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
Misen Luu, UMN
Alexandra Cummins, UMN
Paige Elfering, UW-Stout
Sarah Keute, UW-Stout
Alissa Schneider, UMN
Lucy Hansen, UMN
Jenny Hayek, UMN
Sonali Raghunath, UMN
Bipin Rajpurohit, SDSU
Maryam Enteshari, SDSU
Chelsey Hinnencamp, UMN
Yang Lan, NDSU
Minwei Xu, NDSU
Vaidhyanathan Anantharamkrishnan, UMN
Tanvee Deshpande, SDSU
Lucy Hansen, UMN
Jenny Hayek, UMN
Chelsey Hinnencamp, UMN
Dilpreet Kaur, UMN
Yang Lan, NDSU
Misen Luu, UMN
Rachel Mitacek, UMN
Sonali Raghunath, UMN
Bipin Rajpurohit, SDSU
Gabriela Swamy, SDSU
Minwei Xu, NDSU
Vaidhyanathan Anantharamkrishnan, UMN
Madison Gohl, NDSU
Lucy Hansen, UMN
Katelyn Schmoll, NDSU