Welcome to the Alltech Young Scientist website!
The Alltech Young Scientist Award brings together the world’s brightest scientific thinkers from colleges and universities across the globe. Undergraduate and graduate students are asked to register and submit a scientific paper on an agricultural topic such as veterinary science, animal feed technology, agricultural developments or agriculture management.
In 2011, the competition will begin with a Local Phase. Winners from each of those competitions will move forward and compete in the Regional Phase. The regional winners will then have the opportunity to compete in the Global Phase, which will take place in Lexington, Kentucky, USA at Alltech’s Annual International Animal Health and Nutrition Symposium in May 2011. Undergraduate and Graduate students will compete separately at each phase.
You can find more detailed information about the competition’s regulations and guidelines throughout our website. If you have any further questions please send them to youngscientist@alltech.com.
2010 Alltech Young Scientist Award Regional Winners
The Alltech Young Scientist 2010 Winners were Lee-Anne Huber at the undergraduate level and Michael Steele at the graduate level. Michael Steele from the University of Guelph in Canada, submitted a paper examining the molecular mechanisms underlying rumen epithelial adaption to high grain diets in dairy cattle. Lee-Anne Huber also from the University of Guelph in Canada submitted a paper examining amino acid use in swine diets, specifically the previously ignored area of optimal ratio of isoleucine to lysine in pig starter diets. You can also check out the 2010 Global Winners and their paper topics by visiting the Hall of Fame section of this website
Interested in participating in 2011? Click here to learn how.
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