Chapman Master of Food Science National Needs Fellowship

USDA National Needs Fellowship Program

The National Needs Fellowship (NFF) Program sponsored by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture provides support to train outstanding MS students in specific targeted expertise shortage areas: Food Science and Human Nutrition. These newly admitted students to the M.S. in Food Science engage in rigorous coursework and experiential learning. Fellows graduating from this program will find plentiful career opportunities in industry, research, or policy.

Eligibility

• First-generation [neither of whose parents completed a baccalaureate degree; or in the case of any individual who regularly resided with and received support from only one parent, an individual whose only such parent did not complete a baccalaureate degree] AND/OR  any group underrepresented in undergraduate and first professional degree study in the food and agricultural sciences as indicated in standard statistical references, or as documented on a case-by-case basis by national survey data
• Citizen of the United States of America
• Meet requirements for admission to the MS Food Science program at Chapman University. Applicants to the Joint M.S./MBA program are not eligible for this fellowship.