Conference Bursaries

Food from Thought provides bursaries for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows four times per year to present their research at conferences, promote knowledge mobilization, and develop partnerships for the Food from Thought program. In response to the increasing demand for participation in virtual conferences, the previous program which included bursaries for those travelling to conferences to present research, has been expanded to also include on-line attendance.

Applicants must be either a graduate student or post-doctoral fellow working directly on a Food from Thought-funded research project, an Agri-Food Alliance HQP Scholar, or an Arrell Scholar working on research related to agriculture. Successful recipients must establish relevance to Food from Thought research and objectives in their application.

Upcoming Conference Bursary deadlines:

  • March 15, 2024
  • June 15, 2024
  • September 30, 2024
  • December 1, 2024

Graduate students or postdoctoral fellows working on Food from Thought research who would like to apply for funding are invited to do so by completing a Conference Bursary application form.

Meet Our Conference Bursary Recipients:

Aleksandra Dolezal

Degree: PhD

Department: Integrative Biology

College: College of Biological Science

Conference Attended: INTECOL

Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Bruna Mion

Degree: PhD

Department: Animal Biosciences

College: Ontario Agricultural College

Conference Attended: American Dairy Science Association 2022 Annual Meeting

Location: Kansas City, MO, US

Emily Croft

Degree: M.Sc.

Department: Animal Biosciences

College: Ontario Agricultural College

Conference Attended: American Society of Animal Science

Location: Oklahoma City, OK

Brooke McNeil

Degree: M.Sc.

Department: Animal Biosciences

College: Ontario Agricultural College

Conference Attended: American Dairy Science Association Annual Meeting

Location: Kansas City, Missouri

Hannah McCarthy

Degree: M.Sc.

Department: Animal Biosciences

College: Ontario Agricultural College

Conference Attended: American Dairy Science Association 2022 Annual Meeting

Location: Kansas City, MO, US

Hiral Jariwala

Degree: PhD

Department: School of Engineering

College: College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Conference Attended: 2022 Joint Canadian Society of Soil Science (CSSS) Annual Meeting-Alberta Soil Science Workshop (ASSW)

Location: University of Alberta, Edmonton

Ivan Campos

Degree: PhD

Department: Animal Biosciences

College: Ontario Agricultural College

Conference Attended: American Dairy Science Association

Location: Kansas City, MO

Koryn Hare

Degree: PhD

Department: Animal Biosciences

College: Ontario Agricultural College

Conference Attended: 2022 American Dairy Science Association Annual Meeting

Location: Kansas City, Missouri

Amanda Fischer-Tlustos

Degree: PhD

Department: Animal Biosciences

College: Ontario Agricultural College

Conference Attended: American Dairy Science Association Joint Annual Meeting

Location: Kansas City, MO, USA

Ginna Carolina Reyes Rodriguez

Degree: PhD

Department: Animal Biosciences

College: Ontario Agricultural College

Conference Attended: International Symposium on Energy and Protein Metabolism and Nutrition

Location: Granada Spain

Destina Mattrasingh-Williams

Degree: PhD

Department: Pathobiology

College: Ontario Veterinary College

Conference Attended: International Symposium for Salmonella and Salmonellosis

Location: Saint-Malo, France

Anna Schwanke

Degree: PhD

Department: Animal Biosciences

College: Ontario Agricultural College

Conference Attended: American Dairy Science Association

Location: Kansas City, Missouri

Lautaro Rostoll Cangiano

Degree: PhD

Department: Animal Biosciences

College: Ontario Agricultural College

Conference Attended: American Dairy Science Association 2022 Annual Meeting

Location: Kansas City

Oliver Carroll

Degree: PhD

Department: Integrative Biology

College: College of Biological Science

Conference Attended: Joint annual conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution and Ecological Society of
America

Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Solmaz Fathololoumi

Degree: PDF

Department: Environmental Science

College: Ontario Agricultural College

Conference Attended: Canadian Society of Soil Science annual meeting

Location: Edmonton, Alberta

Reza Khalidy

Degree: PhD

Department: Engineering

College: College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Conference Attended: 2022 Joint Canadian Society of Soil Science (CSSS) Annual Meeting-Alberta Soil Science Workshop (ASSW)

