The Health and Nutrition Division Student Excellence Award recognizes graduate students presenting an outstanding oral or poster presentation within the Health and Nutrition technical program at the AOCS Annual Meeting.
What does the recipient receive?
- Certificate
- Complimentary AOCS Annual Meeting Registration
- Up to US $500 travel allowance
- Complimentary Health and Nutrition Division meal ticket
- Opportunity to present an award lecture at the AOCS Annual Meeting
Who is eligible?
Graduate students presenting within the Health and Nutrition Division technical program at the AOCS Annual Meeting who have never received the Health and Nutrition Division Student Award
How do I nominate someone?
Login to the Awards Portal to submit the following application materials.
- Complete application questions using the Awards Portal
- Letter of support from the student’s academic advisor
- At least one other letter of support from anyone familiar with the student’s academic endeavors
- University transcripts
- Detailed Curriculum Vitae
- Abstract submitted for the current year’s AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo

Most Recent Recipient
Raliat Abioye is a recipient of the 2022 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). She recently completed her doctorate in the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences at the University of Ottawa, Canada. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in Honours Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) in 2019. She has published over twenty-five articles in peer-reviewed journals and is a three-time winner of the Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) funded by NSERC. At UNBC, Raliat was appointed a Research Ambassador, where she spent time advocating for research involvement amongst undergraduate students. At the University of Ottawa, she served as a co-Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity Coordinator with the University of Ottawa Chemistry and Biomolecular Graduate Student Association.