College of Agricultural SciencesThe College of Agricultural Science's generous financial support, comprehensive academic programs, individual attention, and interdisciplinary approach can equip you with the educational resources you need to meet your academic and career goals.
There are hundreds of professions related to agricultural and natural resources, providing College of Agricultural Science (CAS) graduates with diverse and plentiful opportunities for personal growth and financial gain.
The college's degree programs within the College of Agricultural Sciences lead to exciting careers in veterinary medicine, environmental law, marketing, fisheries and wildlife, journalism, biotechnology, fermentation science, public relations, wildland management, and landscape design--to name just a few.
A CAS degree opens doors to multiple life opportunities and prepares you to make a vital contribution to society.
Eligible Degree ProgramsStudents enrolling in the following degree programs are eligible to apply for the college's scholarships. Listed below each degree program are the options, areas of emphasis, offered by each degree program.
Agricultural Business Management, BS
Bioresource Research, BS
- Animal Reproduction and Development
- Applied Genetics
- Biosystems Modeling
- Biotechnology
- Environmental Chemistry
- Food Quality
- Pest Biology and Management
- Plant Growth and Development
- Sustainable Ecosystems
- Toxicology
Botany, BS
- Botanical Research
- Fungal Biology
- Plant Ecology and Systematics
- Plant Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
- Pre-Professional Teaching Botany
Crop and Soil Science, BS
- Crop Management
- Soil Resource Management
Environmental Economics, Policy, and Management, BS
Environmental Science, BS
- Applied Ecology and Resource Management (for Ecampus students only)
- Aquatic Biology
- Environmental Chemistry for the Environmental Sciences
- Environmental Policy
- Land-Air Interaction
- Pre-Education Environmental Science
- Terrestrial Ecosystems
- Water Science and Resources
Fisheries and Wildlife, BS
- Design your own specialization
Food Science and Technology, BS
- Enology and Viticulture
- Food Science
- Fermentation Science
General Agriculture, BSAreas you can emphasize within this program are general agriculture, leadership and communication, and teacher preparation
Horticulture, BS
- Horticultural Communication
- Horticultural Research
- Integrated Horticultural Production
- Turf and Landscape Management
- Viticulture and Enology
Microbiology, BS
Natural Resources, BS
- Agroforestry
- Arid Land Ecology
- Fish and Wildlife Conservation
- Forest Ecosystems
- Geosciences and Natural Resources
- Human Dimensions in Natural Resources
- Law Enforcement in Natural Resources
- Native Americans and Natural Resources
- Natural Resource Education
- Natural Resource Policy
- Natural Resource Technology
- Resource Conservation
- Watershed Management
Rangeland Ecology and Management, BS
- General Rangeland Resources
- Range Management
- Range Science
- Range/Forestry Management
- Range/Soils
- Range/Wildlife
- Wildland Ecology
Students interested in botany, environmental science, natural resources, and microbiology should also contact the degree-granting college about college-level scholarships.
Types of ScholarshipsFour categories of scholarships are offered through the College of Agricultural Sciences:
- Beginning Venture Agricultural Honors Scholarships for incoming students
- Continuing Venture Agricultural Honors Scholarships for continuing students
- College of Agricultural Sciences Scholarship Awards for incoming or continuing students
- Departmental scholarships for incoming or continuing students
These scholarships are described, in general, here. Please contact the College of Agricultural Sciences for more information about Beginning and Continuing Venture Agricultural Honors Scholarships and College of Agricultural Sciences Scholarship Awards, and contact the indicated department regarding departmental scholarships.
We urge all students to apply. Often, many criteria other than academic record are used to select scholarship recipients.
The Agricultural Honors Scholarship ProgramThe CAS must produce well-educated, productive, and qualified professionals in all agricultural and natural-resource disciplines to ensure the future prosperity of Oregon's agricultural and natural resources.
A shortage of qualified science, business, and technical professionals threatens our agricultural and natural resources. While the need for advanced education in the agricultural industry has grown, the supply of highly skilled talent in the agricultural and natural-resource sciences has declined.
