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IFT Feeding Tomorrow Fund

The IFT Feeding Tomorrow Fund raises awareness of the science of food as a desirable career path. By attracting, retaining, and celebrating the most creative and innovative minds of the profession, we will ensure the world has the ability to feed a growing and diverse population.


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Through our strategic promises… We motivate. We support. We leverage.

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Motivating Young Minds

We provide 75+ classroom resources and experiments for K–12 educators. 

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We Motivate The world needs the next generation of creative and innovative minds engaged in the science of food to meet a critical challenge ahead of us. Yet, science of food educators report alarming declines in the number of students enrolled in food science studies.

The Feeding Tomorrow Fund is dedicated to reversing this troubling trend by inspiring the next generation to consider careers in food science—and connecting with them early.

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Supporting Students

Since 1985, the Feeding Tomorrow Fund has awarded more than 2,700 scholarships, totaling over $3 million.

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We Support Through the Feeding Tomorrow Fund, IFT actively addresses barriers to education in the sciences, particularly for those most impacted by food inequity. As the cost of college rises and education slips out of reach for many.

Feeding Tomorrow Fund scholarships help ensure that those passionate about careers in the science of food can still pursue their dreams. Since 1985, the Feeding Tomorrow Fund has awarded more than 2,700 scholarships, totaling over $3 million. See this year's scholarship winners.

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The Developing Solutions for Developing Countries Product Development promotes the application of food science & technology to improve quality of life.

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We Leverage Knowledge is power. And with a global IFT community of over 60,000 strong, the foundation contributes knowledge toward food and nutrition solutions, in particular for those at the bottom of the economic pyramid.

  • Through a sponsorship from the Feeding Tomorrow Fund, IFTSA’s Developing Solutions for Developing Countries (DSDC) product development competition promotes the application of food science and technology and the creation of new products and processes to improve the quality of life for those in developing countries.
  • Through a Feeding Tomorrow Fund grant, the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST), partnered with the IFT International Division’s Food Science for Relief and Development (FSRD) project to provide food science education to 65 undergraduate and graduate students.
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Your generous support fuels our mission and inspires our gratitude. See who’s making a difference in the world of food science. 

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Resources and experiments for K–12 educators
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