Each year, the Minnesota Section of IFT awards multiple scholarships to outstanding food science graduate and undergraduate students. These student scholarship awards are given to encourage volunteer service, leadership, academic achievement, professional development and to support research in Food Science.
Offered Scholarships
Each year, we offer the following awards to qualified candidates:
- Elwood Caldwell Scholarship Award for Volunteer Service
- Dr. Dash Scholarship Awards for Academic Excellence
- Graduate Scholarship Awards
- Undergraduate Scholarship Awards
- IFT FIRST Annual Meeting Travel Awards
Student Classification
Applicants must have student status within the 2025-2026 academic year. Applicants must be current student members of National IFT and MNIFT.
Eligible Universities
- Minnesota State – Mankato
- North Dakota State University
- South Dakota State University
- University of Minnesota
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls
- University of Wisconsin-Stout
Award Recipients
Liuyi Chang, NDSU
Anto Pradeep Raja Charles, NDSU
Priyanshi Chaturvedi, UMN
Janice Cheng, UMN
Bhaswati Chowdhury, SDSU
Abiy Dadi, UMN
Mohamed Salem Elfaruk, SDSU
Matteo Grossi, NDSU
Charu Gupta, UMN
Sheetal Jha, SDSU
Rutvi Jitendrakumar Joshi, SDSU
Yang Zhe Kang, UMN
Brittany Kralik, UMN
Aditya LNU, SDSU
Sonali Raghunath, UMN
Robiul Islam Rubel, SDSU
Saajewa Dasent-Swygart, UMN
Maryam Wahab, SDSU
Radhika Bharathi, UMN
Liuyi Chang, NDSU
Mohamed Salem Elfaruk, SDSU
Sonali Raghunath, UMN
Robiul Islam Rubel, SDSU
Yihong Deng, UW – River Falls
Ian Heieie, UMN
Celia Powell, UW – Stout
Bhaswati Chowdhury, SDSU
Priyanshi Chaturvedi, UMN
Rutvi Jitendrakumar Joshi, SDSU
Aditya LNU, SDSU
Anto Pradeep Raja Charles, NDSU
Kritika Gaba, SDSU
Sheetal Jha, SDSU