The Nils Foss Prize 2024

November 13th, University of Copenhagen

Introducing the Nils Foss Prize

The Nils Foss Prize honours excellent innovative research leading to remarkable improvements in sustainability, quality and safety in the food supply chain. Hear member of the prize committee and rector at the University of Copenhagen, Henrik Wegener, explain why having a science prize within the food and agricultural segment is valuable, and what in particular the committee values when selecting a recipient.

Previous Laureates and Talents

The latest winners of the Nils Foss Excellence Prize (€ 100,000), professor Anne S. Meyer, and the Nils Foss Talent Prize (€ 15,000), Lutz Grossmann, will be presenting on their relative fields of expertise, which will serve among the themes for the conference.

See the conference program below and find presentations of all the speakers and their abstracts by clicking on either the name of the speaker or the headline of the presentation.

Read more about all the previous winners of the two prizes below.

Professor

Anne S. Meyer

Technical University of Denmark

Assistant Professor

Lutz Grossmann

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Professor

Eric Andrew Decker

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Postdoctoral Scientist

Laura Roman Rivas

Aarhus University

Associate Professor

Mahesha Manjunatha Poojary

University of Copenhagen

Professor

David Julian McClements

University of Massachusetts

Associate Professor

Qian Janice Wang

Aarhus University

Professor

Robert David Hall

Wageningen University & Research

PhD

Klavs Martin Sørensen

University of Copenhagen

Professor

Frank M. Aarestrup

Technical University of Denmark

Associate Professor

Kristian Holst Laursen

University of Copenhagen

Professor

Rasmus Bro

University of Copenhagen

Associate Professor

Bekzod Khakimov

University of Copenhagen

The Nils Foss Excellence Prize

The Prize laureate is an active and internationally recognized scientist who has demonstrated excellent innovative research within the application of analytical technology in the food, feed and agricultural area. Focus will be on research leading to significant breakthrough in the application of analytical technologies that promote improvements in sustainability, quality and/or safety in the food production chain.

The prize is € 100,000

The award winner has conducted at least 10 years of excellent research. It is an advantage if the award winner has shown impact and entrepreneurship based on the conducted research.


The Nils Foss Prize committee receives nominations of both university and industrial candidates.

The Nils Foss Talent Prize

The Prize talent is a talented and promising upcoming scientist who has made a significant research or innovation contribution to the application of analytical technology to improve the sustainable use of agricultural resources and/or ensuring food quality and safety.

The prize is € 15,000

The award winner is maximum seven years after completion of master’s degree or four years after PhD degree. It is an advantage if the award winner has shown entrepreneurship based on the conducted research.


The Nils Foss Prize committee receives nominations of both university and industrial candidates.

Venue

The Nils Foss Prize award ceremony will take place at the assembly hall in the main building of the University of Copenhagen. You will find the entrance to the award ceremony from Frue Plads.

The address is:
Festsalen, Frue Plads 4, 1165 Copenhagen K.

Festsalen, Frue Plads 4,
1165 Copenhagen K.

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Nils Foss Prize Award Ceremony 2024

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Nils Foss Prize Award Ceremony 2024