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SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Below you will find a list of Fermenta Scholarship opportunities that are offered at this time. Please review the requirements and details for each offering before you apply.
If you have any questions about the details or requirements, please email us at Scholarships@fermentamichigan.org. Good luck!
Requirements:
- You must identify as female and be a current Active Fermenta member.
- Applications must be received by midnight of the deadline listed.
- Only one application per member per opportunity will be accepted.
- Members may only win once per scholarship category every 12 month period. Within 12 months, you are eligible to win multiple scholarships, as long as each scholarship is in a unique category. (The categories are: Entry Level, Continuing Education, Conferences/Certifications/Professional Memberships, and BIPOC.)
- Scholarships not used within 12 months of receipt will be forfeited.
- Recipients must provide feedback of the experience to Fermenta in the form of a written report, online blog, photo album, in-person presentation, or other mutually agreed upon format.
- Rights to publish such report and photographs of the winner are granted to Fermenta.
- Board Members and Scholarship Committee Members are ineligible to win.
- While looking at applications, members of the Scholarship Committee do not see the name of the applicant.
Entry Level
All Things Fermentation - membership
This Deadline Has Passed
Get In-depth Expertise in All things Fermentation!
This scholarship includes a one-year membership (digital & print) to www.myfermentation.com, a company/web page on all-things-fermentable, plus an extra $70 to spend on fermentation books, tools, supplies etc from this website. (Total value of scholarship is $100).
Your Member benefits include:
- 1 year of Fermentation magazine both print and digital – four premium issues worthy of your coffee table and vital to your kitchen countertop as you explore fun new ferments
- Membership privileges to the Fermentation Store featuring the best tools, products, and resources to make your fermented masterpieces come alive at discounts up to 60%
- Bonus online content, including 100s of recipes from around the world, fun and trustworthy how-to videos, a community of experts and amateurs alike devoted to the fermentation craft, and more!
- Early access to hands-on training opportunities at Mother Earth News events, including the growing number of fermentation workshops
Click here for more information
Deadline: August 18, 2020
This opportunity is considered an Entry Level scholarship. For requirements, see top of this page.
If you have any questions, please email Scholarships@fermentamichigan.org
Aroma Sensory Kit - Choose One
This Deadline Has Passed
These aroma kits are ideal for beginners. Learn to recognize key aromas in your fermented beverage.Choose from the following-
- WINE – RED WINE AROMA SENSORY KIT
For more information about the wine kit go to: https://www.wineenthusiast.com/red-wine-aroma-kit
- SPIRITS - WHISKEY AROMA SENSORY KIT
For more information about the spirits kit go to: https://www.wineenthusiast.com/whiskey-aroma-kit
- BEER - HOP AROMA SENSORY KIT PLUS MALT WEBINAR
For more information about the kit & webinar go to: https://www.yakimavalleyhops.com/product_p/haashoparomastandardskit.htm
and https://www.cicerone.org/us-en/products/malt-box-webinar
Deadline: August 25, 2020
This opportunity is considered an Entry Level scholarship. For requirements, see top of this page.
If you have any questions, please email Scholarships@fermentamichigan.org
Continuing Education Level
Sensory Kit - Learn to recognize off flavors in beer or wine
This Deadline Has Passed
Enhance your sensory skills with these kits that train you to recognize off-flavours in your fermented beverages! Choose from beer or wine.
Beer - get the Cicerone BEER OFF-FLAVOURS KIT WITH WEBINAR (6-person kit). Cicerone in collaboration with AROXA™ offers this basic off-flavor kit that comes with access to support materials and a narrated webinar. Each kit contains flavor spikes for six common beer flaws: three that result from the brewing process and three that result from handling.
Wine - Immediately know when a bottle of wine is bad. These 12 reference molecules are directly linked to the composition of affected wines. The Faults Kit enables you to identify and memorize the 12 most common faults found in wine. This printed instruction book comes with 12 Aroma Vials to Recognize and memorize the major faults of wine: cork taint, faults due to oxidation or reduction
Click here for more information about the (6-person) Beer kit. Click here for more information about the Wine kit.
Deadline: August 25, 2020
This opportunity is considered a Continuing Education scholarship. For requirements, see top of this page.
If you have any questions, please email Scholarships@fermentamichigan.org
Conferences/Certifications/Professional Memberships
This Deadline Has Passed
Membership to a Professional Organization of Your Choice
(up to $200)
Renew your current membership, or join on for the first time! Here’s some organizations you might consider-
- American Society of Brewing Chemists
- Master Brewers Association of America
- Brewers Association
- American Homebrewers Association
- Michigan Brewers Guild (Enthusiast/individual membership)
- American Wine Society (Individual or professional)
- Michigan Wine Collaborative
- American Cider Association
- American Mead Makers Association
- American Distilling Institute
- Michigan Craft Distillers Association
- American Cheese Society (Individual or professional)
If there is another professional organization you are interested in that is not listed above, just note that on your application.
Deadline: August 25, 2020
This opportunity is considered a Continuing Education scholarship. For requirements, see top of this page.
If you have any questions, please email Scholarships@fermentamichigan.org
Now accepting applications.
Bertie Brown $200 in Scholarship Funds
Thank you to Brewz Brothaz for sponsoring this scholarship!
https://www.facebook.com/BrewzBrothaz/
Are you a woman of color working in the fermented food or beverage industries?* Could you use a scholarship to help with the costs of conferences, classes, or continued education?
Apply for the Bertie Brown Scholarship. It provides up to $200 to assist with tuition, materials, conferences, or any other professional expenses. Any woman of color who is an active member of Fermenta is eligible. This scholarship will be offered continuously (no deadline) as long as there are funds available and eligible applicants!
If you haven’t joined Fermenta and money is tight, let us know - scholarship backers will fund as many new BIPOC members as we can. Email us at: Scholarships@fermentamichigan.org (Please mention BIPOC in the subject line.)
*Pickling, cheese-making, brewing, wine-making, cider-making, distilling, mead-making, yogurt-making, kombucha-making, etc. . . . .