CGIAR Science Awards


Call for Nominations for the 2007 CGIAR Science Awards

The prestigious Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Science Awards recognize and reward excellence in science. The CGIAR has acknowledged outstanding performance through awards since 1981 when the King Baudouin Award was initiated. In 1996 five further awards for outstanding scientific work by individuals and teams were developed. In an effort to further promote the importance of science in the broader community and the significance of communications in research and development work, the CGIAR established a science communication award in 2002. The awards recognize individuals and teams working in the field of science communication.

2007 Awards

The winners of all awards will be announced at the Science Awards Ceremony at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the CGIAR in Beijing, China, in December 2007. Winners will be offered travel support to enable them to receive the award at AGM07.

2007 Awards will be granted for the following:

Individual awards for Promising Young Scientist, Outstanding Scientist, Outstanding Scientific Article (if by one author), and Regional Award for Outstanding Agricultural Technology in the Asia-Pacific region, will carry a cash prize of $5,000.


Team awards for Outstanding Scientific Support Team, Outstanding Partnership, and Outstanding Scientific Article (if by more than one author) will each carry a cash prize of $10,000.


The COM+ Communications for Sustainable Development Award will replace the science communications award this year. Two awards will be offered with a cash prize of $10,000 each: one for a campaign that communicates science to benefit people and the planet; and another on climate change.
The King Baudouin Award is offered every two years and will next be awarded in 2008.

Nominations in all categories will close on September 30, 2007.

Nomination, Evaluation, and Selection Procedures

With the exception of the COM+ Award, nominees for all awards must be from a CGIAR Center or other groups (such as NARS, advanced research institutions, civil society, private sector) who are collaborators in the implementation of a program with a CGIAR Center. Nominees may be from the headquarters or from the outreach research sites/offices of a Center. Previous awardees do not qualify for nomination.

?Each CGIAR Science Award nomination must be endorsed by a Director General from a CGIAR Center except for the Regional Award nomination which must be endorsed by the Director of the nominating institution.

An Evaluation and Selection Panel composed of the Chair of the Science Council and two eminent scientists from institutions outside the CGIAR will evaluate nominations and select the winners of the following awards: Promising Young Scientist, Outstanding Scientist, Outstanding Scientific Support Team, Outstanding Partnership, Outstanding Scientific Article, and Regional Award for Outstanding Agricultural Technology in the Asia-Pacific Region.

The winners of the 2 COM+ Communications for Sustainable Development Awards will be selected by a panel of four independent communications experts.

Information and nomination forms for all Awards are available through the following links :


The CGIAR Science Award for Promising Young Scientist
The CGIAR Science Award for Outstanding Scientist
The CGIAR Science Award for an Outstanding Scientific Support Team
The CGIAR Science Award for Outstanding Partnership
The CGIAR Science Award for an Outstanding Scientific Article
The CGIAR Regional Award for Outstanding Agricultural Technology in the Asia-Pacific Region
The COM+ Communications for Sustainable Development Awards (2 awards) (instructions also offered in French, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese and Arabic)


For questions on all the awards - except the COM+ award - please email : [email protected]
For questions on the COM+ awards please email Laura Ivers at [email protected]