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
Jayani C. Sandarani Maddakandage Dona Kulathunga, NDSU
Rachel Mitacek, UMN
Sonali Raghunath, UMN
Kaavya Rathnakumar, SDSU
Brigitta Yaputri, UMN
Laura Eckhardt, UMN
Mohamed S. Elfaruk, SDSU
Holly Husband, UMN
Dilpreet Kaur, UMN
Jayani C. Sandarani Maddakandage Dona Kulathunga, NDSU
Vaidehi Narkar, UMN
Sonali Raghunath, UMN
Kaavya Rathnakumar, SDSU
Alissa Schneider, UMN
Brigitta Yaputri, UMN
Serap Vatansever, NDSU
Miranda Arndt, UWRF
Holly Husband, UMN
Sandi Levine, UMN
Anna Mahoney, NDSU
Michelle Schmitt, UWRF
Brigitta Pricilla Yaputri, UMN
Radhika Bharathi, UMN
Lucy Hansen, UMN
Laura Eckhardt, UMN
Dilpreet Kaur, UMN
Misen Luu, UMN
Alissa Schneider, UMN
Vaidhyanathan Anantharamkrishnan, UMN
Maryam Enteshari, SDSU
Chelsey Hinnencamp, UMN
Yang Lan, NDSU
Yara Benavidez Paz, UMN
Gabriela John Swamy, SDSU
Samuel Adler, UMN
Vaidhyanathan Anantharamkrishnan, UMN
Fan Bu, UMN
Laura Eckhardt, UMN
Maryam Enteshari, SDSU
Supun Sandaru Fernando, NDSU
Lucy Hansen, UMN
Chelsey Hinnencamp, UMN
Holly Husband, UMN
Dilpreet Kaur, UMN
Yang Lan, NDSU
Misen Luu, UMN
Rachel Mitacek, UMN
Vaidehi Narkar, UMN
Sonali Raghunath, UMN
Kaavya Rathnakumar, SDSU
Alissa Schneider, UMN
Gabriela John Swamy, SDSU
Serap Vatansever, NDSU
Brigitta Pricilla Yaputri, UMN