Location: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Patty Kedzierski

Degree: PhD

Department: Animal Biosciences

College: Ontario Agricultural College

Conference Attended: 2022 American Dairy Science Association Annual Meeting

Location: Kansas City, MO

Tegbaru Gobezie

Degree: PhD

Department: School of Environmental Sciences

College: Ontario Agricultural College

Conference Attended: 22nd World Congress of Soil Science (WCSS) – Glasgow 2022

Location: Glasgow, UK

Aidan O’Brien

Degree: MA

Department: Geography, Environment and Geomatics

College: College of Social and Applied Human Sciences

Conference Attended: Canadian Association of Geographers 2021: 71st Annual Meeting and Conference

Location: Virtual

Ivan Campos

Degree: PhD

Department: Animal Biosciences

College: OAC

Conference Attended: American Society of Animal Science

Location: Louisville, Kentucky (Attending Virtually)

Maria Malane Magalhaes Muniz

Degree: PDF

Department: Animal Biosciences

College: OAC

Conference Attended: 2021 American Society of Animal Science Annual Meeting (ASAS-CSAS-SSAS)

Location: Louisville, Kentucky (Attending Virtually)

Victoria Asselstine

Degree: PhD

Department: Animal Biosciences

College: OAC

Conference Attended: 2021 American Society Animal Science and Canadian Society Animal Science Annual Meeting

Location: Louisville, Kentucky (Attending Virtually)

Renee Garant

Degree: M.Sc.

Department: Animal Biosciences

College: OAC

Conference Attended: The 54th Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology

Location: Bangalore, India (Attending Virtually)

Reza Khalidy

Degree: PhD

Department: Engineering

College: College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS)

Conference Attended: Goldschmidt 2021 Conference

Location: Lyon, France (Attending Virtually)

Shannon Cartwright

Degree: PhD

Department: Pathobiology

College: Ontario Veterinary College (OVC)

Conference Attended: American Dairy Science Association 2021 Annual Meeting

Location: Louisville, Kentucky

Lauren Dawson

Degree: PDF

Department: Animal Biosciences

College: OAC

Conference Attended: 8th International Conference on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and Group Level

Location: Virtual

Sudhanshu Sudan

Degree: PhD

Department: Animal Biosciences

College: OAC

Conference Attended: World Microbe Forum 2021

Location: Virtual

William Kramer

Degree: M.Sc.

Department: Plant Agriculture

College: OAC

Conference Attended: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory – Plant Photobiology

Location: Virtual

Aleksandra Dolezal

Degree: PhD

Department: Integrative Biology

College: College of Biological Science

Conference Attended: 2021 Entomological Society of Ontario

Location: Virtual

Janean Sharkey

Degree: M.Sc.

Department: Environmental Sciences

College: Ontario Agricultural College

Conference Attended: Southwestern Research Station, Portal, Arizona, USA

Location: In-person

Caleb Niemeyer

Degree: PhD

Department: Plant Agriculture

College: Ontario Agricultural College

Conference Attended: 2022 World Congress of Soil Science

Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Fatima Haque

Degree: PDF

Department: School of Engineering

College: College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Conference Attended: The International Commission of Agricultural Engineering (CIGR, Commission Internationale du Genie Rural)

Location: Quebec City, Quebec (Attending Virtually)

Victoria Asselstine

Degree: PhD

Department: Animal Bioscience

College: OAC

Conference Attended: European Federation of Animal Science

Location: Virtual

Hiral Jariwala

Degree: PhD

Department: School of Engineering

College: College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Conference Attended: 5th CIGR conference on Integrating Agriculture and Society through Engineering

Location: Quebec City, Quebec (Attending Virtually)

Lauren Finlay

Degree: M.Sc.

Department: Animal Biosciences

College: OAC

Conference Attended: American Society of Animal Science/Canadian Society of An. Sci. Annual Meeting

Location: Louisville, Kentucky

Shannon Cartwright

Degree: PhD

Department: Pathobiology

College: OVC

Conference Attended: International Veterinary Immunology Symposium

Location: Seattle, Washington

Victoria Asselstine

Degree: PhD

Department: Animal Bioscience

College: OAC

Conference Attended: European Federation of Animal Science

Location: Ghent, Belgium