Scholarship Opportunities
Check out the featured scholarships! We will keep you updated as new scholarships become available. If you have any scholarships to post on the National ACT website, please contact Rylee Coy, Communications Coordinator, at nact.comms@gmail.com.
Ag Communicators Network Scholarships – Due April 15, 2025
The Agricultural Communicators Network (ACN) offers two scholarships for undergraduate students pursuing careers in agricultural communications:
- Dr. James Evans Scholarship – $3,000
- Past Presidents’ Scholarship – $1,500
To apply, students must be National ACT members. If a local chapter is unavailable, students may join as individual members by emailing nact.secretary@gmail.com and nact.president@gmail.com.
How It Works
The selection committee will review applications and choose three finalists to interview for the Dr. James Evans Scholarship at the Ag Media Summit (July 26-29, 2025, in Rogers, Arkansas). Finalists will receive travel stipends up to $1,000 and must attend AMS to remain eligible.
Application Deadline: April 15, 2025
Required materials include an application form, cover letter, resume, transcript, writing sample, and one professional reference. Reference letters must be sent directly by the recommender.
For full details and application instructions, visit ACN’s website.
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ACN-ACT Student Contest
Win funding to attend the Ag Media Summit!
The Agricultural Communicators Network (ACN) is offering a student contest exclusively for National ACT members to support attendance at the 2025 Ag Media Summit (AMS)—the largest annual gathering of agricultural communicators. AMS provides students with networking, professional development, and career-launching opportunities through workshops, industry speakers, and the annual National ACT meetings.
How to Enter
Students (individually or in teams of up to four) will develop a research-based marketing plan to recruit recent college graduates as ACN members. The plan must include:
- Strategic document with research, objectives, timeline, and budget
- Three creative assets (e.g., social media posts, press releases, advertisements)
- Bonus points available for original research, SWOT analysis, or member profiles
Deadline: April 15, 2025
Submit entries via email to Courtney Girgis (cllgirgis@gmail.com) AND Chelsea Dinterman (chelsea.dinterman@agriculture.com) by 11:59 p.m. CT.
For full contest details, judging criteria, and submission instructions, visit ACN’s website.
