Student and young researcher travel grants

The RAFA 2026 Conference Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the offer for 5 travel grants to PhD students and early stage researchers (age limit 35 years) to attend the 12th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA 2026).

High scientific quality of the contribution submitted either for poster and / or oral/young scientists´ oral presentation will be considered for evaluation.

For the successful applicants registration fee will be waived and travel and accommodation costs will be reimbursed up to the amount of € 400 upon submission of a travel and accommodation expense claim after the conference.

RAFA 2026 travel grant awards

Fit for food contact? Analytical characterization of post-consumer recycled polyolefins
Elise Hecht
, Graz University of Technology, Austria

Simultaneous LC-APCI-MS/MS analysis of 17 nitrosamines in diverse food matrices
Sofie Nijhuis
, Ghent University, Belgium

Novel tools for novel foods: Next Generation Sequencing to characterize insect-based food
Gabriele Spatola
, University of Pisa, Italy

Beyond detection: Observing chemical migration from single microplastics in food with nanospray Desorption ElectroSpray Ionization (nano-DESI) mass spectrometry imaging
Louis Thomas
, McGill University & Oniris VetAgroBio, France

Retrospective screening of food contaminants in Total Diet Study (TDS) samples over more than a decade: a comparative study between LRMS and HRMS
Alessandro Rozzoni
, French Food Safety Agency (Anses), France

From leaf waste to functional antioxidants: laccase-driven biotransformation of plant phenolics
Cinzia Cafarella
, University of Messina, Italy