Iowa Pork Foundation Scholarships

Eligibility

• Be an Iowa resident.
• Enroll or plan to enroll at a two-year or four-year college or university.
• Major in an agriculture-related field with an emphasis on the swine industry.
• Maintain at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA.
• Incoming Iowa Pork Foundation Scholarships are for incoming college freshmen.
• Returning Iowa Pork Foundation Scholarships are for students continuing college after their freshman year.
• Jim Ledger Memorial Scholarship applicants must attend a college or university in Iowa and demonstrate leadership in their local community.
• Jim & Mary Ellen Ryan Memorial Scholarship applicants must attend a college or university in Iowa and major in an agriculture-related field emphasizing the swine industry or pursue pre-veterinary studies with a large-animal emphasis.
• Preference may be given to applicants connected to Iowa pork producer membership for the Incoming and Returning Iowa Pork Foundation Scholarships.
• Certain Iowa Pork Youth Leadership Team members, Iowa Pork Collegiate Team members, and recipients of designated IPPA internship scholarships may be ineligible during the same award year.

Requirements

• Complete the appropriate Iowa Pork scholarship application.
• Submit two letters of reference.
• Submit an official or current academic transcript.
• Provide information about the applicant's agriculture education and career goals.
• Demonstrate interest or involvement in the swine industry.
• Memorial scholarship applicants must document applicable leadership and community involvement.

How to Apply

1. 1Review each Iowa Pork scholarship and determine which opportunity matches your academic level and background.
2. 2Complete the appropriate online scholarship application.
3. 3Request two letters of reference.
4. 4Obtain your high school transcript if applying as an incoming freshman or your college transcript if applying as a returning student.
5. 5Describe your agriculture education, swine-industry interests, leadership, and future career plans.
6. 6Submit all required materials by April 1.
7. 7Scholarship funds are paid directly to the recipient's college or university.