College of Agriculture & Natural ResourcesDepartment of Horticulture

Scholarship Archive

• Markham – Colegrave International Scholarship

  Application Deadline: January 15, 2018

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

• Friends of Richard F Stroud Memorial Scholarship

  Application Deadline: October 20, 2018

  A $3,500 scholarship is offered to students in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

• STEM-FEE Scholars Program

  Application Deadline: January 15, 2019

  Open to students who demonstrate financial need and are incoming freshmen, currently undecided or changing majors at MSU, or transferring to MSU from a community college or two-year institution.

• MSU Student Affairs and Services

  Application Deadline: March 3, 2019

  The Office of Student Affairs and Services (SAS) oversees more than 20 scholarships available for undergraduate and graduate students.

• Bartlett Tree Foundation Scholarship Fund (Spring Application)

  Application Deadline: March 10, 2019

  For students pursuing degrees in arboriculture, forestry, urban forestry, horticulture, plant pathology, botany, or other closely related discipline.

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

  Application Deadline: April 30, 2019

  For graduate students doing research on water quality

• Taylor Garden Club - Jeanne Eckert Scholarship

  Application Deadline: May 3, 2019

  Open to students following a career path in agriculture, horticulture, organic gardening, botany, environmental studies, landscape design, or conservation.

• Kenneth Kingsley Smith Memorial Scholarship

  Application Deadline: May 9, 2019

  For students in the Agricultural Technology program or CANR Major from Lenawee, Oakland, Washtenaw, Monroe, or Jackson counties.

• 2019 Syngenta Agricultural Scholarship Program

  Application Deadline: May 27, 2019

  We invite eligible university students pursuing bachelor’s or master’s degrees in crop-related disciplines to compete for $20,000 in scholarship awards.

• MSU Office for Education Abroad (Summer Application)

  Application Deadline: June 8, 2019

  Scholarships to support student study abroad experiences

• Better Seed Better Life (Contest / Scholarship)

  Application Deadline: August 31, 2019

  Contest for undergraduate and graduate students

• The Horticulture Research Institute Scholarships

  Application Deadline: September 13, 2019

  Multiple scholarships for horticulture students

• Student Conference Scholarships & Free Membership

  Application Deadline: September 13, 2019

  A scholarship to cover registration costs for the 2018 IPPS Annual Conference

• Irrigation Foundation

  Application Deadline: September 20, 2019

  For students interested in a career in the irrigation field

• Jordan Tatter Scholarship (Graduate)

  Application Deadline: September 30, 2019

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

• Jordan B. Tatter Scholarship (Undergraduate)

  Application Deadline: September 30, 2019

  Scholarship for currently enrolled MSU Horticulture undergraduate students pursuing a career in the fruit or vegetable industries.

• Scholarships

  Application Deadline: September 30, 2019

  For students interested in careers in the vegetable or fruit industries

• Troy Garden Club

  Application Deadline: October 1, 2019

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

• MSU Office for Education Abroad (Fall Application)

  Application Deadline: October 1, 2019

  Scholarships to support student study abroad experiences

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

  Application Deadline: October 1, 2019

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

• Mosmiller Intern Scholarship Program (Fall Application)

  Application Deadline: October 1, 2019

  To support student internships in the ornamental industry

• Bartlett Tree Foundation Scholarship Fund (Fall Application)

  Application Deadline: October 10, 2019

  For students pursuing degrees in arboriculture, forestry, urban forestry, horticulture, plant pathology, botany, or other closely related discipline.

• GPN/Nexus Intern of the Year

  Application Deadline: October 14, 2019

  For students who have completed a greenhouse-related internship

• Undergraduate Research Scholarships

  Application Deadline: October 17, 2019

  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.

• John Siefka Memorial Scholarship

  Application Deadline: October 28, 2019

  A newly entered student in the College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Institute of Agricultural Technology from Gratiot school districts or FFA region III

• Don Hinderer Memorial Scholarship

  Application Deadline: October 28, 2019

  To encourage and support students wishing to pursue a career in agriculture.

• MNLA Academic Scholarship

  Application Deadline: November 1, 2019

  Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association Scholarship

• Jensen and Foundation Scholarships

  Application Deadline: November 1, 2019

  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.

• National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) Foundation

  Application Deadline: November 8, 2019

  For students with a current NALP membership

• MSU College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Alumni Association

  Application Deadline: November 12, 2019

  For students who have: demonstrated leadership and community service; effective communication skills; and a commitment to their chosen field of study.

• The Capital Area Landscape and Nurseryman's Association

  Application Deadline: November 30, 2019

  For students interested in pursuing a career in the green industry

• MSU Plant Science Fellowships

  Application Deadline: December 1, 2019

  For graduate students. No application process. Outstanding students are automatically considered through the application process.