The Agricultural Honors Scholarship Program is designed to attract talented students to the CAS.
The E.R. Jackman Board and Savery Fund of the Agricultural Research Foundation fostered the program to enable students to concentrate on their studies without worrying about personal finances. Through the Agricultural Honors Scholarship Program, the CAS awards about $70,000 to incoming students and $10,000 to continuing students each year.
Beginning Venture Agricultural Honors ScholarshipsBeginning venture scholarships are for incoming CAS students, whether they are high school seniors or are transferring from another academic institution.
Qualifications and SelectionThe CAS awards $1,000 to $2,000 scholarships to students entering the CAS through OSU's Corvallis campus, the college's location on the Eastern Oregon University campus in La Grande, OSU's Distance Education program, or OSU's dual-admission programs with select Oregon community colleges. Students with an agricultural science-related interest enrolling in the general agriculture, environmental science, or natural resources program at OSU's Cascades campus are also considered.
Students must:
- Exhibit high scholastic ability
- Have an interest in an agricultural or natural-resource career
- Possess a record of leadership in school and community activities
- Meet OSU and college admission requirements
ApplicationTo apply for a beginning venture scholarship, complete the College of Agricultural Sciences Scholarships Application. The application must be received by the CAS Academic Programs Office by February 1.
To request an application contact Academic Programs Office, College of Agricultural Sciences, 137 Strand Agriculture Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-2202, 541-737-2211; casstudy@oregonstate.edu. Applications may also be downloaded or submitted via the Web at http://agsci.oregonstate.edu/students/schol.html.
The CAS determines eligibility for scholarships and makes final selection of award recipients.
Continuing Venture Agricultural Honors ScholarshipsThe goal of continuing venture scholarships is to encourage past recipients of beginning venture scholarships to continue their studies with the CAS. These scholarships provide students with an additional year of support.
Qualifications and SelectionThe CAS awards $1,500 scholarships to students beginning their second year of study in the CAS through OSU's Corvallis campus, the college's location on the Eastern Oregon University campus in La Grande, OSU's Distance Education program, or OSU's dual-admission programs with select Oregon community colleges. Students with an agricultural science-related interest enrolling or enrolled in the general agriculture, environmental science, or natural resources program at OSU's Cascades campus are also considered.
Students must:
- Continue to exhibit high scholastic ability
- Have an ongoing interest in an agricultural or natural-resource career
- Possess a record of leadership in college and community activities
- Be making satisfactory academic progress
ApplicationTo apply for a continuing venture scholarship, complete the College of Agricultural Sciences Scholarships Application. The application must be received by the CAS Academic Programs Office by February 1. Applications can be obtained from your major program's departmental head advisor's office or from Academic Programs Office, College of Agricultural Sciences, 137 Strand Agriculture Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-2202; 541-737-2211, cassstudy@oregonstate.edu. Applications also may be downloaded or submitted via the Web at http://agsci.oregonstate.edu/students/schol.html.
The CAS determines eligibility for scholarships and makes final selection of award recipients.
College of Agricultural Sciences Scholarship AwardsThe CAS offers College of Agricultural Science Scholarship Awards primarily to support students continuing their studies.
Students considered for these scholarships are incoming or continuing students enrolling or enrolled in the CAS through OSU's Corvallis campus, the college's location on the Eastern Oregon University campus in La Grande, OSU's distance-education program, or OSU's dual-admission programs with select Oregon community colleges. Students with an agricultural science-related interest enrolling or enrolled in the general agriculture, environmental science, or natural resources program at OSU's Cascades campus are also considered.
