IAFP welcomes your nominations for our Association awards. You are not required to be an IAFP Member to nominate a deserving professional or colleague for one of our awards. However, most nominees must be active IAFP Members at the time of nomination (Food Safety, Frozen Food Foundation Freezing Research, and both Travel Awards are excluded from the IAFP Membership requirement). Self-nominations are welcome; you must be an IAFP Member to self-nominate. To submit an application or nomination for any of the awards listed below, please create an account or login here.
An IAFP Member can only receive a single award overseen by the Awards Committee in one year. If an individual is selected for multiple such awards in the same year, the Executive Board will determine which award the individual will receive. An IAFP Member can additionally receive awards selected by the President, Executive Board, or other special committee (such as the President's Lifetime Achievement, Honorary Life Membership, and Fellow Awards).
The deadline for awards listed below is Tuesday, February 10, 2026. To see each award's criteria, please visit https://www.foodprotection.org/get-involved/awards
- Black Pearl
- Fellows
- Honorary Life
- Harry Haverland Citation
- Food Safety Innovation
- International Leadership
- Food Safety
- Frozen Food Foundation Freezing Research
- Maurice Weber Laboratorian
- Larry Beuchat Young Researcher
- James M. Jay Diversity in Food Safety
- Ewen C.D. Todd Control of Foodborne Illness
- Sanitarian
- Elmer Marth Educator
- Harold Barnum Industry
- Travel Award for Health or Agricultural Department Employees in North America
- Travel Award for Food Safety Professionals in a Country with a Developing Economy