Student Abstracts
Call for Student Abstracts
Are you an undergraduate, graduate student, research assistant, or postdoctoral fellow at Kansas State University who has conducted, is currently conducting, or is assisting with a research project, class project, or outreach activity directly or indirectly related to pet food?
Don’t miss the opportunity to submit an abstract and present your work as a poster or oral presentation to industry-leading professionals at Pet Food Collab, formerly known as KibbleCon, during the 2025 event.
What is Pet Food Collab?
Pet Food Collab, hosted in Manhattan, Kansas, September 8-9, 2025, is an event organized by the Kansas State University Pet Food Program. Pet Food Collab’s goal is to provide a space where industry decision makers come to learn about cutting-edge research and technology in pet food, academics to understand the most urgent challenges and issues faced by the industry, students to explore career opportunities, and companies to meet the next generation of talent.
Who Can Submit?
Undergraduate students, graduate students, research assistants, and postdoctoral fellows.
What Can You Submit?
Proposals, literature reviews, independent research, class projects, and outreach activities of relevance to pet food industry professionals. Topics can be from any discipline related to pet food science, including but not limited to: agronomy and grain science, animal nutrition and health, artificial intelligence, consumer perception, economics, food safety, human-animal bond, ingredient and product quality, and marketing.
If your research is not directly related to pet food, you must explain its relevance to the pet food or allied industries in your abstract and during your presentation or poster. Previously published or presented work is acceptable.
Submission Guidelines
- Abstracts must be a maximum of 400 words and include a list of authors with affiliations.
- Indicate your preferred format: oral presentation (12 minutes) or poster presentation (no formal speech required). Up to five abstracts will be selected for oral presentations. These will be judged by industry leaders, and the winner will receive an $800 prize.
- Identify the presenting author, their academic program, and their major advisor, and include a brief statement on their motivation to present at Pet Food Collab and the significance of their work.
Application
The application linked below is a general student application for the Student & Industry Collab event AND/OR the main Pet Food Collab event. Interested students may apply to attend both events.
- Students interested in giving an oral presentation at the main Pet Food Collab event should submit their application by August 8th, 2025 for consideration.
- All other applicants for either event should submit their application by August 27th, 2025 for consideration.
All applicants will be informed of their status no later than September 3, 2025.
Spots are limited, so submit early!
Are you a student interested in attending Pet Food Collab but don’t have work to present? You can still apply to attend!
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