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 milk marketing cooperatives and the U.S. dairy industry at large. Graduate students pursuing research of direct benefit to milk marketing cooperatives and dairy producers are encouraged to apply, they do not need to be members of NMPF to qualify. 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; or Dairy Science Marketing and Price Analysis. Applicants must submit a Research Summary that should include the following: the current problem or issue that your research proposes to address; your research objectives; your research approach; and 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, submitted directly by the references, are required. The research summary and the letters of recommendation should be emailed to NMPF. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.