The USDA / 1890 National Scholars Program

The goal of the USDA/1890 National Scholars Program is to increase the number of minorities studying agriculture, food, natural resource sciences and other related disciplines. Each year, hundreds of students apply for the program that provides full tuition, room, board, internships, and full-time employment upon graduation. The USDA/1890 National Scholars Program is available to graduating high school seniors that exhibit leadership and community service and desire to attend one of the 1890 Historically Black Land-Grant Universities.

• Be a U.S. citizen
• Be a graduating high school senior
• Expect to hold a high school diploma or G.E.D. certificate
• Have a high school cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better (on a 4.0 scale)
• Have a combined verbal/math/written score of 1,500 or more on the SAT (note: 1,000 or more combined for those universities that only accept verbal/math score) or a composite score of 21 or more on the ACT;
• Be interested in attending one of the eighteen 1890 Land-Grant Universities
• Intend to study agriculture, food, natural resource sciences, or other related academic 
• disciplines
• Demonstrate leadership and community service 
• Submit an official transcript with the school seal and an authorized official's signature
• Submit a signed application (original signature only)

All application materials must be postmarked no later than February 1

2010-NSP Fillable Application