In 2022, Danone Institute International has opened the 3rd Edition of the Danone International Prize for Alimentation (DIPA). The Call for applications is now closed and 20 Experts from all over the World applied to this 3rd Edition of the DIPA.
The DIPA Selection Committee gathered in December to decide the final list of preselected applications that will be presented to an international Jury panel in 2023. We are now able to present the 8 finalists of the 3rd edition of the Danone International Prize for Alimentation and the jury that will gather and select the new laureate for this edition.
[March 1st, 2023] – Download the press release
The members of the jury of the 3rd edition of DIPA are :
They are analysing the 8 final applications and will gather in April 2023 to announce the laureate of the 3rd edition of the Danone International Prize for Alimentation.
The finalists for the 3rd Edition of the DIPA are (by alphabetical order):
Learn more about their research project on our dedicated page.
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.
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:
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.
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.
The “first short application” includes:
The Call for applications is now closed. The DIPA Selection Committee gathered in December to decide the final list of preselected applications. After pre-selection by the Prize Committee, the short-listed applicants were invited to submit a full proposal (cf. rules) before January 30th 2023.
The finalists’ files will now be analyzed by a dedicated Jury to define the name of the Laureate of the Danone International Prize for Alimentation.
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.
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.
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.