Frozen Food Foundation Freezing Research Award

The Frozen Food Foundation Freezing Research Award honors an individual, group, or organization for preeminence and outstanding contributions in research that impacts food safety attributes of freezing. The research can include, but is not limited to food safety aspects of frozen food and innovative freezing techniques. The Award recipient will receive an engraved award and a $2,000 honorarium at the IAFP Annual Meeting.

Self-nominations are encouraged. Award nominations are evaluated and selected by the Frozen Food Foundation and IAFP Members.

Qualifications for nominees

An individual, group, or organization from industry, academia, or government involved in freezing research and the effects of freezing on food
Have preeminence in and have made outstanding contributions to the field of research involving frozen food or have developed an innovative, significant, or strategic solution providing value to the frozen food industry

IAFP Executive Board Members and Frozen Food Foundation Awards Committee Members are not eligible for this award. Previous recipients of the Frozen Food Foundation Freezing Research Award are not eligible for a period of three years.

Sponsored by: Frozen Food Foundation
2026 Recipient(s): Lee-Ann Jaykus

Past Awardees

2025 Anderson S. Sant'Ana
2024 Marcel Zwietering
2023 Craig Hedberg
2022 Jeffrey Farber
2021 Shyam Sablani
2020 Claire Zoellner
2019 Martin Wiedmann
2018 Donald W. Schaffner
2017 Mark Harrison
2016 Michael Davidson
2015 Erdogan Ceylan
2014 Juming Tang
2013 Da-Wen Sun
2012 David S. Reid
2011 Dennis R. Heldman
2010 Linda Harris