Flavour industry unites to attract new research talent 30 Jul 2010

A new scheme offering bursaries and an award to PhD students investigating flavours aims to address the current shortage of flavour experts by encouraging a new generation of researchers, according to Professor Andy Taylor MIFST, University of Nottingham.

The idea of V. Krishnakumar, MD of consultancy Giract, the scheme offers two kinds of awards to researchers at the start of their careers: the PhD candidate who produces the best PhD thesis on flavours will receive an award of €5000; and six bursaries of €3000 each are available to first-year PhD students whose PhD proposals are deemed most deserving, for expenses related to their research. V. Krishnakumar has obtained sponsorship from nine companies with business activities in or relating to flavours: DSM Food Specialities, Frutarom, Givaudan, IFF, Kerry Ingredients, Kikkoman, Lesaffre International, Nestle and Unilever.

Proposals will be assessed by Professor Taylor (in consultation with academic colleagues). Enquiries and submissions should be directed to andy.taylor@nottingham.ac.uk or info@giract.com. The deadline for submissions is 30 October.