Danone International Prize for Alimentation
The Danone International Prize for Alimentation
Danone Institute International has opened the 3rd Edition of the Danone International Prize for Alimentation (DIPA) in 2022. The DIPA Selection Committee gathered in December to select 8 finalists of the 3rd edition among the 20 applications received from all over the World. Among those finalists, an international Jury decided to award Dr. Heather Eicher Miller for her groundbreaking research into Improving food security, dietary intake, and health through integrated science and engineering approaches.
3rd edition of DIPA – the laureate
Dr. Heather Eicher-Miller, Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition Science of the College of Health and Human Sciences at Purdue University, USA, is the Laureate of the Danone International Prize for Alimentation (DIPA) for her groundbreaking research into Improving food security, dietary intake, and health through integrated science and engineering approaches.
Improving Food security, dietary intake and health
Dr. Eicher-Miller’s research is focused on food insecurity which affects 11% of US households and creates uncertainty regarding the availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods. Her work has documented immediate and chronic adverse dietary and health outcomes associated with food insecurity among diverse populations.
“Food insecurity is an unsolved problem, associated with poor dietary intake, health outcomes and shorter lifespans.” – Dr Heather Eicher-Miller
[May 10st, 2023] Download the press kit :
Award ceremony and lecture, 20 June 2023
The Award ceremony and lecture will be organized online on June, 20, 2023, at 10:00 AM EST (2:00 PM UTC, 4:00 PM CEST).
Access to the online conference and more information about the laureate, her work and the lecture on the dedicated page.
3rd edition of DIPA – the Jury
The members of the jury of the 3rd edition of DIPA are :
- Chair: Prof Michael Prelip, DPA, MPH, Professor of Community Health Sciences at the University of Los Angeles, California, USA
- Prof Suzanne Higgs, PhD, Professor in the Psychobiology of Appetite at the University of Birmingham, UK
- Prof Naima Amrani, PhD, MD, Past President and Chair of Nominations at World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO), Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
- Christiani Jeyakumar Henry, PhD, Professor at National University of Singapore, Director of Clinical Nutritional Sciences, Singapore Institute of Clinical Sciences, A*STAR
- Jean Pierre Poulain, PhD, Professor of Sociology at the University of Toulouse, France
- Emma Haycraft, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Public Health at the University of Loughborough, UK
3rd edition of DIPA – the finalists
[March 1st, 2023] – Download the press release concerning the 8 finalists of the 3rd edition of the DIPA
The finalists for the 3rd Edition of the DIPA are (by alphabetical order):
- Prof. Stephanie ANZMAN-FRASCA (Buffalo University, USA)
- Prof Vicky DRAPEAU (Laval University, Canada)
- Prof. Heather EICHER-MILLER (Purdue University, USA)
- Prof. Montserrat FITO-COLOMER (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Spain)
- Prof. Misty HAWKINS (Indiana University, USA)
- Prof Julie LUMENG (Michigan University, USA)
- Prof. Afework MULUGETA (School of Public Health, Mekelle University, Ethiopia)
- Prof. Kitti SRANACHAROENPONG (Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand)
Learn more about their research project on our dedicated page.
The Danone International Prize for Alimentation (DIPA)
Since the first edition in 2017, the Danone International Prize for Alimentation (“DIPA”) has evolved from the former Danone International Prize for Nutrition (“DIPN”) created in 1996. The name change is in recognition of the need for innovative and collaborative approaches that consider the diverse influences on people’s food choices and eating habits – including economic, social, psychological and cultural factors – collectively known as “Alimentation”.
The DIPA is open to mid-career emerging leaders in the field, and rewards pioneering research that spans multiple disciplines and represents a major advance in Alimentation.
The DIPA is sponsored by Danone Institute International Association and the French Medical Research Foundation, the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale.
DIPA Purpose
The purpose of the DIPA is to encourage and support cutting edge, innovative and multidisciplinary scientific research in Alimentation.