• The Garden Writers Association

  Application Deadline: December 13, 2019

  For students interested in garden communications, including garden photography.

• National School Plant Management Association

  Application Deadline: December 15, 2019

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

• Essay/Video Scholarship Program

  Application Deadline: December 15, 2019

  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.

• Association of Grand Rapids Landscape Professionals Scholarship

  Application Deadline: December 16, 2019

  For students interested in the green industry (landscape, lawn maintenance, retail garden center, arboriculture, and grower) and intend to reside and work in Grand Rapids, MI upon graduation.

• David and Marion Dilley Mentoring Scholarship

  Application Deadline: December 19, 2019

  Common application scholarship for currently enrolled MSU Horticulture students

• Unpaid Internship Opportunity Award (Scholarship)

  Application Deadline: January 14, 2020

  If you are an MSU undergraduate participating in an unpaid internship, this program is designed to encourage and support your initiative in finding experiential learning opportunities that help you prepare for your career.

• MSU Federal Credit Union Internship Opportunity Award

  Application Deadline: January 14, 2020

  For students accepted to or actively pursuing a high quality, unpaid, career-related internship focusing on the following areas: nonprofit organizations, government, media, the arts, public relations and advertising.

• Winterthur Research Fellowship Program

  Application Deadline: January 15, 2020

  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.

• Professional Grounds Management Society

  Application Deadline: January 15, 2020

  Open to all undergraduate students in horticulture

• Royal Horticultural Society

  Application Deadline: January 15, 2020

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

• Katharine M. Grosscup Scholarships in Horticulture

  Application Deadline: January 15, 2020

  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

• MSU Office for Education Abroad (Winter Application)

  Application Deadline: January 15, 2020

  Scholarships to support student study abroad experiences

• University Distinguished Fellowships

  Application Deadline: January 27, 2020

  For graduate students. Applicants do not directly apply for these fellowships; outstanding candidates are nominated by the departmental Admissions Committee

• American Public Gardens Association Student Travel Award

  Application Deadline: January 31, 2020

  A travel scholarship for students to attend the annual APGA conference

• Zone VI Fellowship in Urban Forestry (Horticulture majors can apply)

  Application Deadline: January 31, 2020

  To advance the field of urban forestry by encouraging students to study the planning, management, horticulture and ecology of urban forests and the effect of healthy urban forests on people and the environment.

• Garden Club of America’s Urban Forestry Fellowship

  Application Deadline: January 31, 2020

  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.

• The Garden Club of America Hope Goddard Iselin Fellowship

  Application Deadline: January 31, 2020

  For graduate students interested in or studying public horticulture

• American Floral Endowment Scholarships

  Application Deadline: February 1, 2020

  The Altman Family Scholarship and Paul Ecke, Jr. Scholarship

• Dave Dowling Scholarship

  Application Deadline: February 1, 2020

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

• The Garden Club of America

  Application Deadline: February 1, 2020

  28 Merit-based scholarships in multiple categories

• National Garden Clubs Inc.

  Application Deadline: February 1, 2020

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

• American Society for Horticultural Science

  Application Deadline: February 4, 2020

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

• MSU Dept of Horticulture Graduate Office Fellowship Funds

  Application Deadline: February 7, 2020

  For new and enrolled horticulture graduate students to obtain funding for equipment, supplies, or travel

• Dr. Ruth Allen Scholarship

  Application Deadline: February 7, 2020

  For graduate students to provide support while traveling abroad as part of their research program.

• William and Dorothy Manthey Memorial Scholarship for Greenhouse Research

  Application Deadline: February 7, 2020

  For graduate students that conduct research to benefit the greenhouse industry

• The John L. Arend Excellence in Graduate Student Research Scholarship

  Application Deadline: February 7, 2020

  For graduate students whose research is innovative, creative, and making timely progress.

• Bruce Simpson Winemakers Scholarship

  Application Deadline: February 15, 2020

  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).

• The Irrigation Foundation Scholarship Program

  Application Deadline: February 15, 2020

  For students interested in a career in the irrigation field.

• Scholarship

  Application Deadline: February 21, 2020

  Intended for undergraduate students with a major in Horticulture, Landscape Architecture, Forestry, Botany (Horticulture Equivalent), Plant Pathology, Agricultural Education or Entomology who are residents of Lake County, IN.

• Endowed Prize - Scholarship

  Application Deadline: February 21, 2020

  2020 Richard Lee Featherstone Endowed Prize

• Michigan Potato Industry Commission Scholarship

  Application Deadline: February 28, 2020

  For students in agricultural majors with a minimum 3.0 GPA

• National Association of Women in Construction

  Application Deadline: February 28, 2020

  For women in construction-related programs

• Western Reserve Herb Society

  Application Deadline: February 28, 2020

  For sophomore, juniors, and seniors with a GPA of 3.2 or above.

