The best PhD or Post Doc project wins CHF 5’000 and the best Master thesis project is awarded CHF 1’000. Additionally, the SFIAR Award may help winners enter into development work, or receive project funding. The award is funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture.
In 2014, Gubir S. Bhullar of the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL received the award for his project on sustainable and more climate-friendly rice cultivation. In the previous year, Christian Andres of FiBL won over the judges with his Master’s thesis on fertilisation of yams with poultry manure.
The deadline for applications is 14 July 2016.
Further information
Contact
Beate Huber, FiBL Switzerland
Links
sfiar.com: Award Home page
sfiar.com: Guidelines