Texas Agricultural Irrigation Association Scholarship

The Dick Laursen Memorial Scholarship was created in honor of Dick Laursen, a life-long irrigation specialist. Dick was born in 1942 into a Nebraska ranching/farming family. He began his career as a purchasing agent for a pivot manufacturer; then moving on to Rain Bird Ag before partnering to open SWISH, Inc., an irrigation company. With his partners, Dick spent the rest of his life building SWISH, until his death in 1998.
TAIA will award scholarships based on the applicant’s qualifications.  Scholarships will be available to registered, full-time students either entering college or continuing a college education.  Graduate students are also eligible. A recommendation from a TAIA member would be beneficial but is not mandatory. Scholarship funds will be given to the student's selected college to use towards enrollment expenses.

The scholarship committee will start taking applications October 1, 2013.  The deadline for the 2014 scholarship will be March 1, 2014.

For Fed-Ex deliveries please send to the following address:

Texas Agricultural Irrigation Association
c/o Kern Stutler
6028 79th Street
Lubbock, TX 79424


Qualifications:

• An agriculture major
• Attend a Texas university or college

• Full-time student (12+ hours)
• Maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA, reporting GPA at end of each semester
• 1000 minimum word essay with application
• Not required to be a Texas resident
• $500 per semester / $4000 total maximum / 4 year maximum
• Funds sent to attending school first semester; from then on GPA and enrollment must be verified by a scholarship committee

 The 2014 Scholarship Application in PDF format may be downloaded by clicking on this link: