Travel Award for Food Safety Professionals in a Country with a Developing Economy

The IAFP Travel Award for Food Safety Professionals in a Country with a Developing Economy provides travel funds for food safety professionals working full-time in the field of food safety in a country with a developing economy* to attend the Annual Meeting of the International Association for Food Protection.*Countries with a Developing Economy

Qualifications for applicant

Non-student at the time of application and during the IAFP Annual Meeting at which the award is presented
Work in a food safety-related profession, which may include research, education, industry, government, or the private sector
Have at least two years of professional experience in food safety or a related field and be currently employed in a country with a developing economy.

IAFP Membership is not required. Recipients of this travel award are eligible to reapply after five years.

Sponsored by: For the 2027 program year, the IAFP Foundation is proud to sponsor travel for up to three qualified food safety professionals working in a country with a developing economy to attend IAFP 2027, to be held July 17-21 in Kansas City, Missouri.
2026 Recipient(s): Selim Alarape, Hussein Hassan, Shraddha Khanal

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Past Awardees

2025 Amina Badmos, Kolawole Banwo, Rowaida Khalil
2024 Gloria Arinaitwe, Ernest Bonah, Suresh Devatkal
2023 Frederick Adzitey, Lina Mego, Kizito Nishimwe
2022 Badroonesha Aumjaud, Rine Reuben, Neetu Taneja
2021 Kubir Nath Bhattarai, Titilayo Falade, Amin Olaimat
2020 Kolawole Banwo, A.L.Chathudina Janitha Liyanage, Muhammad Bilal Sadiq
2019 Charles Bashiru Bakin, Abdoulie Jallow, Ismail Odetokun
2018 Abiodun-Solanke AyoJesutomi, Fernanda Bovo Campagnollo, Mauricio A. Redondo-Solano
2017 Frederick Adzitey, Alonzo Gabriel, Patrick Njage
2016 Lay Ching Chai and Folarin Oguntoyinbo
2015 Charles Muyanja
2014 Gulu Gwesa
2013 Ratih Dewanti-Hariyadi