Junior MANRRS Smithfield Food Programs

Smithfield Foods is dedicated to helping communities through targeted philanthropy, employee volunteerism, and efforts such as scholarships that make a difference in real lives. Smithfield's focus is on three things – hunger relief, education, and veterans, where great strides through corporate giving and employee involvement have been made. The Smithfield Scholars program is another opportunity to fulfill their education initiative.

Smithfield Scholars Guidelines

Smithfield scholars

The Smithfield Scholars Program will provide support for high school seniors who have been accepted into a historically black college/university. The scholar’s program is competitively based and will provide selected scholars a $5,000 scholarship to a historical black college and university of their choice. Scholarship funds will be paid directly to the school for the fall 2022 semester. Recipients of the scholarship are required to major in food, agriculture, animal science, natural resources, or a STEM-related field. As recipients of the scholarship, these students should join their local collegiate MANRRS chapter or in absence of a chapter, join as an independent student member.

Smithfield Foods Scholars Guidelines

Must be a U.S. citizen
Must be a high school senior
Must be accepted into HBCU
2.8 GPA or higher
Interest in agriculture, food sciences, natural resources, or related disciplines
Demonstrate leadership and community service
Academic Transcript
Complete the Smithfield Scholars Application in full

Deadline to apply to the Smithfield Food Scholars by Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at 11:59 PM EST

Smithfield Fields Summer Research Program (SRP):

Must be a high school student
Must be accepted into the summer program (i.e. AgriTREK/SciTREK and AgDiscovery)
2.8 GPA or higher
Interest in STEM/Agriculture-based career
Demonstrate leadership and community service
Complete the Smithfield SRP Application form

The deadline to apply to the Smithfield Food SRP by April 30, 2022, at 12:00 PM EST.

QUESTIONS?

If you have any questions in applying for the Smithfield Scholars OR Smithfield (SRP) program, contact:

Junior MANRRS Coordinator
Mr. Ian Smith
Phone: (765) 615-9578
Email: ian.smith@manrrs.org