Alpha Gamma Rho Foundation Scholarship Award: one at $500 Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: sophomore, junior, or senior General criteria: member of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, 3.0 minimum GPA, and demonstrated leadership abilities
Leo L. Anderson Jr. Memorial Scholarship in Extension Education Award: varies Major: all College of Agricultural Science or home economics Year: all undergraduate or graduate General criteria: curricula leading to careers in agricultural or home-economics extension, leadership skills, and experience in extension-related activities
Barry Family Scholarship Fund Award: $2,000 to $2,500 Major: College of Agricultural Sciences or College of Forestry majors Year: sophomore, junior, or senior General criteria: good academic standing; preference given to students from Lake County
Don Burlingham Scholarship Award: two to three at full in-state tuition Major: environmental economics, policy, and management; agricultural business management; crop and soil science; bioresource research; general agriculture; or horticulture Year: junior or senior General criteria: demonstrated desire to work in crop production or a related field, academic achievement, financial need, citizenship qualities, leadership, character, and participation in campus and community activities
CHS Foundation Scholarship Award: one or more at $1,000 with possibility for renewal Major: environmental economics, policy, and management; agricultural business management; animal sciences; crop and soil science; or horticulture Year: sophomore, junior, or senior General criteria: demonstrated desire to work in agribusiness, high scholastic achievement, leadership, and course work in cooperative studies
Wayne and Joann Chambers Scholarship Award: varies Major: botany and plant pathology, crop and soil science, general agriculture, or horticulture Year: sophomore General criteria: graduate of an Oregon high school, financial need, and personal contribution to educational expenses
College of Agricultural Sciences Scholarship Fund Award: varies Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: all undergraduate or graduate General criteria: as determined by the head of the college's Academic Programs Office
Culbertson Memorial Scholarship Award: two to three full in-state tuition Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: all undergraduate General criteria: financial need and preference to previous Culbertson recipients
John W. DeMuth, Jr., Agricultural Sciences Scholarship Fund Award: varies Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: sophomore, junior, or senior General criteria: 2.0 minimum GPA
Charles E. and Clara M. Eckelman Scholarship Award: two to three varying from $1,000 to full in-state tuition Major: animal sciences; environmental economics, policy, and management; agricultural business management; food science and technology; or microbiology Year: junior or senior General criteria: demonstrated desire to work in a dairy-related industry, scholastic achievement, financial need, citizenship qualities, leadership, character, and participation in campus and community activities
Rod and Ruby Frakes Scholarship Award: one or more at $1,000 for undergraduates or $2,500 for graduates Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences, with a preference for crop and soil science Year: all undergraduate or graduate General criteria: 2.5 minimum GPA for undergraduates and 3.0 for graduates; financial need; and financial dependent of a rural Oregon resident, or financially independent and from rural Oregon
William E. and Dorene L. Hall Scholarship Award: varies Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: all undergraduate or graduate General criteria: preference to students with ranching, farming, 4-H and/or FFA experience; graduate of an Oregon high school in Deschutes, Crook, or Sherman County
Jess Hanson Scholarship Award: six to ten at $1,000 to $2,000 Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: all undergraduate General criteria: academic achievement, leadership, and financial need
E.R. Jackman General Scholarship Award: varies Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: all undergraduate and graduate General Criteria: worthy of scholarship recognition
Walter J. and Florence J. Jaeger Undergraduate Scholarship Award: $750 for freshmen, $1,000 for sophomores, $1,250 for juniors, $1,500 for seniors Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: all undergraduate General criteria: preference to students from Gilliam County, Oregon; sincere purpose; and agricultural career goal
Roberta Mitchell Jansen Scholarship Award: one at $500 Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: all undergraduate General Criteria: financial need and preference to students who are from a Polk County family farm and plan to pursue a farming career
Malcolm Johnson Scholarship Award: varies Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: incoming freshman General criteria: financial need, scholastic standing, and leadership
Ursula Bolt Knaus Scholarship Award: ten from $500 to $1,000 Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: all undergraduate General criteria: academic achievement, leadership, and desire to pursue a career in agriculture
