Full Scholarship Recipients 

• Liz Bleakley​

• Brandi DeMaria​

• Isaac Nelson​

• Dustin Peltier​

• Nikki Roof​

• Pamela Fernanda Rubio​

• Kate Turcotte

Partial Scholarship Recipients

• Brittany Bisset​

• Marja DeBoer-Marshall​

• Heather Donahue​

• Heidi Emanual​

• Antonieta Herrera​

• Hannah Kuhn​

• Molly Moffett​

• Shelby Taylor​

• Sarah Van Orden Morrow​

Alison Leber Memorial Scholarship sponsored by Beecher's Handmade Cheese

• Paige Benson

Certified in Cheese Scholarship crowdfunded by the Certification Committee and cheese professionals across the industry

• Miles Lin

Forever Cheese Scholarship for Cheesemongers sponsored by Forever Cheese​

• Evan Johnson

LGBTQIA+ Scholarship​

• Kayleigh Boucher​

The Peterson Company Scholarship for BIPOC Advancement sponsored by The Peterson Company

• Eric Yancy

The Comté Association Conference Fund sponsored by The Comté Association

• Ashley Moreland​

Isigny Saint-Mére Scholarship​ sponsored by Isigny Saint-Mére ​​​

• Nico Brossar​

Kiri Fisher Scholarship​ in memory of Kiri Fisher

• Rachel Reinke​

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For the American Cheese Society Annual Conference, the American Cheese Education Foundation grants multiple general scholarships along with a variety of named scholarships to our community.  The scholarships cover a mixture of full scholarships that cover registration, a travel stipend, and hotel costs, and partial scholarships that cover the cost of registration to the ACS conference.

Scholarships are open to open to cheesemakers, retailers, chefs, students, and any other cheese professionals.  ACS & ACEF encourages all members of the community to apply for scholarships! While we prioritize first-time attendees and first-time applicants, we thoroughly review every application that comes in and will award scholarships to as many people as we can.

Only one scholarship will be awarded per company, if multiple employees from a single company apply for a scholarship.  Any applicants that do not receive a scholarship will receive a discount code for the lowest cost of an American Cheese Society Conference registration.

In an effort to make the scholarship applications as open as possible, here is an example of what to expect when applications open:

1. Name, title, company, address, email address, and phone number.
2. Resumé or a description of your last 3 jobs
3. A short essay section. This is your time to show us why a scholarship would be beneficial to you! We recommend 1-3 paragraphs that answer the following questions:
   • • How does attending this year’s ACS Conference relate to your position?
     • Briefly explain what you are hoping to learn or gain professionally by attending this year’s conference.
     • How you feel your need for the scholarship is exemplified.
4. Some of the optional, named scholarships have an extra step and their instructions are included in the application.

A FULL CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP INCLUDES:

• a fully comped ACS conference registration
• hotel accommodations at an ACS Conference hotel,
• reimbursement up to $750 for a round-trip flight to attend Conference
• a $200 stipend that can be used to offset any additional expenses including transportation, meals, parking, etc.
• an ACS individual membership for the following year

Note: Depending on the number of submissions, the committee sometimes will offer partial scholarships that cover the cost of registration.