFIAR Award. Young researchers are especially encouraged to apply!

Deadline for applications: 5 July 2010

For details on scope, eligibility and application see the
SFIAR Award Guidelines 187kb.

Winner of SFIAR Award 2009

Prof. Silvia Dorn (ETH) working with Dr. Cesar Cardona of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Colombia and Drs. Ine Schmale, Guido Velten and Anja Rott at ETH Zürich, have won the SFIAR Award 2009 for their project “Preventing post-harvest losses by a combination of a parasitoid and host plant resistance in dry beans".

Documents
Press release: English | German | French 162kb
Poster of awarded project (English) 1260kb
Photos from project with explanations (German) 2351kb

Award ceremony
The award ceremony was held at a Symposium on the occasion of World Food Day 2009 in Bern on 15 October 2009.

Media coverage
Schweizer Bauer (german)
Swissinfo (german) / Swissinfo (spanish)
ETH Life (german)
Interportal (german)
Schweizerischer Bauernverband (german)
Agrigate (german)

Winner of SFIAR Award 2008

Christoph Studer and team from the Swiss College of Agriculture (SHL) have won the SFIAR Award 2008 for their project "Response-Inducing Sustainability Evaluation (RISE) – Improving the Sustainability of Agricultural Production".

Press release: English| German | French  300kb

The award ceremony was held at the conference "How to ensure food security today and tomorrow?" at ETH Zurich on 12 December 2008 (see photos and video coverage).