NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences

NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
Awarded forContribution to agriculture or to the understanding of the biology of a species fundamentally important to agriculture or food production
Sponsored byBill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Sciences
Rewards$100,000 and a medal
Established2016
First award2017
Websitenasonline.org/award/nas-prize-in-food-and-agriculture-sciences/

The NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences is a prize awarded by the National Academy of Sciences each year to a scientist at a United States institution for contributions to agriculture, or the understanding of the biology of an agriculturally important species. The award is presented to a single individual who must have received their Ph.D. no more than 20 years prior to the year of the award. The recipient receives a $100,000 prize and a medal.

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