The Rank Prize

An introduction to The Prize

Founded in 1972 by the British industrialist and philanthropist Lord J. Arthur Rank, the prestigious Rank Prize is awarded biennially in the fields of nutrition and optoelectronics.

The Committees and Trustees seek to identify individuals who have made a significant contribution to the sciences, on the one hand of human and animal nutrition and crop science and, on the other, optoelectronics and vision science, where an initial idea has been carried through to practical applications that have benefited or will benefit humanity.