Arlington, Virginia, USA
June 6, 2014
Last year's grand prize winner, Jessica Whitaker (center), flanked by Leslie Hooker from Dow Agrosciences (left) and Betsy Ward (right).
The USA Rice Federation is conducting a National Rice Month (NRM) scholarship contest, sponsored by Dow AgroSciences. Rising high school seniors from rice-growing counties in Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas are eligible to apply.
To qualify to win a USA Rice National Rice Month Scholarship, students must conduct a promotion activity in their local community during September with U.S.-grown rice as the central theme. Scholarship entries will be judged on their creativity and impact in promoting U.S.-grown rice, NRM and the importance of rice in their state. USA Rice encourages students to invest some of their summer vacation time in planning an innovative rice promotion campaign for a chance to win a scholarship.
The grand prize is a $4,000 scholarship and a trip to the 2014 USA Rice Outlook Conference in Little Rock, AR, for the scholarship presentation. The second-place winner will receive $3,000 and third-place, $1,500. Entries are due October 13.
September is National Rice Month - a time for America to salute its rice farmers and everyone involved in the U.S. rice industry. NRM was initiated by an act of Congress in 1991 and is conducted by the USA Rice Federation. For more information and entry form, visit the scholarship web page.
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