The American Cheese Society 2025 Annual Conference in Sacramento, CA is just around the corner, and the American Cheese Education Foundation (ACEF) is helping to bring the excitement with multiple scholarships up for grabs! ACEF will be awarding a variety of named scholarships (see below), and a mixture of full scholarships that cover registration, travel stipends, and hotel costs, and partial scholarships that cover registration.
To ensure everyone has an equal opportunity to receive a scholarship, only one scholarship will be awarded per company, even if multiple employees apply. If you’re not chosen for a scholarship, you’ll receive a discount code for the lowest cost of an ACS Conference registration.
Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to attend the ACS 2025 Annual Conference with the help of ACEF’s scholarships. Apply now and get ready to immerse yourself in the world of cheese like never before! Applications will remain open until March 31st.
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Named Scholarships Available
These scholarships have an extra step in the application
The Alison Leber Memorial Scholarship
The Alison Leber Memorial Scholarship is sponsored by Beecher’s Handmade Cheese. Open to employees of food retailers who are interested in attending the ACS Annual Conference, the scholarship covers costs for one person to attend the ACS Annual Conference, including conference registration fees, hotel room, and travel to and from the conference.
*NEW THIS YEAR* California Milk Advisory Board Scholarship for Cheesemongers
There will be 3 recipients for this full conference scholarship: 1 independent cheesemonger, 1 retail cheesemonger, 1 BIPOC/LGBTQIA+ cheesemonger. The California Milk Advisory Board Scholarship for Cheesemongers is focused on promoting education and providing opportunities for mongers from all walks of life. California is a melting pot of diversity – from its population and landscape, to dairy farming styles and cheesemaker offerings. Regardless of where mongers live today, CMAB is committed to fostering education, promoting artisan cheesemakers, and empowering mongers. This scholarship covers costs for three people to attend the ACS Annual Conference, including conference registration fees, hotel room, and travel to and from the conference.
Applicants must submit a short letter explaining how they first got into cheese, what they love about it, and how they are making an impact in the cheese community in the optional field on the application.
The Certified in Cheese Scholarship
*NEW THIS YEAR* The Cielo Peralta Scholarship
| Rob and Nina Kaufelt are pleased to present this new scholarship for 2025 in honor of the great cheesemonger Cielo Peralta. Cielo Peralta, during his many years behind the cheese counter at Murray’s Cheese flagship store, on Bleecker Street in New York’s Greenwich Village, was perhaps the finest cheesemonger in America. His clients were known to wait for him exclusively to help them select the very best cheeses. Among these clients were Justice Sonya Sotamayor, Whoopi Goldberg, and Martha Stewart. He was a trained cheesemaker, too, and served on the first American team to compete in the World Cheesemonger Contest in Lyon, France. Cielo, a proud American citizen, retired to his country of origin, the Dominican Republic.
Open to any cheesemonger attending the ACS Annual Conference, the scholarship will cover costs for one person to attend the ACS conference, including conference registration fees, hotel, and travel. The Comté Association Conference Fund The Comté Association Conference Fund is open to all applicants who have been accepted for this year’s Certified Cheese Professional® (CCP) exam and seek to attend the ACS annual conference. The Comté Association Conference Fund will cover the cost of one full conference registration per recipient. The Forever Cheese Scholarship for Cheesemongers
To apply, applicants should submit a short letter explaining how they are making an impact in the cheese community in the optional field on the ACS & ACEF Scholarship application. The Isigny Sainte Mère Scholarship The Isigny Sainte Mère Scholarship was created with the hopes of promoting education and opportunities in cheese. It is open to anyone interested in attending the ACS Annual Conference. The scholarship will cover costs for one person to attend the ACS conference, including conference registration fees, hotel, and travel. The Kiri Fisher Memorial Scholarship Kiri Fisher, owner of the Cheese School of San Francisco and Fisher’s Cheese + Wine, passed away April 26, 2024 from complications from pancreatic cancer. Kiri’s entrepreneurial spirit, grit and keen eye for aesthetics are honored through the Kiri Fisher Memorial Scholarship which will sponsor an individual to attend the ACS annual conference, including conference registration, hotel, and travel. This scholarship is new to 2024. The Peterson Company Scholarship for BIPOC Advancement |
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