Undergraduate Student Opportunities

FRI Undergraduate Research Program in Food Safety

Each summer, FRI supports talented UW–Madison undergraduate students seeking a B.S. degree as FRI Research Scholars. These Summer Scholars train in the research laboratory of an FRI mentor and learn about current food safety issues through weekly seminars.

2025 FRI Undergraduate Research Program Final Presentations will be held Aug. 1 at 10 a.m. in 6201 Microbial Sciences and online via free webinar. Click here to register for the webinar. View the presentation schedule here.

Past Trainees and Projects

• 2024 Trainees and Projects
• 2023 Trainees and Projects
• 2022 Trainees and Projects
• 2021 Trainees and Projects
• 2020 Trainees and Projects
• 2019 Trainees and Projects
• 2018 Trainees and Projects
• 2017 Trainees and Projects
• 2016 Trainees and Projects
• 2015 Trainees and Projects
• 2014 Trainees and Projects
• 2013 Trainees and Projects
• 2012 Trainees and Projects
• 2011 Trainees and Projects

For more information about the FRI Undergraduate Research Program, contact Adam Borger at adam.borger@wisc.edu or 608-263-7062.

Graduate Student Opportunities

The Food Research Institute does not directly grant degrees, but graduate students can study to earn the M.S. or Ph.D. degree under FRI faculty from these departments and programs:

• Microbiology Doctoral Training Program
• Cellular and Molecular Biology
• Animal & Dairy Sciences
• Food Science
• Genetics
• Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Center
• Nutritional Sciences
• Plant Pathology
• Veterinary Medicine

Graduate admissions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison