Scholarships
Undergraduate Scholarships
- Agriculture Future of America – Leader and Academic Scholarship
- American Association of Candy Technologists (closed)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science – Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship (due Jan. 1, 2026)
- American Dairy Products Institute (due Jan. 31, 2026)
- American Meat Association (due Feb. 25, 2026)
- American Oil Chemists Society (various due dates)
- Association of Food and Drug Officials (due March 31, 2026)
- Baccalaureate Scholarship (due Feb. 26, 2026)
- Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship (due Jan. 30, 2026)
- Budget Branders – Cooking Up Joy Scholarship (Closed)
- Coca-Cola Scholars (various due dates)
- Colvin Scholarship Fund (closed)
- Cornell University – Food Science Summer Scholars Program (due Dec. 15, 2025)
- Emily J. Prior Memorial Scholarship (closed)
- FFA Future Farmers of America Scholarship Program (due Jan. 15, 2026)
- FFAR Fellows Program (various due dates)
- FMI Foundation – Food Safety Auditing Scholarship and Education Travel Grant (closed)
- Food Northwest (closed)
- Goya Foods Culinary Arts Scholarship Program (closed)
- IFT (Institute of Food Technologists) Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships (various due dates)
- IMPA Idaho Milk Processors Association (closed)
- James Beard Foundation Scholarships (due Nov. 21, 2025)
- National Dairy Promotion and Research (NDPRB) Undergraduate Scholarship Program (closed)
- National Dairy Shrine Scholarships (various due dates)
- National Poultry and Food Distributors Association (NPFDA) Scholarship (closed)
- North American Meat Institute (closed)
- Northwest Farm Credit Scholarship (March 1, 2026)
- Pacific Natural Food Scholarship
- Puget Sound IFT (various due dates)
- Study.com Scholarships (various due dates)
- Washington State Farm Bureau Office, Ray Devries Memorial Scholarship (closed)
- Washington State Grape Society (due March 31, 2026)
- Washington Wine Industry Foundation (closed)
- WSU Alumni Scholarships (due Jan. 31, 2026)
- WSU Creamery and Food Science Scholarship (closed)
- WSU General Scholarship Application (due Jan. 31, 2026)
- WSU Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program (closed)
- WSU Undergraduate Research Awards (due Jan. 31, 2026)
Graduate Scholarships
- American Association of Candy Technologists (closed)
- American Dairy Products Institute (due March 20, 2026.)
- American Meat Association (due Feb. 25, 2026)
- American Oil Chemists Society (various due dates)
- American Wine Society Educational Foundation (due March 31, 2026)
- Budget Branders – Cooking Up Joy Scholarship (closed)
- Coca-Cola Scholars (various due dates)
- Colvin Scholarship Fund (closed)
- FMI Foundation – Food Safety Auditing Scholarship and Education Travel Grant (closed)
- Goya Foods Culinary Arts Scholarship Program (closed)
- IFT (Institute of Food Technologists) Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships (various due dates)
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (closed)
- NMPF National Dairy Leadership Scholarship Program (closed)
- North American Meat Institute (closed)
- Pacific Natural Food Scholarship
- Cascadia IFT
- Study.com Scholarships (various due dates)
- Washington State Grape Society (due March 31, 2026)
- WSU General Scholarship Application (due Jan. 31, 2026)
- WSU Graduate School Scholarships (due Feb. 19, 2026)
When filling out the WSU General Scholarship, students are considered for the following Food Science Scholarships. No separate application is needed.
Graduate student scholarships (*):
- Louis J. and Frances Manus Endowment Fund
- *H. Delight and Orlo H. Maughan Scholarships
- Marion Flood and J. Houston McCroskey Scholarships
- Tim’s Cascade Potato Chips Exc Fund
- WA Assn’n for Food Protection/L.O Luedecke Endowed Scholarship
- *James P. and Lee Ella Ruck Graduate Fellowship
- *Donald and Carolyn Lee Graduate Scholarship Donation