SCHOLARSHIPS  

by

Alice Hansen, FGCM Scholarship Chairman

The Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, Inc. offer scholarships up to $ 3,000.00 to qualifying junior, senior or graduate students enrolling in a Missouri accredited college or university who are majoring in horticulture, floriculture, landscape design, botany, plant pathology, forestry, agronomy, environmental concerns, city planning, land management or allied subject.

Scholarships up to $ 3,000.00 are available through the Ernest and Lillian Swanson, the Tek Neuner and Ida Morrow Scholarship Trust Funds to qualifying freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior, or graduate students who are residents of the state of Missouri and are enrolled in any accredited two or four year college or university.  The students must be studying botany, plant genetics, or the above listed related subjects.

A Virginia Thomas Scholarship is available to a foreign student studying horticulture or related field at a Missouri college or university who is planning to return to his or her own country after graduation.  This student must be a junior, senior or graduate student who is recommended by the college or university. 

SCALE OF POINTS USED FOR JUDGING

40%  Academic record, emphasis on strength in major courses

35%  Character

            25% Personal letter of applicant

            10% Work/activities

20%  Financial need

5% Recommendations

IMPORTANT-ALL FORMS MUST BE COMPLETED

Click here for the Scholarship Application Packet (Word)

Send to Alice Hansen, FGCM Scholarship Chairman, 12669 Riviera Heights, Holts Summit, MO.  65033; 573-893-7220; afhansen@earthlink.net