Industry Prize
Industry Prize Criteria
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 BSAS 2022 Conference abstract deadline, see BSAS Conference website for further details
2021 Industry Prize Winner
2021 Industry Prize Finalists
- Caroline Best (Harper Adams University) – ‘New insight into the role of ovine hoof shape and damage on the susceptibility to Dichelobacter nodosus infection.’
- David Kelly – ‘Profitability of commercial beef farms of superior herd terminal and maternal genetic merit.’
- Sarah Icely (Harper Adams University) – ‘The effect of suckling position on piglet supplementary milk usage.’
- Catherine Johnson (Harper Adams University) – ‘Short-term feed restriction and re-feeding alters rumen metabolism and performance of high yielding dairy cows fed different concentrate patterns and either with or without a live yeast.
- Rashed Chowdhury (Harpers Adam University) – ‘Reducing dietary protein and supplementation with starch or rumen-protected methionine on milk performance and metabolism in dairy cows fed red clover/grass silage based diets.
