Deadline: March 25, 2025
Applications are open for the World Food Prize Foundation Top Agri-food Pioneers 2025. In Spring of 2024, the World Food Prize Foundation opened submissions for Top Agri-food Pioneers (TAP), a new initiative by the Foundation. The 2024 list featured 38 leading innovators. In 2025, 39 innovators from across the world working to transform food systems will be recognized in honor of the Foundation’s 39th anniversary.
The TAP list features pioneers of any age, background or career focus working in fields related to food or agriculture. Those selected in the 2024 list comprised the first cohort of TAP, and the 2025 recipients will build on this network of trailblazers to facilitate co-learning and collaboration across food systems. They will also be featured at the 2025 Borlaug Dialogue in Des Moines, Iowa.
Eligibility
- Any institution or individual may submit a name for consideration for TAP.
- Submission should be made in English.
Submission Criteria
Submissions will be assessed based on the following criteria.
- Innovation: pursues and applies inventive, original or cutting edge methods, technology and/or solutions to agri-food issues
- Impact: demonstrable effect on improving agri-food systems or solutions to issues locally or globally
- Leadership: demonstrates leadership of others working in agri-food in collaborative settings
- Collaboration: seeks out cross-cultural, cross-disciplinary involvement, connecting with a diverse array of stakeholders in agri-food systems
- Persistence: exhibits a “never give up” attitude, even in the face of adversity, difficult circumstances, limited resources or criticism
Application
The deadline for submissions is March 25, 2025. No applications will be accepted after this deadline.
For more information, visit Top Agri-food Pioneers.
