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
Joseph Kallenbach, NDSU
Courtney Lasky, UMN
Mitchell Mattes, UMN
Geoffrey Debrow, UMN
Umesh Chandra Lohani, SDSU
Katie Osdoba, UMN
Poonam Singha, SDSU
Justin Carlson, UMN
Reilly McNaught, UMN
David Potts, UMN
Brittany Riebel, NDSU
Sichaya Sittipod, UMN
Gabriela John Swamy, SDSU
Cindy Vang, UW-Stout
Elizabeth Corradi, Bemidji
What’s In Your Milk? Does education alter milk drinking habits?
Hannah Farmer, Stillwater
Crumb Catching Cereal Bag
Evelyn McChesney & Madeline McCue, Breck School
Novel Antibiotic Alternatives: Genomic Alteration of Probiotic Bacteria for Production of Antimicrobial Peptides
Ellen Roufs, Cathedral High School in New Ulm
Reducing Carcinogenic Toxins (aflatoxin) in Milk