OUR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
In the past eight years, CFSF awarded $293,000 (up to $5,000 per student) to 69 undergraduate and graduate students working towards degrees in food science, nutrition, food technology, culinary science, engineering, and related fields.
Last year we opened our Freshman Scholarship to high school seniors in addition to the program we have in place for current college students.
For the 2023-24 school year we awarded an additional $67,500 to 1 incoming freshmen, 8 undergraduate, and 5 graduate students.
2025 Recipients
Yusra Ansari
Undergraduate
Tiffany Li
Undergraduate
Paige Chew
Undergraduate
Max Rallo
Undergraduate
Jana Jabi
Undergraduate
Hannah Sullivan
Undergraduate
Eric Fan
Undergraduate
Alysha Haverkos
Undergraduate
Rory Campagna
Graduate
Chris Reusz
Graduate
Aya Jabi
Graduate
Rory Andrlik
Freshman
Lucas Nelson
Freshman
Faustina Krysciak
Freshman
2024 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Sanjana Kumar
Walter Payton College Preparatory School
Stanford University,
Engineering or Humanities/Sciences Department
Max Rallo
York High School
Johnson & Wales University
Baking and Pastry Arts
Evelyn Rios
York High School
Kendall College / National Louis University
Baking & Pastry Arts
Sarah Batka
Food Science & Human Nutrition
Sr., University of IL
Sponsored by IFANCA
Yusra Ansari
Food Science & Human Nutrition
Jr., University of IL
Nathan Chen
Food Science & Human Nutrition
Sr., University of IL
Paige Chew
Food Science & Human Nutrition
Jr., University of IL
Zylle Constantino
Chemical Engineering
Jr., University of IL
Eric Fan
Food Science/Molecular and Cellular Biology
Jr., University of IL
Christine Lee
Food Science
Sr., University of IL
Sara Thomason
Food Science / Fermentation Science
Sr., Purdue University
Alaina Cox
M.S., Food Science & Human Nutrition
University of IL
Christopher Reusz
Ph.D, Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences
North Carolina State University
2023 Recipients
Mia Wilson
Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences
Sarah Batka
University of IL
Paige Chew
University of IL
Allison Chhay
Cornell University
Eric Fan
University of IL
Dina Graves
Clemson University
Aya Jabi
University of IL
Michelle Langnickel
University of Minnesota
Sara Thomason
Purdue University
Daniel Ho
Illinois Institute of Technology
Christopher Reusz
North Carolina State University
Regina Taefi
University of Southern California
Alexander Taylor
University of IL
Cydney Jackson
Cornell University
2022 Recipients
Corey Anderson
University of Louisville
Sydney Balan
Dominican University
Sarah Batka
University of IL
Aubrey Dunteman
University of IL
Dina Graves
Clemson University
Cassandra Hansen
Dominican University
Aya Jabi
University of IL
Michelle Langnickel
University of Minnesota
Taylor Main
Purdue University
Ian Smith
Clemson University
Regina Taefi
University of Southern California
2021 Recipients
Hunter Adams
Purdue University
Gwendoline Balto
University of IL
Sarah Batka
University of IL
Lauren Bock
University of Notre Dame
Karin Cho
Iowa State University
Aubrey Dunteman
University of IL
Samantha Golemba
University of IL
Dina Graves
Clemson University
Michelle Langnickel
University of Minnesota
Christopher Reusz
North Carolina State
Evgeniya Rybalkina‐Evans
University of IL
Ian Smith
Clemson University
Ava Weyrich
University of Kentucky
2020 Recipients
Steven Buchholz
University of IL
Amaya Butler
University of Missouri
Aubrey Dunteman
University of IL
Eileen Foerster
University of IL
Meera Patel
University of IL
Gabriella Rienks
University of IL
Alexander Taylor
University of IL
2019 Recipients
Abigail Boyd
University of IL
Steven Buchholz
University of IL
Dana Dubinski
University of IL
Eileen Foerster
University of IL
Sean Kilker
University of IL
Sarah O’Donnell
IL Institute of Technology
Catherine Rolfe
IL Institute of Technology
Morganne Schmidt
University of Nebraska ‐ Lincoln
Tejashree Shah
Purdue University
Alexander Taylor
University of IL
Anna Waller
University of IL
Zhuzhu Wang
University of IL
Josh Warren
IL Institute of Technology
Morgan Weinberg
North Carolina State University
2018 Recipients
Aimee Buechler
University of IL
Catherine Gensler
University of Connecticut
Oguz Kaan-Ozturk
University of IL
Emely Lopez-Barrera
University of IL
Candice Mazewski
University of IL
Karen Zheng
University of IL
2017 Recipients
Emely Lopez-Barrera
University of IL
Candice Mazewski
University of IL
Elizabeth Morrow
University of IL
Maya Nienaber
University of IL
Sindy Palma-Salgado
University of IL
Morganne Schmidt
Dominican University
Luis Vargas-Lopez
University of IL
Kristen Yi
Cornell University
Karen Zheng
University of IL
2016 Recipients
Natalie Haag
Iowa State University
Brian Jacobson
University of IL
Emily Mayhew
University of IL
Janique Tyler
University of IL
Luis Vargas-Lopez
University of IL
Melissa Wang
University of IL
Karen Zheng
University of IL