The Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and the Nutritional Sciences Council  are pleased to present the 19th Annual Norman Borlaug Lectureship Poster Competition for Graduate and Undergraduate Students.

Submitting a Poster

Students are encouraged to enter poster abstracts related to world issues. Submit your poster title and an abstract (250 word limit) by completing the Norman Borlaug Poster Competition submission survey by 11:59 p.m., Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, to be considered for this competition.

NOTE: You cannot save the survey and return to finish it at a later date. Therefore, please have your abstract completed, as well as the answer to this: “In 150 words or less, explain how the research project described in your abstract relates to world issues,” before starting the survey.

To be considered for this competition, your abstract must contain:

  • Title
  • Your name
  • Name of faculty mentor(s) and their departments

The abstract should include the following and not exceed 250 words total:

  • hypothesis and objectives of project;
  • methods, results, discussion, conclusion

Poster judging at the event on Monday, Oct. 17, will consider:

  • content and organization including overall content, logical presentation, clarity of expression, punctuation
  • quality of presented research or study and relevance to world food issues including techniques and experimental design if appropriate, if topic is current, innovative and provides better understanding
  • presentation and explanation of materials and methods
  • presentation and explanation of results that are scientifically sound to explain results
  • conclusions including soundness, supported by results, concise, precise, adequate and appropriate
  • oral presentation skills in discussing your work and the relationship of the project to world food issues with the judges

You may use a poster prepared for another event. Your poster should be able to fit on a board no more than 40″ wide and 36″ tall. If you need a poster printed, please contact your project mentors.

You will be notified by October 7, 2022, whether or not your poster has been selected for the competition.

Schedule of Events

Monday, October 17, 2022

Great Hall, Memorial Union

Poster set up and judging: 5:45-7:45 p.m.

Poster display: 7:00-8:00 p.m. during Reception

Lecture: 8:00-9:00 p.m.

Hold the Date

Join a conversation with the 2022 World Food Prize Laureate, Cynthia Rosenzweig, a senior research scientist and head of the Climate Impacts Group at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Monday, Oct. 17, at 8 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.

A reception and student poster display will precede the lecture from 7-8 p.m. in the South Ballroom, Memorial Union. Posters will address world issues and are submitted by undergraduate and graduate students.

Rosenzweig, of the United States, will receive the 2022 World Food Prize for her seminal contributions to understanding and predicting the impacts of the interaction between climate and food systems. Through designing and leading rigorous, collaborative observational and modeling research, she provided the evidence used by thousands of decision-makers in more than 90 countries to both mitigate and adapt to climate change in local, national and global food systems.

Norman Borlaug Lecture

Dr. Norman Borlaug (1914-2009) was a Cresco, Iowa, native whose discoveries sparked the Green Revolution. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his contribution to world peace through his wheat research and production that saved millions of lives worldwide. He founded the World Food Prize in 1986 to recognize the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world.

Contact Manju Reddy, mbreddy@iastate.edu (515-294-2024) or Ajay Nair, 515-294-7080, nairajay@iastate.edu with questions or if you need additional information.