William A.L. Lyons Memorial Scholarship Award: one or more at $1,000 Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: all undergraduate or graduate General criteria: as determined by the scholarship committee
McMinnville Women's Garden Club Scholarship Award: one from $250 to $500 Major: horticulture Year: junior or senior General criteria: leadership, academic achievement, and desire to pursue a career in horticulture
Earl Meier Dairy Science Memorial Scholarship Award: one from $1,000 to $2,000 Major: animal sciences; environmental economics, policy, and management; agricultural business management; bioresource research; food science and technology; nutrition and food management, general agriculture, or microbiology Year: junior or senior General criteria: interest in working in a dairy production- or dairy science-related field
Ben and Phyllis Newell Scholarship Award: varies Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: sophomore General criteria: demonstrated financial need and personal contribution to education expenses
Donald L. and Carol M. Olson Scholarship Fund Award: one or more at $500 Majors: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: all undergraduate and graduate Criteria: demonstrated financial need
O.M. Plummer Memorial Scholarship Award: one from $1,000 to $1,500 Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences, with a preference for animal sciences Year: all undergraduate General criteria: graduate of an Oregon high school and preference to previous recipients
Ben and Ethel Pubols Scholarship Award: one from $250 to $600 Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: all undergraduate or graduate General criteria: a deserving student
Harry and Dorothy Schoth Scholarship Award: one from $200 to $500 Major: animal sciences or crop and soil science Year: junior or senior General criteria: scholarship, leadership, financial need, and long-range professional goals in agriculture
Kent Searles and Nancy J. Billingsley Searles Scholarship Award: one or more at $1,000 for undergraduate or $2,500 for graduate Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: incoming freshman, with possibility for renewal General criteria: good academic standing, financial need, and preference to students from Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco, or Wheeler county.
Johnny R. Thomas Scholarship Award: one or more at $1,000 for undergraduate or $2,500 for graduate Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences, with a preference for crop and soil science Year: all undergraduate or graduate General criteria: 2.5 minimum GPA for undergraduates and 3.0 for graduates; preference given to students studying in any area of production agriculture
Doris Mardis Tibbetts Scholarship Award: one from $400 to $1,000 Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: sophomore, junior, or senior General criteria: well-rounded in leadership, scholarship, and career objectives and 2.5 minimum GPA
James H. Weatherspoon Scholarship Award: one to two full, in-state tuition Major: crop and soil science Year: junior or senior General criteria: academic ability, financial need, and professional potential
Donald Welp Memorial Scholarship Award: one from $1,000 to $2,000 Major: fisheries and wildlife Year: all undergraduate General criteria: leadership and academic achievement
Wilbur-Ellis Scholarship Award: one at $1,000 Major: animal sciences; crop and soil sciences; environmental economics, policy and management; general agriculture; horticulture; rangeland ecology and management Year: sophomore, junior or senior General criteria: graduate of an Oregon high school in Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Lake, or Wheeler county
Yamhill and Washington Counties Women for Agriculture Scholarship Award: one from $500 to $1,000 Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: all undergraduate General criteria: scholastic achievement, 3.3 minimum GPA, definite career goal in agriculture, and a spokesperson for agriculture
ApplicationTo apply, complete the College of Agricultural Sciences Scholarships Application. The application must be received by the CAS Academic Programs Office by February 1. Applications can be obtained from your major program's departmental head advisor's office or from Academic Programs Office, College of Agricultural Sciences, 137 Strand Agriculture Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-2202; 541-737-2211; casstudy@oregonstate.edu. Applications may also be downloaded or submitted via the Web at http://agsci.oregonstate.edu/students/schol.html.
The CAS determines eligibility for scholarships and makes final selection of award recipients.
College of Agricultural Sciences Departmental ScholarshipsThe following are scholarships that CAS departments offer to entering or continuing students enrolled in an academic program offered by the department indicated. Please contact the departments for additional information about specific scholarship selection criteria, applications, and deadlines.
Agricultural and Resource EconomicsStudents pursuing a degree in agricultural business management or environmental economics, policy, and management may be considered for the following scholarships.