• GreenStone Farm Credit Services Scholarship Program

  Application Deadline: February 29, 2020

  For incoming college freshman in agriculture

• MSU Department of Horticulture Dissertation Completion Fellowship (Spring)

  Application Deadline: March 1, 2020

  For PhD students to help complete their dissertation

• Herb It Forward Scholarship

  Application Deadline: March 1, 2020

  For undergraduates with a passion for giving back to their communities.

• Walker Hill International Award

  Application Deadline: March 1, 2020

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

• Mosmiller Intern Scholarship Program (Spring Application)

  Application Deadline: March 1, 2020

  To support student internships in the ornamental industry

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

  Application Deadline: March 1, 2020

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

• MSU Office for Education Abroad (Spring Application)

  Application Deadline: March 1, 2020

  Scholarships to support student study abroad experiences

• AmericanHort Scholars

  Application Deadline: March 1, 2020

  A scholarship for students to attend the Cultivate conference

• Outdoor Writers Association of America

  Application Deadline: March 1, 2020

  Open to all students in communications and journalism disciplines.

• HortScholars Program

  Application Deadline: March 1, 2020

  AmericanHort is now accepting applications for its 2020 HortScholar program.

• West Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association

  Application Deadline: March 2, 2020

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

• Grand Traverse Area Spartans

  Application Deadline: March 3, 2020

  For incoming MSU students from Antrim, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, and Leelanau counties.

• The TREE Fund

  Application Deadline: March 15, 2020

  Multiple scholarships for undergraduate students who aspire to careers in arboriculture, urban forestry and related fields.

• ILCA Scholarship - Illinois residents

  Application Deadline: March 16, 2020

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

• MSU Student Affairs and Services Advancement Office

  Application Deadline: March 16, 2020

  Multiple scholarships affiliated with MSU Student Affairs and Services Advancement Office

• Perennial Plant Association Foundation

  Application Deadline: March 27, 2020

  PPA Foundation Scholarship recipients receive full access to the entire five-day National Perennial Plant Symposium which includes educational sessions, tours and a trade show, as well as complimentary lodging, and a $1000 stipend.

• CANR Spring Scholarships

  Application Deadline: March 29, 2020

  Multiple scholarships for CANR students with a single application.

• Bonnie Vasold Memorial Scholarship

  Application Deadline: March 31, 2020

  For students pursuing a degree in agriculture or an agricultural related program whose home residence is in Saginaw County.

• Student Horticulture Association Scholarship

  Application Deadline: April 3, 2020

  For currently enrolled MSU Horticulture students who are active in the Student Horticulture Association

• Horticulture Plant Science Excellence Graduate Fellowship

  Application Deadline: April 15, 2020

  A 1-year assistantship available to outstanding incoming masters or doctoral students in the Department of Horticulture at MSU

• Proven Winners Scholarship Program

  Application Deadline: April 15, 2020

  For students with a sophomore status or above and have at least one year of school left before graduation.

• Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association Scholarship

  Application Deadline: April 15, 2020

  For students interested in using their horticultural degree in the field of communications.

• Richard Foster Award

  Application Deadline: April 24, 2020

  For students working towards a degree in horticulture

• John A. Muter Memorial Scholarship

  Application Deadline: April 30, 2020

  For college sophomore and juniors who have demonstrated a commitment to engaging new audiences and/or new generations with Michigan’s natural resources and rich outdoor heritage.

• NC Strawberry Association Scholarship

  Application Deadline: May 1, 2020

  For students interested in a program of study directly related to the strawberry industry (for example, small fruit production, marketing, food science, nutrition, entomology, agronomy, etc.).

• National Association of Plant Breeders Diversity Travel Award

  Application Deadline: May 1, 2020

  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.

• Orchid Care Scholarship

  Application Deadline: May 1, 2020

  For students interested in pursuing a career working with orchids

• Multiple American Floral Endowment Scholarships

  Application Deadline: May 1, 2020

  Multiple Scholarships available from the American Floral Endowment

• Annie's Sustainable Agriculture Scholarship Program

  Application Deadline: May 15, 2020

  For students pursuing studies in Sustainable and Organic Agriculture

• Joseph Shinoda Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc.

  Application Deadline: May 22, 2020

  For students interested in Floriculture

• MABA Leadership Program

  Application Deadline: May 31, 2020

  Michigan Agri-Business Association Leadership Program

• MABA Scholarship Trust

  Application Deadline: June 1, 2020

  Michigan Agri-Business Association Scholarship

• Arborjet Taking Root Scholarship

  Application Deadline: June 1, 2020

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

• California Certified Organic Farmers

  Application Deadline: June 1, 2020

  For students interested in organic farming.