Student Travel Scholarship

The IAFP Student Travel Scholarships provide travel funding for full-time graduate and undergraduate students to attend the Annual Meeting, encouraging recipients to participate in educational and Association activities, connect with food safety professionals, and build relationships that support their professional growth.

The travel scholarships are intended to inspire students to become actively involved in IAFP and foster continued engagement, learning, and professional development as they prepare for careers in food safety. Travel Scholarships will be awarded to students enrolled full-time in a college or university food safety-related degree program at the time of nomination.

Since 2004, the IAFP Foundation has been dedicated to enhancing the career potential of exceptional students through the annual IAFP Student Travel Scholarship Program.

Qualifications for applicants

  • Student IAFP Member
  • Full-time graduate or undergraduate student enrolled full-time in a food science, microbiology, toxicology, or other program related to food microbiological or toxicological safety at a college or university at the time of the application deadline
  • Demonstrates interest in and commitment to food safety and quality

Previous recipients of this scholarship are not eligible to apply. Applicant is not required to present an oral or poster technical paper to qualify for the award.

  • Sponsored by: For the 2027 program year, the IAFP Foundation is proudly sponsoring travel of up to 20 qualified students to attend IAFP 2027, to be held July 17-21, 2027 in Kansas City, Missouri. Through generous contributions to the IAFP Foundation, travel scholarships will be awarded to students from countries with developing economies and from North America, where at least two travel scholarships will be awarded to students attending Minority Serving Institutions (if applied).
  • 2026 Recipient(s): Zoe Andersen, Charles Bakin, Rocio Barron, Auja Bywater, Chloe Castanon, Bhaswati Chowdhury, Yihong Deng, Shivaprasad Doddabematti Prakash, Natoavina Faliarizao, Julia Fukuba, Jean Paul Hategekimana, Yihan He, Zilfa Irakoze, Veeramani Karuppuchamy, Sanyi Kim,* Veera Venkata Praveen Raja Kosuri, Daniel Leiva, Mallika Mahida, Monica Osorio-Barahona, Richard Otwey, Calvin Slaughter (*Sponsored by the Korea Association for Food Protection)

