Marcel Loncin Research Prize

Deadline: December 1

Description: The Marcel Loncin Research Prize, given every other year, was first awarded in 1994. It honors and provides research funding to an IFT member or nonmember scientist or engineer conducting basic chemistry/physics/engineering research applied to food processing and improvement of food quality. The prize, given every other year, was first awarded in 1994. To honor and provide research funding for an IFT-member or nonmember scientist or engineer conducting basic chemistry/physics/engineering research applied to food processing and improvement of food quality. Prize money is to be used by the recipient in directing and carrying out a proposed research project, and to allow a successful scientist to help a young scientist(s) to also become successful.

Amount: USD 50,000 and a plaque

Criteria: The application must be submitted by an individual eligible to carry out the research; i.e., it is not to be a joint research proposal or a laboratory-manager proposal, although cooperative research is encouraged. The applicant may be from academia, industry, or government, and the organization must verify on the application that it will agree to allow the applicant to work on the proposed research.