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External Scholarships

  • Robert F Brevitz Scholarship

    Application Due Date: October 25, 2024

    Michigan Forestry and Parks Association MFPA is looking for applicants for the Robert F. Brevitz Scholarship

  • Garfield/Rieske Scholarship

    Application Due Date: October 25, 2024

    Michigan Forestry and Park Association MFPA is offering a Garfield/Rieske Scholarship

  • Dale Ruth Scholarship

    Application Due Date: November 1, 2024

    Michigan Sod Growers Association is looking for an individual for the Dale Ruth Scholarship.

  • MNLA Academic Scholarship

    Application Due Date: November 1, 2024

    Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association Scholarship

  • GPN and Prospiant Intern of the Year Scholarship

    Application Due Date: November 1, 2024

    For students who have completed a greenhouse-related internship

  • Michigan Corn Growers Association - Frank Lipinski Scholarship

    Application Due Date: November 3, 2024

    This scholarship is designed for students majoring in Agriculture that do not come from a farming background.

  • Undergraduate Research Scholarships

    Application Due Date: November 3, 2024

    The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources offers funding for students to participate in undergraduate research to increase academic engagement, intellectual inquiry and practical learning.

  • National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) Foundation

    Application Due Date: November 13, 2024

    For students with a current NALP membership

  • Feed Your Future Scholarship

    Application Due Date: November 30, 2024

    AG Careers is looking for a scholarship recipient for their Feed Your Future Scholarship.

  • The Garden Writers Association

    Application Due Date: December 1, 2024

    For students interested in garden communications, including garden photography.

  • Jensen and Foundation Scholarships

    Application Due Date: December 1, 2024

    For students pursuing and presently enrolled in a four-year degree in a major or discipline in agriculture, such as Soil Sciences, Agronomy, Entomology, Horticulture, Plant Pathology, Weed Science.

  • Edward H. Lloyd and Wilbur Ellis Scholarships

    Application Due Date: December 1, 2024

    For graduate students pursuing and presently enrolled in a major or discipline in agriculture, such as Soil Sciences, Agronomy, Entomology, Horticulture, Plant Pathology, Weed Science.

  • Professional Grounds Management Society

    Application Due Date: December 1, 2024

    Open to all undergraduate students in horticulture

  • Lawn Butler Scholarship Program - Spring

    Application Due Date: December 5, 2024

    Any current, full-time student at an accredited two-year or four-year American university or college is welcome to apply. There is no age or specified major requirement.

  • Ohio Chapter International Society of Arboriculture

    Application Due Date: January 1, 2025

    For students interested in Arboriculture

  • Association of Grand Rapids Landscape Professionals (AGRLP)

    Application Due Date: January 7, 2025

    Association of Grand Rapids Landscape Professionals (AGRLP) Scholarship

  • Michigan Potato Industry Commission Scholarship

    Application Due Date: January 8, 2025

    For students in agricultural majors with a minimum 3.0 GPA

  • Scholarship Program - Four Different Scholarships

    Application Due Date: January 15, 2025

    National Horticulture Foundation is looking for someone for their Scholarship Program -Four Different Scholarships.

  • The Garden Club of America

    Application Due Date: January 15, 2025

    The Garden Club of America offers 28 merit-based scholarships and fellowships in 12 areas related to conservation, ecology, horticulture, and pollinator research.

  • Royal Horticultural Society

    Application Due Date: January 15, 2025

    An exchange programme for British and American university graduates and horticultural students wanting experience abroad.

  • Katharine M. Grosscup Scholarships in Horticulture

    Application Due Date: January 15, 2025

    Open to rising college sophomores, juniors, seniors and Master’s degree candidates majoring in horticulture or related fields at institutions in IN, KY, MI, OH, PA or WV

  • Winterthur Research Fellowship Program

    Application Due Date: January 15, 2025

    For graduate students to support research in social and cultural history, design history, the decorative arts, landscape architecture and design, consumer culture, and conservation studies.

  • Garden Club of America’s Urban Forestry Fellowship

    Application Due Date: January 15, 2025

    Open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students studying urban forestry, environmental studies, horticulture, forestry, or related courses of study with a special interest in urban forestry.

  • Michigan Corn Growers Association

    Application Due Date: January 31, 2025

    Members of the Michigan Corn Growers Association and their families may apply

  • Markham – Colegrave International Scholarship

    Application Due Date: January 31, 2025

    This scholarship works as an annual exchange programme between the UK and US/Canada.

  • West Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association

    Application Due Date: February 1, 2025

    For students whose home address is in Ottawa, Kent, Oceana, Newaygo, Muskegon, Mason, or Allegan Counties

  • American Floral Endowment Scholarships

    Application Due Date: February 1, 2025

    The Altman Family Scholarship and Paul Ecke, Jr. Scholarship

  • Dave Dowling Scholarship

    Application Due Date: February 1, 2025

    For students who have worked, are currently working, or plan to work after graduation in a commercial cut flower production operation.

  • National Garden Clubs Inc.

    Application Due Date: February 1, 2025

    For students planning a career related to gardening, landscape design, environmental issues, floral design or horticulture.

  • American Society for Horticultural Science

    Application Due Date: February 4, 2025

    There is no application for this scholarship; the Horticulture Department nominates one student each year

  • Bruce Simpson Winemakers Scholarship

    Application Due Date: February 15, 2025

    For students pursuing a certificate or associate’s degree in viticulture and/or enology via the MSU Institute of Agricultural Technology or Viticulture Enology Science and Technology Alliance (VESTA).

  • ILCA Scholarship - Illinois residents

    Application Due Date: February 28, 2025

    For students whose home address is in Illinois pursuing a degree in Horticulture

  • Dr. Charles and Marjorie Gliozzo Dissertation Research Scholarship

    Application Due Date: March 1, 2025

    For MSU doctoral students in support of the student's dissertation.

