Ferrero Hazelnut Award

The Ferrero Hazelnut Company is launching the ‘Ferrero Hazelnut Award Contest’ in a bid to support and improve research and innovation in the hazelnut world.

Awards totaling a value of €160,000 will be given to the participants who propose the best and potentially applicable project ideas, according to an evaluation grid rewarding innovation, sustainability, transferability, and timeframe applicability.

Participants can choose among four topics related to the improvement, innovation, sustainability and new strategies in hazelnut cultivation and develop their research or development plan in one of these areas. Their proposal will be evaluated by an external, international and fully independent Scientific Commission, established at the prestigious Italian University ‘Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Piacenza’ and coordinated by Professor Lorenzo Morelli, Dean Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science.

At ExpoMilano 2015 Ferrero will offer the three winners a Special Award package composed of: participation at the Ferrero Hazelnut Award Ceremony planned for mid-September at the Exposition site; the Universal Exposition visit; a visit of the Ferrero factory in Alba (CN); a visit to the hazelnut orchards and related agricultural processing activities in the area.

The application is available on the website www.hazelnutcompany.ferrero.com and the deadline for the submission is 30 June.