Midwest Food Products Association
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
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Midwest Food Products Association Scholarship
The 2026 MWFPA Scholarship application period is now closed.
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In 2025, the Midwest Food Products Association Scholarship awarded 21 scholarships to deserving children of parents or guardians who are employees of MWFPA member companies and are a high school senior or post-secondary student accepted into, or attending any post-secondary school, in the United States.
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A post-secondary school means an institution of higher education including a vocational and technical college, two-and four-year colleges and private trade schools. Winning applicants may attend these schools with any major of study.
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2026 MWFPA Scholarship award recipients will receive $1,500.
2025 MWFPA
SCHOLARSHIP recipients
Meriah Abendroth, Del Monte Foods
Emma Bock, Del Monte Foods
Brianna Buechner, Seneca Foods
Scott Dunlap, Bush Brothers & Co.
Damien Frasure, Urschel Labs
Sophia Frasure, Urschel Labs
Mariana Hernandez, Seneca Foods
Stephanie Hoekstra, Seneca Foods
Ethan Isselmann, Lakeside Foods
Matthew Isselmann, Lakeside Foods
Cody Kamin, Excel Engineering
Madison Kwak, Chippewa Valley Bean
Brandon Metzger, HM Clause
Nicholas Neuenfeldt, Lakeside Foods
Gabriella Otto, Seneca Foods
Emily Rogne, Lakeside Foods
Kimberly Schmidt, Seneca Foods
Kendra Schwoerer, Endpoint Solutions
Elizabeth Smith, EIS Packaging Machinery
Julia Tse, Seneca Foods
Roella Weiss, Bush Brothers & Co.
2025 Carleton A. Friday SCHOLARSHIP recipients
Ava Armstrong, UW Platteville
Kylie Garner, UW River Falls
Sophia Delgado, UW Madison
Amy Luginbuhl, UW Platteville
Brianna Buechner, UW Platteville
2025 Kenneth G. Weckel SCHOLARSHIP recipient
Risa Heinrichs, UW Madison
Carleton A. Friday and
Kenneth G. Weckel Scholarship
The 2026 MWFPA Friday/Weckel Scholarship application period is open!
Scholarship applications should be postmarked or emailed by May 1, 2026.
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Both scholarships offer a minimum award amount of $3,500 to deserving undergraduate students who are majoring in agriculture or food science within the University of Wisconsin system (UW Madison, Platteville and River Falls).
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Each student needs to complete only one application and required forms to apply for both the Carleton A. Friday and Kenneth G. Weckel scholarships. Please make sure you have printed a copy of the current year’s application/deadline or it will not be accepted (deadline for application submission and all required information is listed on the application forms).
Applications should be mailed by the date on the application to:
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Midwest Food Products Association
Attn: HR Committee
4600 American Pkwy
Suite 210
Madison, WI 53718
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You can also email applications to: scholarships@mwfpa.org
Without the generous support of our members, we would not be able to offer these scholarships to deserving students.
Please consider donating!