FFI Scholarship Opportunities

The Food Finance Institute’s Edible-Alpha® Learning Center offers an array of training geared towards growing profitable food, farm, and food system enterprises. In order to increase access to our paid trainings we offer scholarships that cover up to 100% training costs for those who are:

Pre-revenue or have been in business less than two years
A member of an underserved community

**We encourage applicants to pay some percentage of the training cost themselves when feasible, as this helps us spread the available funds across multiple applications.**

Pay it Forward

If you would like to make a contribution to our Pay it Forward scholarship fund you can do so by visiting the UW Foundation website.

Pay It Forward – Give Online Today

You can also reach out to Penny Molina, partnership manager, penny.molina@business.wisconsin.edu.

Thank you to those businesses who have helped Pay it Forward like: Saffi Foods, The Honest Bison, Garfield Produce, and Nutkrack.

FFI Scholarship Request Form

To request a scholarship to support your attendance at an upcoming FFI training please complete this form.

General Information
Name*
First Last
Email*
Phone*
Address
Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code
Business Name*
Business Website*
Business Start Date*
Month
Day
Year
Are you currently an FFI Client?*
- Yes
- No
Which eligibility criteria are you submitting under?*
Select all that apply (press command while clicking on multiple responses to highlight more than one blue)
Which training are you requesting funds for?*
Please link to the training page you are interested in
How much funding are you requesting?*
Please provide a dollar amount
Demographic Information
Race
Please select one
Business Ownership
Select all that apply (press command while clicking on multiple responses to highlight more than one blue)
Geographic Location*
What geographic location(s) does your business primarily serve?
Are you a military veteran?*
- Yes
- No
- On Active Duty
Additional Information
Describe your business or farm and what your plans are for growing your business.*
What are your main barriers to achieving that growth?*
Why did you choose this training? What do you most hope to get out of this training?*
Why do you need financial assistance to participate?*
Name
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The Food Finance Institute reviews Edible-Alpha® scholarship requests on a rolling basis.

Please note: funds are limited, distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, and might be awarded for less than requested if demand is high. We do our best to fundraise to grow our pay it forward scholarship fund to support our early stage and pre-revenue businesses.

Food Finance Institute and Edible-Alpha® Scholarships are Sponsored by:

Pay it Forward

FFI Scholarship Request Form

General Information

Demographic Information

Additional Information