Young Investigator Award for Outstanding Research
This annual award is made available to a Canadian or Canadian-based individual who received their last academic degree not more than 15 years before the nomination deadline for the year in which the award is to be offered, and who has made an outstanding contribution to research in nutrition.
In making your nomination, please provide the following:
- Brief summary of professional record
- Rationale on why you deem the nominee as meritorious
- Curriculum vitae of the nominee including academic record (degrees, majors, institutions and dates)
- Bibliography of papers published or "accepted for publication" during the past 15 years
- Reprints of the nominee's most important publications, titles or abstracts of papers presented at scientific conferences
NOTE: CNS Membership is not required of the nominee for this award, but will be viewed as an asset.
The award consists of an opportunity to present a short acceptance talk to the conference delegation, be presented with a plaque, and a monetary award. The Award will be presented at the CNS-SCN Annual Conference. The recipient will also have the opportunity to present a longer lecture during a webinar to be scheduled following the conference. Please see the conference program for details on award presentations.
Nominations may be made by anyone and are open to all, but preference will be given to members and supporters of CNS. An anonymous committee, appointed by the Canadian Nutrition Society, will recommend the selected recipient of the Young Investigator Award for Outstanding Research.
Nominations are due January 31, 2024 - submitted via the Online Award Nomination tool. Nominations now closed.
Previous Award Winners
2023 - Russell de Souza, ScD, RD - McMaster University
2022 - Carla Prado, PhD, RD - University of Alberta
2021 - Paul Spagnuolo, PhD - University of Guelph
2020 - Mélanie Plourde, PhD - Université de Sherbrooke
2019 - John Sievenpiper, MD, PhD, FRCPC - University of Toronto
2018 - Vicky Drapeau, PhD - Université Laval
2017 - René Jacobs, PhD - University of Alberta
2016 - Richard Bazinet, PhD - University of Toronto
2015 - Spencer Proctor, PhD – University of Alberta
2014 - Ahmed El-Sohemy, PhD – University of Toronto
2013 - Noreen Willows, PhD – University of Alberta
2012 - Raylene A. Reimer, PhD – University of Calgary
2011 - Benoît Lamarche - Université Laval
2010 - Hope Weiler, PhD – McGill University
2009 - James House
2008 - Mohammed Moghadasian
2007 - Linda Wykes
2006 - Harold Aukema
2005 - Carla Taylor
2004 - Hélène Payette
2003 - Mary-Ellen Harper
2002 - Linda McCargar
2001 - Mary L'Abbé
2000 - (not awarded)
1999 - Robert Ross
1998 - Vickie Baracos
1997 - Peter Jones
1996 - Ranjana P. Bird
1995 - Stephen Cunnane
1994 - Ron Ball
1993 - Sheila M. Innis
1992 - Stanley H. Zlotkin
1991 - Emile Levy
1990 - Gene R. Herzberg
1989 - Simon N. Young
1988 - M. Tom Clandinin
1987 - Paul B. Pencharz
1986 - John T. Brosnan
1985 - Larry P. Milligan
1984 - Tapan K. Basu
1983 - David J. Jenkins
1982 - Bruce Holub
1981 - (not awarded)
1980 - (not awarded)
1979 - Ranjit Chandra
1978 - G.H. Anderson
1977 - Henry S. Bayley
1976 - Brian L. Walker
1975 - K.N. Jeejeebhoy
1974 - K.J. Jenkins
1973 - K. Dakshinamurti
1972 - J. Beare-Rogers
1971 - W.E.J. Philipps
1970 - Ruth Renner
1969 - Charles R. Scriver
1968 - George H. Beaton
1967 - Serge Renaud
1966 - John P. Bowland
1965 - William Cochrane
1964 - Wallace J. Pigden
1963 - Alex B. Morrison
1962 - J. Milton Bell
1961 - Donald Fraser
1960 - Ian R. Sibbald