IAR 2020 Ceremony

The winners of the Innovation Awards Roullier 2020 are:

Dr. Cécile MONARD and Dr. Abdelhak EL AMRANI in Plant Nutrition representing the CNRS and the University of Rennes 1
Pr. Mateus P. GIONBELLI and Pr. Marcio DUARTE in Animal Nutrition representing the Federal Universities of Lavras and Viçosa

Congratulations to the two winning teams for the excellent work they presented!

Thank you to the jury as well as to all the participants in the Innovation Awards Roullier 2020. They will be able to submit their projects again in a few months for the 2022 edition!

Focus on the Plant Nutrition winners of the Innovation Awards Roullier 2020

Dr. Cécile MONARD and Dr. Abdelhak EL AMRANI are the winners in Plant Nutrition of the Innovation Awards Roullier 2020.

Dr. Cécile MONARD is a Research Fellow at the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) and Dr. Abdelhak EL AMRANI is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Rennes 1 in France. The originality of their project is based on a new approach to modulate the natural interactions between plant roots and soil microorganisms taking place within the rhizosphere *, in order to promote microbial populations beneficial to the health and nutrition of plants.

We look forward to following their progress in the course of 2021.

* Rhizosphere: Part of the soil penetrated by the roots of plants and associated micro-organisms. Nutrients are processed there for absorption by the plant.

Focus on the Animal Nutrition winners of the Innovation Awards Roullier 2020

Pr. Mateus P. GIONBELLI and Pr. Marcio DUARTE are the winners in Animal Nutrition of the Innovation Awards Roullier 2020.

Pr. Mateus GIONBELLI is Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Lavras and Pr. Marcio DUARTE is Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Viçosa in Brazil. Their project aims to optimize nutritional efficiency during the early stages of cattle development, through a better global understanding of the physiological and biochemical mechanisms involved, and by correlating zootechnical information and “omics” ** data from cutting-edge technologies in biology.

We look forward to following their progress in the course of 2021.

** Omics: set of technologies allowing a comprehensive understanding of complex and dynamic biological systems. "Omics" data are analyzed according to their domain: set of genes (genomics), RNA (transcriptomics), proteins (proteomics), metabolites (metabolomics).

Innovation news

The 2020 Innovation Awards Roullier – Summary

22 January 2021

The pandemic has thrown the importance of scientific research into stark relief. Against this exceptional backdrop, ten days ago the Groupe Roullier held its 2020 ceremony, in unprecedented virtual format, announcing the two research teams that are the recipients of this year’s Innovation Awards Roullier.

Only 1 month to go until the results of the 2020 Innovation Awards Roullier

11 December 2020

On 11 January we will have the pleasure of handing over the trophies to the two winners of the 2020 Innovation Awards Roullier in Plant Nutrition and Animal Nutrition

INNOVATION AWARDS ROULLIER 2020: Ambitious and Innovative Ideas

3 September 2020

After receiving more than 100 applications (65 Plant Nutrition projects and 36 Animal Nutrition projects) in answer of this international contest organized by the CMI Roullier, our two international juries rigorously reviewed them – first individually and then collectively – in order to choose the competition’s two winners.

Change of date for the Innovation Awards Roullier 2020 ceremony

29 May 2020

In consideration of the current health situation, we decided to postpone the Innovation Awards Roullier 2020 award ceremony. Please note that it will be held on December 11, 2020 (instead of June 24).

Walter Wenzel’s advice, winner of the 2018 Edition

25 March 2020

Walter Wenzel (Austria), winner of the 2018 Innovation Awards Roullier, will give you his advice for 2020 Innovation Awards Roullier edition.

Laura Zanin’s advices, winner of the 2018 Edition

18 March 2020

As part of the Innovation Awards Roullier 2020, we give you Laura Zanin’s advices, winner of the 2018 Edition.

You asked for it, we did it!

26 February 2020

Many of you have contacted us to obtain more information about the contest, the content of the application file, the expectations of the juries and the prizes, asking us for an extension in order to write your application as well as possible.

Crossed glances of experts on the Innovation Awards Roullier 2020 – Pr. Mario Estévez and Pr. Johannes Lehmann

14 February 2020

Mario Estévez and Johannes Lehmann are respectively Professor in the department of animal production and food science at the University of Extremadura and Professor of soil biogeochemistry and soil fertility management at Cornell University. As members of the jury of the Innovation Awards Roullier 2020 and experts in their field, they agreed to give their […]

Innovation Awards 2020 - Animal Nutrition Jury members

30 December 2019

We are pleased to present you our three jury members for the Animal Nutrition

Who is Groupe Roullier?

Since 1959, the Groupe Roullier‘s teams have been meeting the real needs of industry in the sector. A major operator in Animal and Plant Nutrition for 60 years, the Groupe Roullier has always continued to develop its expertise and skillsets. To maintain its leadership in these domains, the Centre Mondial de l’Innovation Roullier was created in Saint-Malo, historical hometown of its first production unit, to gather on a single site and with unique means, all skills involved in the innovation process.

To get more information, head to the page dedicated to the innovation at CMI Roullier.