What products and commodities are eligible?

Eligible products for null include:<ul><li>Pigs</li></ul>

<ul><li>Be a current undergraduate student in a two-year swine program or four-year college of agriculture.</li><li>Be a U.S. citizen.</li><li>High school students are not eligible.</li><li>Submit a cover sheet with the following information:</li><li>Name of applicant</li><li>Name of school</li><li>Year in school</li><li>Contact information (email address, cell phone number, and home and school mailing addresses)</li><li>Submit a brief letter indicating what role the applicant sees themselves playing in the pork industry after graduation.</li><li>Submit an essay of 750 words or less describing a current or emerging issue facing the pork industry. Include practical solutions and detail how your intended career or future involvement in the industry will help implement or support these solutions.</li><li>Submit two letters of reference from current or former professors or industry professionals.</li></ul>

Lois Britt Memorial Pork Industry Scholarship Guide

Sponsored by CME Group and the National Pork Industry Foundation (NPIF) and administered by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), this scholarship supports undergraduate students pursuing careers in agriculture.

Ten $2,500 scholarships are awarded annually to students who intend to pursue a career in the pork industry and who exhibit characteristics representative of future pork industry leaders.

The scholarship, initiated in 1990, was renamed in honor of NPPC Board of Director Lois Britt, upon her passing in 2006.

Grant

National

Enterprises

Pigs

Eligibility

Be a current undergraduate student in a two-year swine program or four-year college of agriculture.
Be a U.S. citizen.
High school students are not eligible.
Submit a cover sheet with the following information:
Name of applicant
Name of school
Year in school
Contact information (email address, cell phone number, and home and school mailing addresses)
Submit a brief letter indicating what role the applicant sees themselves playing in the pork industry after graduation.
Submit an essay of 750 words or less describing a current or emerging issue facing the pork industry. Include practical solutions and detail how your intended career or future involvement in the industry will help implement or support these solutions.
Submit two letters of reference from current or former professors or industry professionals.

Details

Terms

Ten $2,500 scholarships are awarded annually to students who intend to pursue a career in the pork industry and who exhibit characteristics representative of future pork industry leaders.

Application Instructions

The application period for the 2027 Lois Britt Memorial Pork Industry Scholarship is now open through Friday, December 11, 2026!

Please submit your application either through NPPC’s online form, by email, OR send materials in a single envelope to the address below no later than Friday, December 11, 2026.

National Pork Producers Council

ATTN: Lois Britt Memorial Pork Industry Scholarship

P.O. Box 10383

Des Moines, IA 50306-9960

Essays are judged on the basis of clarity and expression, persuasiveness, originality, and relevance of topic.

Forms

NPPC’s online form (on the scholarship page)

Resources

National Pork Industry Foundation scholarships

Updated November 5, 2026

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Lois Britt Memorial Pork Industry Scholarship