Agricultural Cooperative Council of Oregon Scholarship Award Award: two at $1,000 Year: junior or senior General criteria: interest in farm cooperatives and agricultural business management
LeRoy Breithaupt Memorial Scholarship Award: one at about $200 Year: junior or senior General criteria: outstanding student
Edward Earnest Scholarship in Agribusiness Management Award: varying amounts Year: Freshman - Senior General Criteria: Students who has an interest in agribusiness management
Goedeck Family Scholarship Award: one or two at varying amounts Year: all undergraduate General criteria: financial need
William P. "Chip" Harris Memorial Scholarship Award: one to three at $1,000 Year: sophomore, junior, or senior General criteria: Benton County resident who attended a Benton County high school for at least two years
Rachel and Harold Hollands Memorial Scholarship Award Award: one at $750 or two at $375 Year: junior or senior male General criteria: financial need, scholarship, good character, and U.S. citizenship
Jeld-Wen Foundation Scholarship Award: one at $2,000 Year: incoming student General criteria: preference to students from a community with a Jeld-Wen facility
D. Curtis Mumford Scholarship Award: one at $500 Year: sophomore General criteria: 3.0 minimum GPA, education goal oriented, and career focused
Fred Obermiller Memorial Scholarship Award: $500 Year: Freshman - Senior General Criteria: full-time student in Environmental Economics, Policy, and Management (EEPM)
Ermine L. and Norma Olson Potter Memorial Scholarship Award Award: one to three at varying amounts Year: sophomore, junior, or senior General criteria: financial need, scholarship, departmental activities, and overall university involvement
Oregon Chapter: American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers Award Award: one at $500 Year: sophomore or junior General criteria: interest in farm management and rural appraising, high scholastic accomplishments, demonstrated leadership and service attitudes, and an Oregon resident
Oregon Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers Award Award: one at $500 Year: sophomore or junior General criteria: interest in farm management and rural appraising, high scholastic accomplishments, demonstrated leadership and service attitudes, and an Oregon resident.
ApplicationStudents enrolled in agricultural business management or environmental economics, policy, and management are automatically eligible for undergraduate scholarships and need not complete an application.
The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Undergraduate Committee makes the final decision on scholarship awards. Awards are announced in May.
Agricultural Business ManagementSee Agricultural and Resource Economics
Agricultural Education and General AgricultureH.H. Gibson Memorial Scholarship Award: two at $500 Year: freshman General criteria: completed high school agriculture education program and ranked in upper third of their class, leadership and scholastic ability, citizenship, cooperation, and financial need
Gary McKenzie Agricultural Scholarship Year: all undergraduate, with freshman priority General criteria: preference to FFA members from Eugene, Oregon, high schools; interest in technical agriculture; and demonstrated performance, character, and leadership through FFA projects
Thornton FFA Scholarship Award: one or more at $500 Major: all College of Agricultural Sciences Year: all undergraduate General criteria: current or former FFA member, Oregon high school graduate who has completed at least two years of an agricultural science and technology program, agricultural interest, scholarship, initiative, and determination. If equally qualified, preference to Yamhill-Carlton FFA members, then Yamhill and Polk counties, and then state of Oregon
R.M. Wade Agricultural/Education Scholarship General criteria: enrolled in the Agriculture Education Teacher Preparation Program and scholarship
ApplicationFor additional information and an application form, contact Greg Thompson, Department Head, Agricultural Education and General Agriculture Department, Oregon State University, 112 Strand Agriculture Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331; 541-737-2661. E-mail: greg.thompson@oregonstate.edu.
