The Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund is
announcing its accepting applications for the 2024 Awards. The Fund is projecting to award twelve,
$2,000 scholarships in 2024. All eligible horticulture students in their Junior, Senior or Graduate years of
study are encouraged to apply for this year’s scholarship. Students may be attending institutions across
the United States but must be residents of the 16 Southeastern States (listed below). The deadline for
application is May 31, 2024. The Scholarship Selection Committee will make its selections by August 1,
2024 and recipients will be notified soon thereafter.
Horticulture
The Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund is announcing its accepting applications for the 2024 Awards. The Fund is projecting to award twelve, $2,000 scholarships in 2024. All eligible horticulture students in their Junior, Senior or Graduate years of
study are encouraged to apply for this year’s scholarship. Students may be attending institutions across
the United States but must be residents of the 16 Southeastern States (listed below). The deadline for
application is May 31, 2024. The Scholarship Selection Committee will make its selections by August 1,
2024 and recipients will be notified soon thereafter
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must
- Student must be enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate ornamental horticulture program or related discipline at a four-year college-level institution, must be currently enrolled in good standing and must carry a full-time compliment of courses at time of application and during the semester the scholarship is granted.
- Student must be in a junior or senior standing at time of application in a college level four-year curriculum (having completed the first two years and at least two horticulture courses) or a graduate student standing in a masters or doctoral program.
- Student must be a resident of one of the 16 SNA states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia) although attendance at an institution within these states is not mandatory. The student must be a citizen of the U.S.
- For the most recent two years (four years for graduate students), a minimum grade point average of 2.75, based on a scale of 4.0, is required for undergraduate students or 3.0 on a scale of 4.0 for graduate students.
- Preference will be given to those applicants who plan to work in any aspect of the industry (including owning their own business) following graduation and those in financial need.
- Previous scholarship recipients may reapply; however, each is limited to a maximum of two scholarship awards.
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South Eastern State
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must
- Student must be enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate ornamental horticulture program or related discipline at a four-year college-level institution, must be currently enrolled in good standing and must carry a full-time compliment of courses at time of application and during the semester the scholarship is granted.
- Student must be in a junior or senior standing at time of application in a college level four-year curriculum (having completed the first two years and at least two horticulture courses) or a graduate student standing in a masters or doctoral program.
- Student must be a resident of one of the 16 SNA states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia) although attendance at an institution within these states is not mandatory. The student must be a citizen of the U.S.
- For the most recent two years (four years for graduate students), a minimum grade point average of 2.75, based on a scale of 4.0, is required for undergraduate students or 3.0 on a scale of 4.0 for graduate students.
- Preference will be given to those applicants who plan to work in any aspect of the industry (including owning their own business) following graduation and those in financial need.
- Previous scholarship recipients may reapply; however, each is limited to a maximum of two scholarship awards.