Less than two weeks remain for high school seniors to submit entries to the National Rice Month scholarship contest, sponsored by Dow AgroSciences. Contest entries for students who conducted September rice promotions to vie for a scholarship award must be received by Friday, Oct. 12.

Three scholarship prizes totaling $8,500 will be awarded. The grand prize is a $4,000 scholarship and a trip to the scholarship presentation on Dec. 10 at the USA Rice Outlook Conference in San Diego, Cal. The second-place winner will receive $3,000 and the third-place winner will receive $1,500.

Winners will be notified by Nov. 9. For more details, see here.