Animal SciencesProsser Clark Memorial Scholarship Award: $1,000 Year: applicant must have completed at least one term at OSU and 90 credits total General criteria: livestock emphasis
Harold P. Ewalt Memorial Scholarship Award: $500 Year: sophomore, junior, or senior General criteria: dairy oriented
Charles M. Fischer/Oregon Fryer Commission Scholarship Award: $1,000 Year: sophomore, junior, or senior General criteria: poultry science option
Jess Hanson Undergraduate and Graduate Poultry Scholarships Award: four at $1,000 for undergraduates and one at $5,000 for a graduate student Year: all undergraduate and graduate General criteria: poultry science option
Don and Ginger Helfer Scholarship Award: $1,000 Year: sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate General criteria: poultry science option, 2.75 minimum GPA, and Poultry Science Club involvement
I.R. Jones Memorial Book Award Award: $150 credit at the OSU Bookstore Year: senior General criteria: scholarship, leadership, and participation in dairy activities
Hogg-Hubbard Scholarship Award: three at $1,000 Year: sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate General criteria: sheep emphasis
Parviz Kamangar Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships Award: three at $1,000 for undergraduates and one at $3,000 for graduates Year: sophomore, junior, senior, and graduate General criteria: leadership potential and strong interest in an animal science career
Dora Krueger Memorial Scholarship Award: several from $800 to $1,000 Year: sophomore, junior, or senior General criteria: preference for preveterinary medicine, animal sciences, or fisheries and wildlife students, in that order; contribution to campus life; and character
Larry Mirosh Memorial Scholarship Award: $225 Year: incoming freshman General criteria: participation in 4-H or FFA poultry programs during or before high school, financial need, and 3.0 high school GPA
Oregon Dairy Women Work Scholarship Award: $1,000 Year: sophomore, junior, or senior General criteria: dairy emphasis and 3.0 minimum GPA; requires recipient to perform five hours per week of work related to the teaching or research of an animal sciences faculty member
Pacific Egg and Poultry Association (PePa) Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships* Award: $1,250 Year: all undergraduate and graduate General criteria: poultry science emphasis, scholarship, and financial need
Dale W. Weber Scholarship Award: one at $250 to $500 Year: sophomore, junior, or senior General criteria: 3.0 minimum GPA
ApplicationFor additional information and an application form, contact Dodi Reesman, Animal Sciences Department, Oregon State University, 114 Withycombe Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331; 541-737-4761, dodi.reesman@oregonstate.edu. Additional information also is available online at http://ans.oregonstate.edu/students/undergrad/gradsch.htm.
*Note: Incoming freshmen must contact PePa directly, others may obtain PePa applications in 114 Withycombe Hall by January 1.
Botany and Plant PathologyCharles and Helen Fulton Memorial Fund in Botany Award: varies Year: completed 30 credits of course work by the end of winter term of application General criteria: 3.5 or better cumulative GPA, leadership, research projects in botany
Jean L. Siddall Memorial Botany Scholarship Award: varies Major: all College of Science Year: completed 30 credits of course work by the end of winter term of application General criteria: 3.5 or better GPA, leadership, study of rare and endangered plants
Portland Garden Club Katherine R. Pamplin Scholarship Fund Award: varies Year: freshman, sophomore, junior, senior General criteria: research project involving native plant biology, rare and endangered conservation, and environmental effects on native plants
Ernest and Pauline Jaworski Fund for Summer Research Experiences for Underserved Undergraduates in Plant Sciences Award: varies Year: sophomore, junior, senior General criteria: 3.0 or greater GPA, evidence of economic, social or educational challenges
Thomas C. Moore Memorial Scholarship Award: varies Major: all College of Science Year: completed 30 credits of course work by the end of winter term of application General criteria: 3.5 or better cumulative GPA, leadership, study of botany and plant pathology
ApplicationFor additional information and application, visit http://www.bcc.orst.edu/bpp/ or contact Dr. Richard Halse, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, 2082 Cordley Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-2902; 541-737-5297; halser@science.oregonstate.edu.
