For the very first time, we are offering student awards in advance of our upcoming conference. Please review the application requirements and feel free to share with those you think would qualify. Thank you.

Student Engagement Award

1 undergraduate award
1 graduate award

The award includes a cash prize ($50), a complimentary one-year membership to Critical Dietetics, and complimentary registration to the 2019 Critical Dietetics conference. Submissions may be text or non-text formats including an argumentative essay or literature review, art, literature/narrative, poetry, or multi-media (i.e. video, pecha kucha), but must engage with the scholarship, literature, or foundational ideas and values of Critical Dietetics. The piece may be produced for a course assignment, or for the purpose of submission to the award. The author of the work must be a student in a dietetic or other program, but does not have to be a current member of Critical Dietetics.

The focus of the submission will be an issue or concern of importance to Critical Dietetics and will demonstrate scholarly engagement with ideas, concepts, tools, and arguments of Critical Dietetics, and/or its underlying mission, values, principles, and objectives. 

Student Vision Award

1 undergraduate award
1 graduate award

This award was created to recognize student engagement in Critical Dietetics including the values, principles, and aspirations of the association and its work. The award includes a cash prize ($50), a complimentary one-year membership to Critical Dietetics, and complimentary registration to the 2019 Critical Dietetics conference. Submissions may be text or non-text formats including an argumentative essay or literature review, art, literature/narrative, poetry, or multi-media (i.e. video, pecha kucha). The piece may be produced for a course assignment, or for the purpose of submission to the award. The author of the work must be a student in a dietetic or other program, does not have to be a member of Critical Dietetics.

The piece will explore the student’s vision for future of Critical Dietetics, and may explore responses to the following questions:

• What ideas do you have for growing Critical Dietetics?
• What has Critical Dietetics meant to you, and what role might you play in growing Critical Dietetics?
• What is your vision for the future of Critical Dietetics?

Application Guidelines: Submissions should be no longer than 10 pages (double spaced, 12-point font) for written submissions, and no more than 15 minutes for audio/video submissions.

Send submissions to Daphne Lordly and please include “Critical Dietetics Student Award Submission” in the subject line of your email.

Deadline for submissions: September 16^th 2019 by 4pm Atlantic Standard Time.