The NMPF National Dairy Leadership Scholarship Program supports graduate students enrolled in Master's or PhD programs who are actively pursuing dairy-related fields of research that directly benefit dairy cooperatives, dairy farmers, or the US dairy industry. Recommended fields of study include but are not limited to: Agriculture Communications Economics; Animal Health Environmental Science; Animal/Human Nutrition Food Science; Bovine Genetics Food Safety; Dairy Products Processing Herd Management; and Dairy Science Marketing and Price Analysis. A summary of the research should accompany the application. It should include the following: (1) The current problem or issue that your research proposes to address. (2) Your research objectives. (3) Your research approach. (4) Why this problem is important to the US dairy industry and, specifically, how your research will allow the industry to better address the problem. Two letters of recommendation must also be submitted. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.