OPC Scholarships

OPC Scholarship Applications for the 2024/2025 school year are due Friday, January 5, 2024. Previous OPC scholarship recipients are eligible to re-apply during their college career. Please note that scholarship applicants must be an OPC member, or the child of an OPC member, to be considered. Sign up to become a member at ohiopork.org/become-a-member.

  1. Ohio Pork Council Scholarship awarded annually in amounts ranging from $500 to $1,000.  All applicants must meet the eligible requirements outlined in the OPC Scholarship Criteria.
  2. OPC Women Scholarship awarded annually for the amount of $500. All applicants must meet the eligible requirements outlined in the Womens Scholarship Criteria.
  3. Dick Isler Scholarship awarded one scholarship annually for the amount of $1,000. All applicants must meet the eligible requirements outlined in the Dick Isler Scholarship Criteria.

Apply Here:  Scholarship Application

Tony Forshey Memorial Scholarship

New for the 2024/ 2025 school year, the Ohio Pork Council in conjunction with the Forshey family is offering the Tony Forshey Memorial Scholarship, in honor of Dr. Tony Forshey, Ohio Department of Agriculture State Veterinarian, and dedicated swine practitioner, who passed away in 2021. This memorial scholarship is designed to assist the next generation of veterinarians, devoted to food production animals.

All applicants must meet the eligible requirements outlined in the application. Completed applications are due no later than January 5, 2024.

Apply Here: Tony Forshey Scholarship Application