To apply for the Industry Prize you must be

• a BSAS member
• an early career animal scientist (postgraduate student or within two years of graduating with a PhD) or
• working in commerce or industry with an equivalent level of experience (without necessarily having a PhD)

Applicants Are asked consider

• the importance of the impact of their research to industry, appreciating that what they as a researcher think is relevant may not be to the end-user i.e., the producer
• "what this means" when assessing your work, or "so what?". What is the benefit of this result?
  • For example, lambs grow faster being fed additive A. An excellent finding. What does this mean? More income? What was the cost of the additive A? Is it worth while using this additive? Is the additive available now or in development?
• include aspects, such as return on investment or feasibility of introducing new concepts that have been derived from the research

Judging

• candidates will be judged, by representatives of the BSAS Stakeholder Group, firstly, on the quality of their summary and, if successful in becoming one of the five finalists a presentation of their work at the BSAS Annual Conference

Criteria

• the main criteria for winning the prize is ‘impact to industry’

Applications 

• are made via the Oxford Abstracts submissions system
• please tick the appropriate box, when submitting your summary, to be included for the Industry Prize

Prize

• A prize of £200 is award to the winner

Deadline

Final entry date falls in line with the closing date of the BSAS Annual Conference abstract deadline, see BSAS Conference website for further details

2023 Industry Prize Winner

J Cullen, Optimising liquid feeding system hygiene to improve the microbiological quality of liquid feed for grow-finisher pigs

2022 Industry Prize Winner

E. Arnaud ,Teagasc, Post-partum analgesia administration to sows but not split-suckling increased piglet growth and reduced anti-inflammatory treatment of piglets