National Sorghum Foundation Scholarships

The National Sorghum Foundation awards three $1,500 tuition scholarships each year to college students pursuing degrees in agriculture: the Bruce Maunder Memorial, Darrell Rosenow Memorial and Bill Kubecka Memorial scholarships. The Kubecka scholarship adds travel to NSP's annual legislative fly-in in Washington, D.C. A committee of the Sorghum Foundation Board of Directors ranks applications.

• Bruce Maunder Memorial: sophomores through seniors enrolled in agriculture-based degree programs.

• Darrell Rosenow Memorial: sophomores through seniors enrolled in agriculture-based science programs related to agronomy, plant pathology, entomology and/or plant breeding with an emphasis on sorghum.

• Bill Kubecka Memorial: undergraduate sophomores through seniors, graduate students and law school students enrolled in a curriculum related to agricultural economics, agricultural policy or agricultural law.

$1,500 applied toward one semester of tuition expenses; Kubecka winner also attends NSP's legislative fly-in (or a virtual meeting). Selection by the Sorghum Foundation Board of Directors.

Published amounts: Each scholarship is valued at $1,500 ($1,500 award to be applied toward one semester of tuition expenses); the Bill Kubecka scholarship also includes a trip to Washington, D.C., with NSP or a virtual meeting.

Download the application form for each scholarship from https://sorghumgrowers.com/foundation-scholarships/ and submit by the deadline (June 1 for the 2026-2027 cycle). Questions and submissions go to Jeff Dahlberg at jeff@sorghumgrowers.com or (559) 305-3555.

Deadline text on the page: The deadline to apply is June 1, 2026. (2026-2027 winners already announced on the page; applications have opened each April: 2025-04-08 and 2026-04-09 releases.)