Youth Awards
The World Food Prize Foundation Youth Awards elevate the ideas and achievements of emerging leaders committed to building a more food-secure world. Through these awards, the Foundation recognizes Youth Programs participants for outstanding research, innovative solutions, excellence in internships and fellowships and a demonstrated commitment to creating meaningful change.
WORLD FOOD PRIZE
Global Challenge Award
The Global Challenge is the Foundation’s educational curriculum focused on global food insecurity, agriculture and sustainability. To participate in the Global Challenge, students research and write a paper and develop solutions to some of the world’s most critical issues. Each year over 10,000 students across the world engage with the Global Challenge curriculum. Over 2,100 students annually present their recommendations from their Global Challenge paper at a World Food Prize Foundation Youth Institute.
Winners of the Global Challenge Awards are selected annually from delegates at the Global Youth Institute, held concurrently with the Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue.
Global Challenge Winners
- Sahasra Tavva – $1,000 Prize Winner
- Allison Huang – $1,000 Prize Winner
- Zain Akhtar – $500 Prize Winner
- Vaishali Alapati – $500 Prize Winner
- Sofia Esquivel – $500 Prize Winner
- Aadi Patel – $250 Prize Winner
- Anis Gazelle – $250 Prize Winner
- Aditya Behara – $250 Prize Winner
- Jeswith Mekapati – $250 Prize Winner
- Jevaughn Wilson – $250 Prize Winner
- Amna Ahmad – $1,000 Prize Winner
- Hadley Harvey – $1,000 Prize Winner
- Ketsia Baributsa – $500 Prize Winner
- Peggy Chen – $500 Prize Winner
- Isabell Olsasky – $500 Prize Winner
- Neel Chandalia – $250 Prize Winner
- Etienne Exantus – $250 Prize Winner
- Cherish Galliart – $250 Prize Winner
- Nirmal Melam – $250 Prize Winner
- Zane Tickoo – $250 Prize Winner
Internship Excellence Award
Each year, the Foundation recognizes one Borlaug-Ruan International Intern with an excellence award, recognizing their accomplishments and performance during their internship. Each recipient also receives a $1,000 prize.
Fellowship Excellence Award
The Fellowship Excellence Award goes to one USDA Wallace-Carver Fellow each year in recognition of fellow’s accomplishments and performance. The award includes a $1,000 prize.
Chrystal & Szymoniak Awards
From 2000 to 2019, the Chrystal & Szymoniak Awards recognized outstanding Borlaug-Ruan International Interns for their achievements, leadership and commitment to addressing global food security challenges.
