AACC International Foundation Award Winners

"The award not only served as encouragement to further my academic endeavors but also enabled me to attend couple of important international conventions...it gave me a chance to exchange research ideas with fellow scientists from around the world. " -Baninder Singh Sroan AACC International Foundation Recipient

Since its inception in 1989, the AACC Intl. Foundation has focused on providing undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships to students excelling in studies relevant to grain-based food science and technology. For the school year 2007-08, seven students received $16,000 in funding from the various Foundation endowment and scholarship funds.

AACC Intl. Foundation Awards Seven Graduate Fellowships and Undergraduate Scholarships for 2007-2008

Two juries, consisting of six AACC Intl.members, named a total of six graduate and one undergraduate scholarship winners this year, all funded directly or indirectly through the AACC Intl.Foundation. Six graduate fellowships of $2,000 to $3,000 and one undergraduate scholarships of  $1,000 were awarded.

Applicants had to have been majoring in a program of courses and/or participating in research that would normally lead to a career in cereal chemistry and technology (including oilseeds) or were to have taken available courses and otherwise demonstrated interest in such a career.

Winners received their awards September 2007, accompanied by a certificate suitable for presentation at a local section meeting or campus seminar, as arranged by the department head. Recipients are listed with their home locations, school year or degree program and major, and the amount and source (via the AACC Intl. Foundation) of the funds awarded this year.

Graduate Fellowships

AACC Intl. fellowships are only “renewable” in the sense that each year’s competition is new event, with jury members instructed that previous winners are to be neither more nor less favored relative to other applicants. The following list of includes two winners from a previous year, all of whom had been awarded graduate fellowships.

	Alex Anton MSc. student at University of Manitoba $2,000 AACC Intl. Bill Doty Graduate Fellowship
	Jayne Bock Ph.D. student at University of Wisconsin-Madison $2,500 AACC Intl. Charles Becker Graduate Fellowship Endowment
	Ramakanth Jonnala Ph.D. student at Kansas State University $3,000 AACC Intl. Milling & Baking Division M. Rella Dwyer Graduate Fellowship
	Carolina Rosa MSc. student at University of Manitoba $2,000 AACC Intl. Raymond J. Tarleton Graduate Fellowship
	Debora Saibene Ph.D. student at Pennsylvania State University $2,500 National Starch & Chemical Company Graduate Fellowship
	Vivek Sharma Ph.D. student at University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign $3,000 Anheuser-Busch/Campbell Taggert Graduate Fellowship Endowment

Undergraduate Scholarship

Like the graduate fellowships, undergraduate scholarships are renewable only in the sense that each year’s competition is a new event, with previous awardees neither more nor less favored than other applicants. 

Jenna Drinkwater Senior at University of Saskatchewan $1,000 AACC Intl. Flavor & Food Ingredients Division Undergraduate Scholarship

You may also view previous awardees of AACC International Foundation Graduate and Undergraduate scholarships.

This generous funding would not be possible with out the direct support of the Association's membership, corporate sponsors, AACC Intl. Divisions and Sections, Silent Auction proceeds as well as the volunteer time and effort of several regular and student members. Thank you to everyone who has helped support the efforts of the AACC Intl. Foundation.

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