Jackson Albert Dudley Scholarship Application

Yes, the Jackson Albert Dudley Scholarship is only available for those applicants planning to attend college in the State of Texas.

No, the Jackson Albert Dudley Scholarship is for one year only. Recipients can re-apply for an additional year; however, the recipient is not guaranteed an additional year.

Yes, you can reapply the following year.

Application due dates are determined each year based on the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association convention dates therefore, the due date varies a little each year. Generally, the applications are due the first week of February. Check the deadline date on the website and on the application form.

Your application can be submitted via our website (along with required documents) or via mail. Regardless of how the application is submitted, all applications are due in our office by the deadline date provided on the application. If mailing, please be sure to mail it so that we receive it by the due date; postmarks WILL NOT be accepted. Any applications and supplemental forms received after the application due date WILL NOT be accepted.

No. Recommendation forms MUST be mailed to our office regardless if submitting your application and all other required documents on-line. Person(s) filling out the form can either mail directly to our office or they may place in a sealed, signed envelope to be included with the applicant’s packet. IMPORTANT: If the recommendation forms are returned by the applicant and are not in a sealed envelope, signed by the individual providing the recommendation, the recommendation forms will not be accepted, and the application will be deemed incomplete and your application will not be considered.

It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that their recommendation forms are returned to the office by the application due date. Only two recommendation forms are required, however it is strongly recommended that you ask more than two individuals to submit a recommendation to ensure that we receive at least the required two. If we do not receive the required two, the application packet will be deemed incomplete and will not be considered for a scholarship.

No. The recommendation forms ask for specific information in addition to the written recommendation. The recommendation form must be completed. A letter of recommendation can be included in addition to the completed recommendation form.

No. The Association and the Foundation are two separate entities with two separate addresses. If you mail or drop off your packet at the TSCRA office, this will cause a delay in your packet being received in our office with no guarantee that we will receive it by the deadline date. The date we receive the packet is the date we receive it in our (the Foundation) office. If it is not received by the deadline date in our office, it will not be considered.

Our address is 1600 Gendy Street, Fort Worth TX 76107. Our address is also included on the application as well as the recommendation forms.

No. If you are not a TSCRA member you are required to be sponsored by a current TSCRA member and will need to include their information on the application.

You will need to check with people in your community (i.e. neighbors, church, school). We are unable to provide sponsors to you or provide information for TSCRA members in your area.

You will need to contact the TSCRA office to obtain your member number. We do not have access to that information. Additionally, if you are a Cattle Raisers Museum member this is not your TSCRA member number. The Cattle Raisers Museum is separate from the TSCRA.

It is fine to attach additional page(s) to your application should you need the additional room.

Recipients will receive notification via email the end of March. Email notification will be followed by a letter and certificate sent by mail.

All applicants that submitted a completed application packet (to include receipt of recommendation forms) and was not selected will receive a letter by mail the end of March.

If an incomplete application packet is received (to include non-receipt of recommendation forms), the packet is not considered, and no letter will be sent to the applicant.

No, the check will be sent in two equal payments to the university you will be attending and payment to the university will be dependent on verification that you are registered as a full-time student and that you are registered for the major designated on your application.

To receive the first payment for the fall semester, you will need to turn in the certificate you receive to the financial aid/scholarship office. The school will fill out the certificate and forward to our office, along with verification of full-time enrollment. Once we receive these items the first payment will be forwarded.

Upon completion of the fall semester, you will need to forward a copy of your grades to confirm you maintained the required gpa along with your class schedule for the spring to verify you are enrolled full-time. Upon receipt of these items, the second payment will be forwarded to the school.