FSHN STUDENT AWARDS
As a student in the Food Science and Human Nutrition department at the University of Florida, awards are available to you.
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FSHN Undergraduate Student Awards
Earl Wilmot Hartt Scholarship: This scholarship is available to undergraduate students majoring in food science and human nutrition at the University of Florida. Recipients are judged on the basis of scholarship, leadership, and professional potential, and applicants must attend school full-time. This scholarship is renewable.
- Sponsor: Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Barben Family of Avon Park, in memory of Earl Wilmot Hartt
- Eligibility: Undergraduate Students (Food Science, Nutritional Sciences, and Dietetics)
Eugene E. Woodward Memorial Scholarship: This scholarship is given in memory of Eugene Woodward, FSHN alumnus and former medical student at the University of South Florida, to help promising pre-professional students reach their goals. Recipients will be judged based on scholarship, leadership, professional potential, and pre-professional career goals, and must attend school full time. The scholarship is non-renewable.
- Sponsor: Ann and Dave Howell and Family, in memory of Eugene Woodward
- Eligibility: Undergraduate Students (Food Science, Nutritional Sciences, and Dietetics)
Janna Underhill Achiever Award: This scholarship is given in honor of the many years of service of Dr. Janna Underhill, an outstanding academic advisor in the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department. The award recognizes the determination it takes to succeed in spite of setbacks, and will be awarded to a student who has demonstrated perseverance and grit in their academic career.
- Sponsor: FSHN Student Services
- Eligibility: Undergraduate Students (Food Science, Nutritional Sciences, and Dietetics) (Juniors and Seniors). Students who wish to be considered for this award must complete a special addendum in addition to the main FSHN Scholarship Application.
Outstanding Senior Awards: The Outstanding Senior award is a prestigious honor recognizing one graduating senior from each of our department’s three majors: Food Science, Nutritional Sciences, and Dietetics. Through a rigorous evaluation process led by the Undergraduate Committee, this award celebrates students who have distinguished themselves through exceptional academic achievement, scholarship, leadership, professional involvement, and demonstrated commitment to a career path aligned with their major. Faculty will nominate candidates for this award, and nominated students will then be invited to apply.
- Eligibility: Senior standing, and by faculty nomination only. Nominated students will be invited to apply; self-nominations are not accepted for this award.
Patricia Madariaga Scholarship in Dietetics: This scholarship recognizes an undergraduate Junior or Senior Dietetics student who demonstrates a strong understanding of professionalism, creativity and ambition in their career goals, and a clear vision for how the award will support their professional aspirations in the field of Dietetics. Applicants will be evaluated on the following criteria: Clear and Compelling Understanding of Professionalism and Professional Behavior in Dietetics; Creativity and Ambition in Professional Goals; Evidence of Existing Effort and Momentum Toward Professional Goals; and Clarity on How the Scholarship Funds Will Facilitate Progress Toward Professional Goals.
- Eligibility: Junior and Senior undergraduate students majoring in Dietetics. Students who wish to be considered for this award must complete a special addendum in addition to the main FSHN Scholarship Application.
Rising Star Award: This award recognizes outstanding Freshman and Sophomore students that have demonstrated excellence early in their academic careers.
- Eligibility: Undergraduate Students (Food Science, Nutritional Sciences, and Dietetics) (Freshmen and Sophomores Only)
Virginia Dare Scholarship: The Virginia Dare company, named for the first English child born on American soil, is a leader in the manufacture of high quality flavor products for food and beverage applications. The Virginia Dare Scholarship is part of that company’s nationwide annual scholarship program. Recipients will be judged on the basis of scholarship, leadership, professional potential, and interest in flavor and dairy technology. The scholarship is non-renewable.
- Sponsor: Virginia Dare
- Eligibility: Undergraduate Food Science Students
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FSHN Graduate Student Awards
Alec Courtelis Award
Given annually to three outstanding international Ph.D. students. The award was first given at the 1996 International Student Awards Ceremony by Louise Courtelis in honor of her late husband, Alec Courtelis, a well-known financier and former Chairman of the Board of Regents. A wall plaque bearing the name of the award recipients and the year it was awarded is located at the University of Florida International Center.
Davis Graduate Nutrition Enhancement Award
George K. Davis and his wife, Ruthanna W. Davis, created this endowment in the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) in 1993. Dr. Davis and his wife were longtime and generous friends of UF/IFAS. A former University of Florida professor, Dr. George K. Davis' career spanned five decades in the field of nutrition. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1937. During his long and dedicated service to the University of Florida in the Animal Science Department he authored or coauthored 250 scientific articles and numerous popular articles published in English and several foreign languages. Dr. Davis was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Davis and his colleagues were the first to use radioisotopes as tracers in the study of nutrition of large domestic animals. He also discovered the interrelationships of the minerals necessary to successfully raise cattle on soil similar to that found in the Florida Everglades. Davis' research assisted in identifying the roles of trace minerals in human and animal medicine world-wide. His work led to the discovery of a water-soluble form of vitamin D and further defined the function of vitamin D in animals and humans.
