A SCHOLARSHIP:
Applications Due September 20, 2024
Agriculture Education Foundation Scholarship Requirements
Who: Any student who meets the minimum qualifications and enrolled or planning to enroll in an agriculture teaching major or 4-H extension major at any of Ohio’s three Universities offering these programs or another two year or four-year school in Ohio offering a two plus two program or another pathway to become an agriculture teacher or extension educator.
Students enrolled in a similar program outside of Ohio may also apply so long as they can confirm their program will allow them to educating in Ohio and they are willing to make a commitment to educate in Ohio upon graduation.
Minimum Academic Requirements: Scholarship recipients must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.75 collegiate GPA. Incoming freshmen must have a 2.75 cumulative high school GPA to qualify for the scholarship.
Community Requirements: Scholarship recipients must be able to show a commitment to community and assisting younger children in their community. They must have experience in some form of a community service focused organization. Preference will be given to those whom have showed measurable attainment in their community activities.
Application: The application will consist of three total prompts. The first two prompts will ask for answers in 150 words or less and an extended response of 400 words or less.
Short Response
Who: Any student who meets the minimum qualifications and enrolled or planning to enroll in an agriculture teaching major or 4-H extension major at any of Ohio’s three Universities offering these programs or another two year or four-year school in Ohio offering a two plus two program or another pathway to become an agriculture teacher or extension educator.
Students enrolled in a similar program outside of Ohio may also apply so long as they can confirm their program will allow them to educating in Ohio and they are willing to make a commitment to educate in Ohio upon graduation.
Minimum Academic Requirements: Scholarship recipients must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.75 collegiate GPA. Incoming freshmen must have a 2.75 cumulative high school GPA to qualify for the scholarship.
Community Requirements: Scholarship recipients must be able to show a commitment to community and assisting younger children in their community. They must have experience in some form of a community service focused organization. Preference will be given to those whom have showed measurable attainment in their community activities.
Application: The application will consist of three total prompts. The first two prompts will ask for answers in 150 words or less and an extended response of 400 words or less.
Short Response
- What is leadership?
- Describe your need for scholarship dollars to fund your education.
- What is the single greatest threat to the food supply in America?
- Application Form
- Short Response
- Extended Response
- Resume
- Three Letters of Recommendation (One from the adult leader of a community organization, one from an educator and one additional)
- Transcript
- Proof of enrollment or acceptance to an agriculture educator program or 4-H extension program.
Download Application Here
| fall_2024_application_form.pdf |
| scholarship_requirements.pdf |