MSP offers scholarships to first-generation college students and underrepresented minorities interested in Agriculture, Natural Resources, Food Science, or Human Health and Nutrition.
To date, 27 BioResource Research (BRR) students have been awarded these prestigious scholarships. MSP scholarships are funded by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) which is part of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
BRR MSP Scholars receive generous tuition scholarships for up to a four-year period. They major in BRR and participate in MANRRS (Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences) or SACNAS (Society for Advancing Chicanos and Native Americans in Science).
We recently were awarded USDA funding for more MSP scholarships, to start in fall term 2018. Eligibility:
They are successfully pursuing a variety of paths, such as: