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Career Development Scholarship | Food Engineering Scholarship | Rath Foundation Fellowship | FPSA/FPEI Food Engineering Award
The FPSA Foundation supports a number of scholarship programs and awards for undergraduate and graduate students and industry professionals. Scholarship applications and supporting materials are made available in pdf format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view these files. Acrobat Reader is available as a free download from the Adobe website, www.adobe.com.
Career Development Scholarship
The Food Processing Suppliers Association has established career development scholarships as a unique benefit to its members. They are provided through the generous support of the Foundation of FPSA and are designed to promote the career and professional development of the recipients. Scholarships are available to FPSA member employees who work full time and their immediate family members (spouse and children). Applicants can be high school seniors, college students, or graduate students.
In 2007, FPSA issued $3,000 scholarships from a pool of 112 applicants. Winners included family members at the following FPSA Member Companies:
AIS Container Handling
Cozzini
Convenience Food Systems
DCI, Inc.
Eriez Magnetics
North Star Engineered Products
Reyco Systems
Tetra Pak Inc.
The Dennis Group
Weber, Inc.
For more information, contact Scholarship Program Administrators, Laura Stafford at lstafford@spaprog.com or 615-627-9075.
Career Development Scholarship Status:
3/1/08: The upcoming Career Development Scholarship program has been announced. Please find materials here:
Career Development Scholarship Announcement (PDF Document)
Food Engineering Scholarship
The FPSA Foundation annually awards two Food Engineering Scholarships of $2,500 program undergraduates enrolled in a food engineering curriculum. The scholarships are designed to attract and retain qualified personnel for the food processing industry, and to encourage deserving and outstanding students. Winners also receive a $500 travel grant to attend our Expo. Application materials are sent to universities in the Winter.
The Food Engineering Scholarship Program was established in 1983 as a memorial to food industry leaders Paul K. Girton and Gordon A. Houran. In their lifetimes, Girton and Houran made substantial contributions to developments and applications in the food processing industry.
For more information, contact Robyn Roche at rroche@fpsa.org.
Food Engineering Scholarship Status
5/5/08: FPSA Foundation Annouces 2008 Food Engineering Scholarship Winners.
Previous Recipients:
9/15/2006 - Press Release
8/15/2005 - Press Release
12/7/2004 - Press Release
7/15/2003 - Press Release
7/25/2002 - Press Release
Rath Foundation Fellowship
The V. Duane Rath Graduate Research Fellowship is awarded annually to two M.S. or Ph.D. students majoring in food or dairy science whose research embraces food safety, consumer acceptance, process control or a combination thereof. In addition to the $10,000 fellowship, winners receive expense-paid trips to the FPSA Annual Conference to accept the award. Fellowship application materials are sent to universities in the Fall.
The late V. Duane Rath, chairman of the Rath Manufacturing Company, Janesville, Wisconsin and former FPSA Board member, was an advocate of industry education. His contributions established the V. Duane Rath Foundation. The Fellowships were developed by the FPSA Foundation in coordination with the Rath Foundation. The Rath Foundation also provides undergraduate scholarships to students whose parents are Rath Manufacturing employees.
For more information, contact Robyn Roche at rroche@fpsa.org.
Rath Foundation Fellowship Status
9/18/07: The upcoming Rath Foundation Fellowship program has been announced. Please find materials here:
V. Duane Rath Graduate Research Fellowship Materials (.pdf document)
Please note that details of scholarship programs are subject to change as they renew every year.
Previous Recipients:
2/2/2007 - Press Release
2/1/2006 - Press Release
3/31/2005 - Press Release
2/20/2004 - Press Release
2/18/2003 - Press Release
2/12/2002 - Press Release
2/22/2001 - Press Release
FPSA/FPEI Food Engineering Award
Sponsored with the Food and Process Engineering Institute (FPEI) unit of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), the Food Engineering Award recognizes engineering contributions in research, development or design of food processes significant to the food industry; or in leadership, management or education to advance the food engineering profession in a career that has spanned more than 10 years.
In even-numbered years, the award recognizes the accomplishments of an "Emerging Food Engineer" (defined as less than 10 years' practice), while in odd-numbered years, a "Distinguished Food Engineer" is recognized.
The FPSA Foundation/FPEI Food Engineering Award recipient is presented with a gold medal, $2,000 cash, and paid travel expenses to the FPSA Annual Conference to accept the award, as well as being honored at the ASABE International Annual Meeting.
The award recipient is chosen by a seven-member jury, convened by ASABE. For more information, contact Carol Flautt in ASABE's Awards and Recognition department at 616-428-6336 or flautt@asabe.org.