Al Piccetti Memorial Graduate Scholarship
Grad School
STEM
Scholarship Description
The purpose of the program is to encourage exemplary graduate students to continue to pursue a curriculum leading to a Masters or Doctorate degree in Animal, Meat, Food Science, Microbiology, Nutrition or Public Health from an accredited program. The 2025-2026 Scholarship Program is administered by the Meat Foundation Board of Directors, and supported by selection committee of distinguished academics.
Financial need, age, gender or national origin are not conditions of eligibility for any of the award.
Only graduate students pursuing an approved program in Animal, Meat, Food Science, Microbiology, Nutrition, Public Health or related discipline at an accredited educational institution are eligible.
Applicants must have a minimum cumulative 2.75 Grade Point Average (GPA) to apply.
Applicants must have the recommendation of a faculty member familiar with their work.
Applications must be enrolled in an approved program at the time the scholarship becomes effective.
Applicants who receive an award must remain enrolled in the approved major and educational institution. Awardees who withdraw from school or transfer to another major during the term of their scholarship must return the award to the Meat Foundation.
Scholarship applications are not annually renewed. Each student must submit a completely new application with all required attachments for each program year.
Scholarship recipients may retain awards upon transfer to another school provided that the transfer is to an approved Animal/Meat/Food or related program and that the department/program head that the new school verifies enrollment by writing to the Meat Foundation.
Financial need, age, gender or national origin are not conditions of eligibility for any of the award.
Only graduate students pursuing an approved program in Animal, Meat, Food Science, Microbiology, Nutrition, Public Health or related discipline at an accredited educational institution are eligible.
Applicants must have a minimum cumulative 2.75 Grade Point Average (GPA) to apply.
Applicants must have the recommendation of a faculty member familiar with their work.
Applications must be enrolled in an approved program at the time the scholarship becomes effective.
Applicants who receive an award must remain enrolled in the approved major and educational institution. Awardees who withdraw from school or transfer to another major during the term of their scholarship must return the award to the Meat Foundation.
Scholarship applications are not annually renewed. Each student must submit a completely new application with all required attachments for each program year.
Scholarship recipients may retain awards upon transfer to another school provided that the transfer is to an approved Animal/Meat/Food or related program and that the department/program head that the new school verifies enrollment by writing to the Meat Foundation.
Grad School
STEM
