Scholarship Amount
$500


Application Deadline
Wednesday, March 31, 2021

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Scholarship Description

The Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association Youth Scholarship, funded by the KCA Foundation, began in 1991 and has provided $114,500 in scholarship funds to students across Kentucky.  Student’s applying for the application must attend a Kentucky College or University and must major in Agriculture or an Agriculturally-related subject. The recipients are chosen based on academic performance, community activities, and beef industry essay statements. Five $1,500 scholarships are awarded each year to one student per each KCA Region with the possibility of two additional at large scholarships.



Criteria for Eligibility
  • You must be a graduate from a Kentucky high school in the year of application.
  • Be accepted for enrollment in a Kentucky college or other institute of higher education.
  • Planning to major in Agriculture or an Agriculturally-related subject.
  • Applicant or their parent or guardian must be a member of the Kentucky Cattlemen's Association.


Scholarship Categories
Ag Economics | Ag Medical Biotechnology | All Majors Eligible | Animal Sciences | Career and Technical Education (Ag Ed) | Community and Leadership Development | Dietetics | Entomology | Equine Science and Management | Family Sciences | First Year | Food Science | Forestry | Graduate | Horticulture | Hospitality Management and Tourism | Human Nutrition | Landscape Architecture | Merchandising, Apparel & Textiles | Natural Resources and Environmental Science | Pre-Veterinary Medicine | Sustainable Agriculture | Undergraduate