Competitions & Awards

IFT Student Association Competitions provide student members of IFT the unique opportunity to compete, individually or on teams. Don't miss out!

COMPETITION/AWARD CONTACT DEADLINE
Chapter of the Year
David Bloom
May 1
College Bowl
Contact Area Rep TBD
Developing Solutions for Developing Countries
Diane Schmitt
January 15
Disney - IFTSA Product Development Competition
Kavita Solanki
February 15
Excellence in Leadership Award Allison Atnip
March 1
Heart Healthy Product Development Competition Adriana Soto
December 5
IFTSA & Mars Product Development Competition Ariel Buehler February 1
Undergraduate Research Paper
Xi Chen
March 1

Abstract & Paper Competitions

IFT is proud to support 25 division and allied organization competitions at the Annual Meeting & Food Expo. Students may submit an abstract in one of the 21 poster, 3 oral or 1 paper competitions further detailed in the Competition Guidelines below. Each division competition will recognize up to six finalists and give one first place award of $1000, one second place award of $750 and one third place award of $500. Below is a list of the participating divisions and allied organizations:

Download IFT Abstract & Paper Competition Guidelines (PDF)

 

 

ALLIED ORGANIZATION:
Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS)

DIVISIONS:

Aquatic Food Products
Biotechnology
Carbohydrate
Dairy Foods
Education
Extension & Outreach
Food Chemistry
Food Engineering
Food Microbiology
Food Packaging
Foodservice

 

Fruits & Vegetables
International
Marketing & Management
Muscle Foods
Nonthermal Processing
Nutraceuticals & Functional Foods
Nutrition
Product Development
Quality Assurance
Refrigerated & Frozen Foods
Sensory & Consumer Science
Toxicology & Safety Evaluation

Competition Sponsors

canolainfo.org
   
Disney Consumer Products
 
 
MARS chocolate, north america

General Mills
 

DSM
 

Cargill

Campbell's

PEPSICO