ISDA Awarding College Scholarships

The Iowa State Dairy Association recently announced it will award six college scholarships of $500 each to Iowa students. The scholarships are available to any level student, incoming freshmen through seniors, pursuing a degree in any field.

Applicants must be the child or grandchild of a current ISDA member.

Candidates should complete the ISDA scholarship application and attach a one-page essay. The essay should state his/her plans for the future and why the scholarship would help the applicant in his/her future endeavors. The essay should also explain the applicant's connection to the dairy farm (e.g. what the dairy has meant to him/her and what he/she has learned from being on the dairy).

All applications and essays must be received by July 1, 2010. The ISDA scholarship application can be downloaded from the ISDA Web site or, you can contact Jessica Bloomberg, ISDA industry relations manager to request an application at jessicab@iowadairy.org.

Source: ISDA Spring newsletter

Less than two weeks remain to apply for NMPF scholarship

Each year, the National Milk Producers Federation(NMPF) awards four to five scholarships to outstanding graduate students (enrolled in masters or Ph.D. programs) who are actively pursuing dairy-related fields of research that are of immediate interest to NMPF member cooperatives.

Graduate students pursuing research of direct benefit to milk marketing cooperatives and dairy cooperatives are encouraged to submit an application.

Recommended fields of study include but are not limited to agriculture, communications and journalism, animal health, economics, environmental science, food safety, genetics, herd management, marketing and price analysis, nutrition, and product development.

Applications are due no later than Monday, April 26. For an application, or for more information, visit the NMPF website or call the NMPF office at (703) 243-6111.

-From NMPF News for Dairy Co-ops