Past Awardees

  • 2025 Kingsley Bentum, Sitara Cullinan, Victoria Felton, Shuyi Feng, Ellen Gabriel, Bless Hodasi, YeonJin Jung, Ziqi Liu, Elias Oyesigye, Dhananjai Muringattu Prabhakaran, Amber RIchards, Daniel Tichy, Yi Wang, Katherine Woo, Li Xiao, Tongzhou Xu, Zhiyuan Xu, Caroline Yates, Yuzhen Zhang, Carlos Zelaya
  • 2024 Samantha Bolten, Tyler Chandross-Cohen, Farid Dewan, Jakob Gryniewski, Tahirah Johnson, Harsimran Kaur Kapoor, Sushant Kaushal, Unji Kim, Shenmiao Li, Shpresa Musa, Esther Oginni, Carolina Ortiz Murillo, Abbey Pollok, Narindra Randriamiarintsoa, Lily Saad, Jared Smith, LaTaunya Tillman, Namratha Valsalan, Tamara Walsky, So Young Woo
  • 2023 Marianna Arvaniti, Cyril Ayuk Etaka, Akshaya Balaji, Megan Dixon, Aaron Dudley, Gurwinder Kaur, Clara Lima, Abdullahi Muhammad, Keorimy Ouk, Alexis Omar, Chenhao Qian, Aishwarya Rao, Katerina Roth, Yesutor Soku, Pauline Spagnoli, Sloane Stoufer, Pranaya Udash, Stevie Ward, Surabhi Wason, Pianpian Yan*, Elizabeth Yanez Obregon (*Sponsored by the Korea Association for Food Protection)
  • 2022 Jyoti Aryal, Patrice Bonny, Carmen Cano, Roca Grace Dewi, Jennifer Dorick, Mairui Gao, Mrinalini Ghoshal, Madison Goforth, Olivia Haley, Rosa Heydenreich, Minji Hur, Mwarome Jumbale, Amalia Komarudin, Tengfei Li, Tlaleo Marole, David Mugabo, Jennifer Mydosh, Jasmine Smalls, Anand Soorneedi, Saki Tanaka, Kaidi Wang, Zirui Ray Xiong, Lang Yao
  • 2021 Jessica Brown, Shiyu Cai, Bienvenido Cortes, Devin Daeschel, Adwoa Dankwa, Minh Duong, Marina Girbal, Sarah L. Jones, Karuna Kharel, Minji Kim, Brenda Moraa Kimang'a, Xingchen Liu, Ajay Mittal, Owade Joshua Ombaka, Solomon Rajkumar Racharla, Keshnee Reega, Anna Townsend, Joseph Wambui, Christina Wormald, Jiyoon Yi
  • 2020 Cameron Bardsley, Brianna Britton, Alessia Delbrück, Erika Estrada, Savana Everhart, Emily Forauer, Ahmed Gomaa, Marti Hua, Xingyi Jiang, Xinyu Liao, Claire Marik, Francis Muchaamba, Kizito Nishimwe, Duke Gekonge Omayio, Katie Overbey, Angélica Godínez Oviedo, Dacil Rivera, Thiago Sugizaki dos Santos, Mathilde Trudel-Ferland, Ingrid Zamora
  • 2019 Hiroki Abe, Jennifer Acuff, Justin Anast, Katrien Begyn, Melanie Firestone, Catherine Gensler, Carly Gomez, Gayathri Gunathilaka, John Hodges, Rochelle Keet, Muhammad Nadeem Khan, Sakshi Lamba, Ruiling Lv, Sarah Murphy, Oladipupo Olatunde, Nurudeen Olalekan Oloso, Ruth Oni, Elvina Parlindungan, Surabhi Rani, Lester Schonberger, Mary Yavelak
  • 2018 Abimbola E. Allison, Xiaoqiong Cao, Vijay Singh Chhetri, Anna Colavecchio, Daniel F. M. do Monte, Angela Marie C. Ferelli, Mohammad Ruzlan Habib, Anna Sophia Harrand, Shoukui He, Kento Koyama, Luyao Ma, Robyn C. Miranda, Zahra H. Mohammad, Thabang Nora Msimango, Flavia Negrete, Loandi Richter, Varalakshmi S, Joyjit Saha, Carla Schwan, Katarina Simunovic
  • 2017 Makala Bach, Stephanie Barnes, Sarah Beno, Sarah Cope, Dorothy Dupree, Hillary Kelbick, Giannis Koukkidis, Shuxiang Liu, Itumeleng Matle, Rianna Murray, Eugene Niyonzima, Rodney Owusu-Darko, Hao Pang, Laura Patterson, Kristen Saniga, Nicholas Sevart, Aswathi Soni, Constanza Vergara, Sophie Wu, Xingning Xiao
  • 2016 Sarah Allard, Takiyah Ball, Kaitlyn Casulli, Justin Falardeau, Kirtiraj Gaikwad, Abigail Horn, Isaac Kabazzi, Wan Mei Leong, Zach Marsh, Kira Newman, Thabile Nkambule, Ifeoluwa Olotu, Katie Satchwell, Daniel Weller, Lily Yang, Claire Zoellner
  • 2015 Nicole Arnold, Jamuna Bai Aswathanarayan, Olayemi Kayode Bolatito, Mary Theresa Callahan, Ashley Chaifetz, Byron Chaves, Shannon Coleman, Sydney Corkran, Shani Craighead, Phillip Gurman, Olivier Kamana, Matthew Moore, Desmond Mugadza, Victor Ntuli, Alia Osman, Isaac Rwomushana Rukundo, Daniel Unruh, Pratheeba Yogendrarajah, Dewi Yunita
  • 2014 Kazeem Akinwumi, Kris Alvarez Juan, Vinayak Ghate, Susan Hammons, Van Ho Maria, Chelsea Kaminski, Daniele Maffei Stephanie Nadya, Bryan Oliveros, David Sanchez Calderon, Patrick Spanninger, Sarisa Suriyarak, Elena Tanabe, Silin Tang, Jessie Usaga, Qing Wang
  • 2013 Gbenga Adewumi, Apurba Chakraborty, Clarisse Compaore, Amanda King, Edyta Margas, Ismail Odetokun, Lorraine Rodriguez-Rivera, Dong Joo Seo, Elizabeth Noelia Williams, Yishan Yang
  • 2012 Frederick Adzitey, Sharon Bagaaya, Eva Danira Borjas Orellana, Wei Chen, Chawalit Kocharunchitt, Min Hwa Lee, Laura Strawn, Fabricio Luiz Tulini, Qiongqiong Yan
  • 2011 Ashley Bramlett, Jessica Lee Corron, Marcus Vinicius Coutinho Cossi, Sarah Finn, Patricia Hingston, Kevin Ebere Njoku, Vinicius Buccelli Ribeiro, Courage Kosi Setsoafia Saba, Jan Mei Soon
  • 2010 Abel Atukwase, Mary Pia Cuervo, Vania Borges Ferreira, Clyde Simmons Manuel, Anh Linh Nguyen, Csaba Nemeth, Iryna Sybirtseva, Duygu Tosun
  • 2009 Dominic K. Bagenda, Jeremy William Chenu, Gashaw Mersha Tessema, Hyo-Min Nang, Aaron R. Uesugi, Stelios Viazis
  • 2008 Ji-Yeon Hyeon, Hudaa Neetoo, Rolf Erik Nilsson, Christopher Nnadozie Njoku
  • 2007 Rebecca Goulter, Hyun-Ho Jin, Ivan Nastasijevic, Haley F. Oliver, and Rebecca C. Robbins
  • 2006 Yvonne C. Chan, Eb Chiarini, Ashley S. Pedigo, Luciano Chi Serrano
  • 2005 Stephen F. Grove, Brooke M. Whitney