2025 Lois Britt Memorial Pork Industry Scholarship

The application period for the 2025 Lois Britt Memorial Pork Industry Scholarship has now closed. This scholarship, sponsored by CME Group and the National Pork Industry Foundation (NPIF) and administered by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), is available to undergraduate students pursuing careers in agriculture. Please check back around August 2025 for the next round of scholarship applications to open.

 

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.

 

To be eligible, applicants must:

 

1. Be a current undergraduate student in a two-year swine program or four-year college of agriculture.

2. Be a U.S. citizen. High school students are not eligible.

3. 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)

4. Submit a brief letter indicating what role the applicant sees themselves playing in the pork industry after graduation.

5. Submit an essay of 750 words or less describing an issue the applicant sees confronting the pork industry today or in the future and offer their solutions.

6. Submit two letters of reference from current or former professors or industry professionals.

 

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

 

Please submit your application either through NPPC’s online form, email to invest@nppc.org, OR send materials in a single envelope to the address below:

 

National Pork Producers Council
ATTN: Lois Britt Memorial Pork Industry Scholarship
P.O. Box 10383
Des Moines, IA 50306-9960

 

Please contact Jacob Sterle, NPPC Director of Industry Resource Development, with questions about the scholarship at 515-278-8012 or invest@nppc.org.

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Accepted file types: doc, pdf, docx, dotx, dot, Max. file size: 600 MB.
If your current or former professor or industry professional would rather submit their letter of reference directly to NPPC, please have them email it to invest@nppc.org with “Lois Britt Memorial Pork Industry Scholarship” and your name in the subject line.
Accepted file types: doc, pdf, docx, dotx, dot, Max. file size: 600 MB.
If your current or former professor or industry professional would rather submit their letter of reference directly to NPPC, please have them email it to invest@nppc.org with “Lois Britt Memorial Pork Industry Scholarship” and your name in the subject line.
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In Honor of Lois Britt

The scholarship, initiated in 1990, was renamed in honor of NPPC Board of Director Lois Britt, upon her passing in 2006. A lifetime supporter of agriculture, Lois spent 34 years with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension, and 15 years working in public and government relations with Murphy-Brown LLC (now Smithfield Hog Production). Her many achievements include induction into the NPPC Pork Industry Hall of Fame and the N.C. Pork Council Hall of Fame, as well as receiving the N.C. 4-H Lifetime Achievement Award.