“Alimentation” is the umbrella term for sustainable eating and drinking practices that contribute to the health of individuals, including food choice, purchase, preparation, cooking and meal organization, and their determinants. The DIPA is intended to raise the profile of a mid-career researcher and accelerate his or her career, as well as help develop knowledge on the topic and inspire junior researchers.
The DIPA will recognize the work of a single researcher, or a representative of a research team who is leading and pioneering a collaborative approach in Alimentation.
The DIPA is open to mid-career research scientists from a variety of scientific disciplines within Alimentation, including behavioral science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, environmental science, economics, and cultural studies.
To summarize, the DIPA aims to:
- advance understanding of Alimentation through cutting edge research;
- encourage and inspire pioneering advances that integrate lifestyle, cultural, socio-economic and environmental approaches into research on sustainable diets;
- boost collaboration between the different disciplines affecting nutrition, from psychology to economics; and
- support talented and highly motivated mid-career researchers whose work contributes to scientific excellence in the field of Alimentation.
Associated keywords: alimentation, healthy eating behaviors, public health, sustainable diets, societal, behavioral, socio-anthropological approaches to food and nutrition, innovative, collaborative and multidisciplinary, practices relating to food and their determinants.
Learn more about the Danone International Prize for Alimentation 3rd edition and download below the press release and the rules :
- DIPA 3rd edition rules and regulations
- [May 16th, 2022DIPA 3rd edition – call for application – press release
Application process
The application process is a two-stage process. All applications have to be in English and the publications related to the research should be published in the public domain, in English.
All detailed informations are available in the DIPA Rules and Regulations.
3rd edition of DIPA Awardee : Dr Heather Eicher-Miller
Dr. Heather Eicher-Miller, Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition Science of the College of Health and Human Sciences at Purdue University, USA, is the Laureate of the Danone International Prize for Alimentation (DIPA) for her groundbreaking research into Improving food security, dietary intake, and health through integrated science and engineering approaches.
Learn more about Dr Eicher-Miller’s work on her dedicated page.
Learn more about the finalists of the 3rd edition of DIPA
2nd edition of DIPA Awardee: Dr Jess Haines
Dr Jess Haines, Associate Professor at the University of Guelph, Canada, won the 2nd Edition of the DIPA in 2021 for her groundbreaking research into “Promoting sustainable healthy eating among families, through novel, interdisciplinary research and knowledge mobilization”.
Learn more about Dr Haines’ research work on her dedicated page.
Learn more also about the finalists of the 2nd edition of DIPA.
1st edition of DIPA Awardee: Dr Sophie Nicklaus
Dr Sophie Nicklaus was the winner of the 1st Edition of the DIPA, receiving this prestigious award in recognition of her outstanding research into “ Nurturing health through pleasure of eating – the right choices from the start”
Learn more about Dr Nicklaus’ research work on on her dedicated page.
Why this Prize on “Alimentation”?
The Danone International Prize for Alimentation (DIPA) replaces the long-standing Danone International Prize for Nutrition. The DII and the FRM created in 1997 the Danone International Prize for Nutrition (DIPN) in a joint bid to raise the profile of nutrition sciences. Some 20 years on, nutrition has become firmly established as a vital area of research interest that has a profound impact on human health.
The next step was to explore avenues of research to develop effective healthy eating strategies. The DII and the FRM believe the most promising routes are those that stretch beyond messages identifying healthy foods.
Strategies need to take on board the fact that food does far more than merely fulfil a biological need. It also forms the basis of our identity and social interaction.
Hence the launch of the DIPA is in recognition of the need for novel and collaborative approaches. Those approaches should consider the diverse influences on people’s food choices and eating habits: economic, social, psychological, environmental and cultural factors. Unravelling the relationships between these Alimentation factors and how they impact on individuals and planet health requires researchers to build bridges between nutrition science and other disciplines.
The Danone International Prize for Alimentation is organized by the Danone Institute International in collaboration with the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale.
