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Cow-lege Cash Scholarship
Application status: Closed

Foremost Farms USA Charitable Foundation, Inc. has established a scholarship program to assist children of employees who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs.

This program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor, and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.

Applicants of the Cow-lege Cash Scholarship award must:

  • Be dependent children, age 23 and under, of active full-time Foremost Farms USA employees who have a minimum of 90 days of employment with the company as of the application deadline. Parent must be employed at time when awards are paid.
  • Be high school seniors or graduates, or current postsecondary undergraduates, who plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year.

Award Information
If selected as a recipient:

  • Up to seven (7) awards of $3,000 will be granted.
  • Awards are one-time only and not renewable.
  • Awards are for undergraduate study only.
  • The parent must be employed by Foremost Farms at the time awards are paid.

Notification
Applicants will be notified in February. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients.

Payment of Scholarships
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Foremost Farms USA Charitable Foundation, Inc. Awards will be paid in one installment in early August.

Selection of Recipients
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:

  • Academic record
  • Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
  • Work experience
  • A statement of educational and career goals and objectives
  • Unusual personal or family circumstances
  • An online recommendation

Financial need is not considered.

Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Foremost Farms USA Charitable Foundation, Inc. play a part in the selection. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.

As part of your application, you must upload the following documents:

  • A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
    • Student name
    • School name
    • Grades
    • Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.

NOTE: If you are uploading a high school transcript, you must also upload a copy of your SAT or ACT test scores if the test scores are not available on your high school transcript.

One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than January 14, 2025 3:00 pm Central Time.

Your application is not complete unless all required documents are submitted electronically.

Foremost Farms USA Charitable Foundation, Inc. has partnered with Scholarship America. Selecting the button below will redirect you to the Scholarship America Student Hub!

Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address provided below in the footer as safe senders in your email contact list.