The California Cattlemen’s Association announces that the application period for its 2025 scholarships is now open. Applications are due Oct. 1.
In 2024, CCA awarded over $51,000 in scholarships to students studying agriculture. Scholarship amounts and quantities vary from year to year and recipients of the CCA scholarship program can reapply the following year. By filling out the CCA standard scholarship application, students will be considered for any of the following scholarships for which they meet the requirements:
- CCA Allied Industry Scholarship: With the support of the CCA Allied Industry Council, scholarship assistance is available to students currently enrolled in higher education.
- Hank Stone Memorial California Beef Cattle Improvement Association Scholarship: Support from the California Beef Cattle Improvement Association has made available scholarship assistance to students interested in beef cattle genetics and/or breeding. Students applying should demonstrate a continuing interest in beef cattle.
- Tom Grimmius Memorial Scholarship: The family of the late Tom Grimmius will award this annual $2,500 scholarship to an outstanding college student who has plans to work in the beef industry as a producer. This scholarship began in 2013.
- Livestock Memorial Research Fund Scholarship: The Livestock Memorial Research Fund has provided scholarship assistance to students currently enrolled in veterinary or other upper division and postgraduate coursework. This scholarship is not awarded each year, but only when an exceptional candidate is identified. The scholarship began in 2018. Only upper-division and post-graduate applicants will automatically be eligible for the award.
Applicants must be young, regular or feeder CCA members. Those who are not yet members can call the CCA office at 916-444-0845 to join or visit https://calcattlemen.org/join/.
Applications must be typed and returned in full to the California Cattlemen’s Association office by Wednesday, Oct. 1, via email to Katie Roberti at [email protected]. Application materials must be combined into one PDF document to be accepted.
Applications will be prescreened based on the criteria required and finalists will be contacted to schedule an interview with the selection committee. In order to receive a scholarship, applicants must be interviewed. The full list of requirements to be eligible for a 2025 CCA Scholarship is available in the 2025 CCA scholarship application packet.