This scholarship is administered by the Iowa State University Foundation. Robert Skinner was the Executive Director of the Iowa Grain and Feed Association from 1957 to 1988. His longstanding commitment to the industry is the basis for this scholarship being offered by the Iowa Agribusiness Association. (The 1994 merger of the Iowa Grain and Feed Association and Iowa Fertilizer and Chemical Association.)

Selection of recipients will be by the Dean of Agriculture or his/her designated representative and the College of Agriculture Scholarship and Awards Committee. Announcement of the scholarship shall be made through the usual channels of the Admissions Department and the College of Agriculture of ISU. Recipients may be freshman, sophomore, junior and senior students who are enrolled in the College of Agriculture at Iowa state University. The recipients must exhibit outstanding leadership potential, possess good character and moral traits, be service-oriented, and recognized for good scholarship achievement. Financial need, determined by the Financial Aid Office, will be a factor only when two or more applicants are considered equal or similar in qualifications.

The stipend shall be $750 per year (or equal to the annual interest if the interest is less than $750), and will be paid in two equal installments, the first at the beginning of the fall semester and the second at the beginning of the spring semester. The Dean of the College of Agriculture or his/her representative may award a larger stipend per recipients and/or award several scholarships if generated income is sufficient for two or more awards on an annual basis.

Applications for this scholarship should be sent directly to the Iowa State University Foundation. For more information go to: http://www.foundation.iastate.edu/