The Samuel Cate Prescott Award has been awarded since 1964 by the
Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) in
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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. It is awarded to
food science or
technology
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researchers who are under 36 years of age or who earned their highest degree within ten years before July 1 of the year the award is presented. This award is named for
Samuel Cate Prescott (1872-1962), a food science professor from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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who was also the first president of IFT.
Award winners receive a plaque from IFT and a
USD 3,000
honorarium.
Winners
References
{{portal, Food
List of past winners- Official site
Food technology awards
Awards established in 1964
1964 establishments in Illinois