The Derek Tribe Award

The Crawford Fund Derek Tribe Award was inaugurated in 2001 to mark the outstanding contributions of Emeritus Professor Derek Tribe AO OBE FTSE, Foundation Director of the Crawford Fund, to the promotion of international agricultural research. 

The Derek Tribe Award is made biennially to a citizen of a developing country in recognition of their distinguished contributions to the application of research in agriculture or natural resource management in a developing country or countries.

The winner of the award will undertake a visit of about two weeks, organised to a large extent by their nominator, to agricultural centres in Australia with the intention of enhancing public awareness of the benefits of agricultural research to the developing world and to Australia, and building networking and linkages between the recipient’s home institution and country with similar bodies and individuals in Australia. 

During the visit, the recipient will attend a seminar or other public event nominated by The Crawford Fund, to receive the Award and to deliver the prestigious Crawford Fund Derek Tribe Award Address. In keeping with Derek’s passion for the Crawford Fund’s public awareness role, the address is expected to be for a general audience and on a newsworthy topic related to their field of expertise. The Crawford Fund will make a national media outreach around the presentation involving the awardee in English language media interviews. The Terms and Conditions for this Award are available here.

The short nomination form requires information such as:

• your candidate's details
• contact details of two proposers
• an indication of the topics/issues which the candidate may cover in The Derek Tribe Address
• a brief citation of the candidate's merits, any online examples of media or interviews, and a description of the candidate's record of involvement and achievement in the application of research in agriculture and natural resource management in a developing country or countries
• candidate's curriculum vitae
• list of candidates’ 20 most significant publications
• proposed itinerary
• proposed budget detailing overseas and local airfares and other expected costs (including a daily per diem). A template is available here. Please note the budget is approximately $20,000 to $25,000 depening on the receipient's location. 

Thank you.

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