The Olson Scholarship for MS or PhD students in Food Science
One Olson Scholarship will be awarded to support outstanding graduate students (MS or PhD) in Food Science. The award recognizes students exhibiting excellent potential in the discipline and is in honor of Bob Olson, a long-time supporter of the Food Science program at UF/IFAS. Students may receive this award only one time during their graduate career
The William and Agnes Brown Scholarship for MS students in FSHN
Awarded in the name of long-time FSHN supporters William and Agnes Brown, the scholarship supports a wide range of vital food science and human nutrition research in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition. This award recognizes students with outstanding research and academic achievements.
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FSHN Graduate Fellowships
The Graduate School Grinter Fellowships
Grinter fellowships are named in honor of Dr. Linton E. Grinter, who was Dean of the Graduate School, 1952-1969. The intent of the Grinter Fellowship is to facilitate the recruitment of truly exceptional graduate students to the University of Florida through partial stipend support.
Eligibility
· Students entering into a Ph.D. program administered within the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. For more information, please contact the Graduate Coordinator of your intended Ph.D. program.
How to apply:
· Newly admitted FSHN PHD students are automatically considered for this fellowship by the Graduate Committee. No application is required.
Madelyn Lockhart Dissertation Fellowship Award
The Association for Academic Women (AAW) at the University of Florida established the Madelyn Lockhart Fellowship to honor a Ph.D. Candidate who is both an outstanding researcher and who has overcome challenges, helped others overcome challenges, or contributed to a larger sense of community on campus, locally, or more widely.
Eligibility
· Be a full-time UF Ph.D. candidate who has completed doctoral course work.
· Have passed your qualifying exam and be ready to write your dissertation.
· Supervisory committee must approve student’s dissertation proposal by the application deadline for this award.
· Be enrolled in dissertation credits the semester (fall, spring, or summer) that fellowship is received.
· AAW will give preference to applicants in the later stages of their dissertation research.
How to apply:
· Information about the application process and deadlines can be found here: https://grad.ufl.edu/gss/funding/lockhart/
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Additional Recognition
The National Association of Flavors and Food-Ingredient Systems: The National Association of Flavors and Food-Ingredient Systems is offering three, $1000 scholarships to students in the University of Florida Food Science Department.
Private Label Manufacturers Association University Outreach Program: Provides 62 undergraduate students from 17 schools with an immersive experience for them to consider this industry as a career choice after graduation. FSHN Food Science students are invited.
Pepsi Co. Internship and Employment Recruitment: Pepsi Co. has chosen the University of Florida as one of six universities in the country to directly recruit Food Science Students from as they develop a pipeline of talent. Each year their search is targeting one summer intern for a current student and one full time employee for soon to be or recent graduate.
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Apply on Canvas
Undergraduate awards and scholarships are awarded every Spring. The application typically opens in the late Fall or early Spring, and applications are due in late January or early February. Decisions are announced in March, and winners are recognized at an annual awards luncheon in April.
We manage our application process through the FSHN Advising Canvas site, which all our undergraduate students are automatically added to when they declare one of our majors (Nutritional Sciences, Food Science, or Dietetics).
Log on to Canvas and navigate to FSHN Advising to learn more and access the application.
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Past Award Winners
Undergraduate
Year Award Recipient(s) 2022 Earl Wilmot Hartt Scholarship Carina Copely, Lydia Crose, Ryan Fishman, Karen Lee, Mary Serviss 2022 Eugene E. Woodward Memorial Scholarship Sofia Acevedo, Clarissa Aurelia, Alice Chan, Miette Ogg 2022 FSHN Rising Star Award - Dietetics Rachel Stennett 2022 FSHN Rising Star Award - Food Science Mary Serviss 2022 FSHN Rising Star Award - Nutritional Sciences Katryna Adamski 2022 Janna Underhill Achiever Award Kristie Boyle, Saska Boswell 2022 Outstanding Senior - Dietetics Sofia Acevedo 2022 Outstanding Senior - Food Science Clarissa Aurelia 2022 Outstanding Senior - Nutritional Sciences Alice Chan 2022 Virginia Dare Scholarship Elizabeth Tang Graduate
Award Recipient Olson Scholarship for MS or PhD students in Food Science Xixuan Tang William and Agnes Brown Scholarship for MS students in FSHN John Carriglio, Lucia Eguiguren, Evan Flores, Megan Kinsman, Taylor Washington, Nicholas Wendrick Additional Recognition
NAFFS Scholarship: Elizabeth Tang, Miguel Vasconez, Nick Wendrick
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External Resources
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