  • Vic & Margaret Ball Intern Scholarship Program (Spring Application)

    Application Due Date: March 1, 2025

    For students to train at a commercial production greenhouse or nursery.

  • Mosmiller Intern Scholarship Program (Spring Application)

    Application Due Date: March 1, 2025

    To support student internships in the ornamental industry

  • CANR Spring Scholarships

    Application Due Date: March 1, 2025

    Multiple scholarships for CANR students with a single application.

  • National School Plant Management Association

    Application Due Date: March 1, 2025

    For undergraduates. Selection criteria is based on financial need, academic achievement, co-curricular participation, community service, and essay response.

  • National Association of Plant Breeders George Washington Carver Diversity Scholarship

    Application Due Date: March 8, 2025

    This program provides support to undergraduate and graduate students from under-represented groups to learn about plant breeding at the National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB) annual meeting.

  • Walker Hill International Award

    Application Due Date: March 10, 2025

    For PhD students to travel outside the U.S. for research purposes

  • MSU Division of Student Affairs

    Application Due Date: March 10, 2025

    Multiple scholarships affiliated with MSU Division of Student Affairs

  • The Clifford Humphrys Fellowship for Preservation of Water Quality in The Great Lakes

    Application Due Date: March 14, 2025

    For graduate students doing research on water quality

  • American Public Gardens Association Student Travel Award

    Application Due Date: March 15, 2025

    A travel scholarship for students to attend the annual APGA conference

  • Outdoor Writers Association of America

    Application Due Date: March 30, 2025

    Open to all students in communications and journalism disciplines.

  • Featherstone Endowed Prize - Scholarship

    Application Due Date: March 31, 2025

    2025 Richard Lee Featherstone Endowed Prize

  • Perennial Plant Foundation

    Application Due Date: March 31, 2025

    For more than twenty years, the Perennial Plant Foundation has been proud to support students through an experiential scholarship for attendance at the Perennial Plant Association's National Symposium.

  • Scholarships for Saginaw County Residents

    Application Due Date: April 1, 2025

    Michigan Farm & Garden-Saginaw Branch is offering a scholarship to undergraduate students.

  • Scholarships for Saginaw County Residents

    Application Due Date: April 1, 2025

    The Woman's National Farm & Garden Association, Inc. is looking for Scholarships for Saginaw County Residents.

  • Arborjet Taking Root Scholarship

    Application Due Date: April 6, 2025

    For graduating high school seniors who are enrolled at a 2 or 4-year accredited college or university.

  • Joseph Shinoda Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc.

    Application Due Date: April 18, 2025

    For students interested in Horticulture and Floriculture

  • The Edward Tuinier Memorial Scholarship

    Application Due Date: May 1, 2025

    American Floral Endowment is looking for someone for their The Edward Tuinier Memorial Scholarship.

  • Anthony W. "Tony" LaFetra Scholarship Program

    Application Due Date: May 16, 2025

    RainBird has a scholarship opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students.

  • MABA Scholarship Trust

    Application Due Date: June 1, 2025

    Michigan Agri-Business Association Scholarship

  • Annie's Sustainable Agriculture Scholarship Program

    Application Due Date: June 15, 2025

    For students pursuing studies in Sustainable and Organic Agriculture

  • SVNLA Jerry Salget Memorial Scholarship

    Application Due Date: July 1, 2025

    Saginaw Valley Association of Nurserymen is looking for individuals for their SVNLA Jerry Salget Memorial Scholarship.

  • Daniel Joseph "DJ" Kurkowski Memorial Scholarship

    Application Due Date: July 15, 2025

    For students enrolled in an arboriculture related educational program or employed in an arboricultural or related field.

  • Perfect Plants Scholarship

    Application Due Date: August 20, 2025

    For incoming freshman, sophomore, junior or senior enrolled full or part time leading to a career in the horticultural industry.

  • International Plant Propagators Society -IPPS- Eastern Region

    Application Due Date: September 6, 2025

    International Plant Propagators' Society is giving someone a scholarship to help cover the cost of their annual student conference.

  • E3 Irrigation Scholarship Program

    Application Due Date: September 15, 2025

    For students interested in a career in irrigation.

  • Unilock Paving the Future Scholarship

    Application Due Date: September 16, 2025

    Unilock is offering the Paving the Future Scholarship!

  • Tree Canopy Conference Scholarships

    Application Due Date: September 30, 2025

    Morris Arboretum & Gardens and Haverford College Arboretum is looking a recipient for their scholarship.

  • Fruit & Vegetable Industry Scholarship

    Application Due Date: September 30, 2025

    For students interested in careers in the vegetable or fruit industries

  • Mosmiller Intern Scholarship Program (Fall Application)

    Application Due Date: October 1, 2025

    To support student internships in the ornamental industry

  • Vic & Margaret Ball Intern Scholarship Program (Fall Application)

    Application Due Date: October 1, 2025

    For students to train at a commercial production greenhouse or nursery.

  • Troy Garden Club

    Application Due Date: October 13, 2025

    For students pursuing a horticultural education, Preference given to residents of Oakland and Macomb Counties and to college or university upperclassmen.

  • Jordan B. Tatter Scholarship (Undergraduate)

    Application Due Date: October 20, 2025

    Scholarship for currently enrolled MSU Horticulture students (sophomores, juniors, and seniors) pursuing a career in the fruit or vegetable industries.

  • Jordan Tatter Scholarship (Graduate)

    Application Due Date: October 20, 2025

    For graduate students interested in pursuing a career in or working with the fruit and vegetable industries.

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