Scholarship available for horticulture students

Horticulture students are encouraged to apply for the Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship available through the Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund. All eligible horticulture students are encouraged to apply. This year, the Fund expects to award 12 $1,500 scholarships. Complete details, along with eligibility information and the application can be
found on the Fund’s website (www.sbmsef.org). The deadline to submit applications is May 31.

To be eligible, students must be enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate ornamental horticulture program or related discipline at a four-year 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.

Also, student must be in a junior or senior standing at time of application in a four-year curriculum (having completed the first two years and 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 (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, MO, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV) 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.