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Scholarships & Awards

Scholarships

MDEF sponsors several scholarships. See the MDEF page for more details.
 

Awards

MAND offers multiple opportunities for outstanding members to be recognized. Click here for the 2025 Massachusetts Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Awards overview and application requirements.

 

The application deadline for the following awards is February 15th, 2025:

An award can be given for each type of program:

  1. Coordinated Program in Dietetics (CPD)
  2. Dietetic Internship (DI)
  3. Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD)
  4. Future Education Model Graduate Programs (FEM)
  5. Dietetic Technician Program (DT)
  6. International/Foreign Dietetics Education Programs (IDE/FDE)

 

 

 

 

  • Recognized Diet Technician of the Year

 

  • Outstanding Dietetics Educator Award

 

 

To apply: send a CV/resume and two letters of support to the Awards Chair: Jillian Allen at jilliantallen@gmail.com. Please click on the 2025 Massachusetts Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Awards overview and application requirements link above for further information.

 

 

2024 Award Winners

Outstanding Dietitian of the Year (Annie Galbraith Award)

Jane Warden Folkman, MS, RD, LDN

Award being given posthumously.

 

Young Dietitian of the Year

Jamie Ekstrom, RD, LDN, CLC

 

 

Emerging Dietetic Leader

Sue-Ellen Anderson-Haynes, MS, RD, CDCES, LDN, NASM-CPT

 

Outstanding Preceptor

Kimberly Sabada, MD, RD, LDN, CDCES

 

Outstanding Educator

Paula Quatromoni, DSc, RD 

 

Outstanding Dietetics Student in a DI

Elizabeth Zalis

 

Outstanding Dietetic Student in a DPD

Regina Barrera Flores

 

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Board of Directors Recruitment

Want to get more involved with the MAND Leadership Team? Apply to join!
 
The 2025-2026 Nomination forms are due December 31st 2024, elections take place February 205 and term of office begins July 1, 2025.

Please consider nominating candidates that may be a good fit. Self-nomination is also highly encouraged.
 
Open positions below. Get detailed info on each role in the application form.
  • President-Elect
  • Secretary-Elect
  • Delegate
  • Director-Elect of Member Communications/Public Relations
  • Director-Elect State Professional Recruitment Coordinator (SPRC) and Diversity Liaison
  • Director-Elect Socials for Success
  • Director-Elect of Technology
  • Director-Elect of Education
  • Director-Elect Nutrition Services Payment Specialist
  • Nominating Chair 
  • Nominating Committee Member
  • MDEF President Elect
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MDEF Scholarships

For 2024, MDEF will be giving out two MDEF scholarships and one MDEF Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) scholarship to deserving nutrition students, each in the amount of $1500. Please pass along to any nutrition students or interns who may be eligible to apply!

All applications are due by May 31st

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