CFSEC Scholars

2025 Scholarship Opportunities

Scholarships are now available for students to attend the 2025 Consumer Food Safety Education Conference on March 13-14, 2025, in Houston, TX.

The application deadline is January 21, 2025, and eight student scholarships will be awarded, which will cover the following: 

  • Full conference registration
  • Two nights stay at the conference hotel
  • Travel stipend

Graduate and undergraduate students currently enrolled in food safety, food microbiology, public health, or environmental health programs at a U.S.-based university are invited to apply.

Applicants will be notified of acceptance by February 7, 2025. 

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2023 Scholars

The Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE) is pleased to announce the selection of Student Scholars for the 2023 Consumer Food Safety Education Conference.

PFSE is the U.S. leader in advancing dialogue and program collaborations that improve people’s access to actionable solutions for reducing the risk of foodborne illness for themselves and their families.

Learn more about PFSE.

Zoila Chevez

Auburn University
Department of Horticulture
Ph.D. in Produce Safety
Anticipated Graduation Date: 2024

Karen Nieto Flores 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Department of Food Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology
Anticipated Graduation Date: December 2024

Jaber Ghorbani

University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Department of Food Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Food Science
Anticipated Graduation Date: September 2027

Gladys Ndalam

Towson University
Department of Health Sciences
Bachelor of Public Health in Public Health
Anticipated Graduation Date: 2025

Amrit Pal

University of Georgia
Department of Food Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology
Anticipated Graduation Date: December 2024

Annie Romanowski

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Nutrition Sciences
MS in Nutrition and Dietetics
Anticipated Graduation Date: December 2023

Yesutor Soku

Tuskegee University
Department of Pathobiology
Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Pathobiology
Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2026

Surabhi Wason

University of Arkansas
Department of Food Science
Ph.D. in Food Safety
Anticipated Graduation Date: August 2023