Barth-Haas Group: Grants

Barth-Haas Grant:

The Barth Haas Grant for Students of Brewing Science

The Barth-Haas Group, the leading vertically-integrated player in the hop industry,
announces the introduction of the Barth Haas Grant. With these grants the group
wants to support research activities that focus on the use of hops and hop products
in all kinds of brewing applications.

The group confers 2008 up to four grants of 2000 € each to support eligible diploma
theses and up to three grants of 700 € each to support eligible term papers which
both focus on the relevance of hops and hop products in terms of brewing applications.
The time range for researching and composing the theses should not exceed
nine months, for the papers five months.

Each proposal has to include a description of the research idea, the status of current
research in this respect, objective(s) and the brewing and hops industries benefits
(max. length 2 pages). The applicant should also indicate the correspondent research
institute and the project leader/supervisor.

The jury will consist of the Managing Partners and the scientific board of the Barth
Haas Group.

Application deadline is May 1st, 2008.
All questions and applications should be sent to
christina.schoenberger@johbarth.de

The Barth-Haas Group is curious about the new ideas in terms of hop focused research.
Maybe there will be an answer to questions a lot of brewers always wanted to
ask! As far as possible, the group tries to give all kind of feedback needed from the
industry side for the course of the projects.

The Barth-Haas Group
Hops are our world - and this really says it all! The Barth Haas Group encompasses every step of the hop supply chain, from growing hops on own farms, to creating specialized hop applications for the brewing process and beyond. Represented in all major hop growing areas in the world, the group serves large and small brewing customers around the globe. The group activities include hop production and processing as well as storage and logistics services, R&D of hop and hop compounds in agronomy, processing, brewing applications, pharma- and neutraceuticals, food processing and more.

Click HERE to view the 2007 Grant Award Winners