Crop and Soil ScienceAdams Family Scholarship (alternate years with Animal Science Department) Award: varies Year: junior or senior in ANS or CSS when receiving award General criteria: planning career in Ag food industry, outstanding scholastic achievement, financial need considered
L.L. Anderson Jr. Memorial Scholarship in Soil Science Award: varies Year: undergraduate or postbaccalaureate students in soil science General criteria: scholarship, leadership, and interest or experience in extension
M. Dale Chipman Memorial Scholarship Award: varies Year: all undergraduate General criteria: from Oregon or Idaho with financial need
Crop and Soil Science Entering Students Scholarship Award: up to $1,000 Year: incoming students General criteria: scholarship and financial need
Crop Science Scholarship Award: varies Year: all undergraduate General criteria: scholarship and financial need
John Flanagan Memorial Scholarship Award: varies Year: all undergraduate General criteria: scholarship, financial need and involvement in seed production, technology, or science
Wilson H. Foote Memorial Scholarship Award: varies Year: all undergraduate General criteria: Crop Science Club involvement, scholarship, and financial need
William and Heidi Geschwill Scholarship Award: one or more at $500 Year: full-time junior or senior General criteria: minimum 3.0 GPA and plans to return to an established family farm
Donald D. Hill Memorial Scholarship Award: varies Year: all undergraduate General criteria: scholarship and financial need
Arthur King Memorial Scholarship Award: varies Year: sophomore, junior, senior, or postbaccalaureate General criteria: U.S. citizen, financial need, and a true love of soil science
John and Jean Krautscheid Scholarship Award: varies Year: undergraduate or graduate majoring in soil science General criteria: undergraduate 3.25 GPA or higher, graduate 3.0 or higher, well-rounded, demonstrate community and/or university involvement beyond classroom
Sheldon Ladd Memorial Scholarship Award: varies Year: all full-time undergraduate or graduate General criteria: undergraduate 3.5 minimum GPA, graduate 3.0 minimum GPA, and involvement in community and educational pursuits
McGuire Crop Science Scholarship Award: varies Year: all undergraduate General criteria: scholarship and financial need
Oregon Seed Growers League Scholarship Award: $1,500 Year: junior or senior General criteria: seed-technology emphasis and financial need
Oregon Seed Trade Association Scholarship Award: varies Year: all undergraduate General criteria: scholarship, financial need, and seed-production, -improvement, or -marketing interest
Wilbur Powers Memorial Scholarship Award: varies Year: all undergraduate General criteria: soil science emphasis
Henry H. Rampton Scholarship Award: varies Year: all undergraduate or graduate General criteria: 3.25 minimum undergraduate GPA or 3.0 minimum graduate GPA, well-rounded individual involved in community or university activities, preference to financial dependent of Oregon grass seed industry family
Stanley L. Starr Scholarship Award: varies Year: domestic sophomore or upper level undergraduate and domestic MS and PhD students General criteria: financial need and academic merit, preference to those with interest in soils or pest management
Tuthill Work Scholarship Pays wages for workers in the Soils Department Lab and the Engineering Labs. Contact the head of the Department of Crop and Soil Science, 541-737-2441, or College of Engineering, 541-737-5236.
Robert H. Warrens Memorial Scholarship Award: varies Year: junior or senior General criteria: scholarship and course work related to farm crops and soil conservation
Timothy Wirth Memorial Scholarship Award: varies Year: all undergraduate General criteria: rural farm background and graduate of Linn County secondary school programs
ApplicationFor additional information and an application form, contact Thomas G. Chastain; Departmental Head Advisor, Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, 3005 Agricultural and Life Sciences Bldg., Corvallis, OR 97331; 541-737-5889; 737-2894. E-mail: thomas.g.chastain@oregonstate.edu; peggy.mullett@oregonstate.edu.
Entomology ProgramA.L. Strand Memorial Scholarship Income from endowment to be used to support the education efforts of undergraduate students with a special interest in insect science at Oregon State University. Amount in variable. Two to three awards made annually.
Environmental Economics, Policy, and ManagementSee Agricultural and Resource Economics
Fisheries and WildlifeRoland E. Dimick Memorial Scholarship Award: $2,000 Year: sophomore General criteria: freshman year academic performance
Dora Krueger Memorial Scholarship See Animal Sciences
Bob and Phyllis Mace Watchable Wildlife Scholarship Award: two at $1,500 Year: all undergraduate or postbaccalaureate General criteria: financial need and leadership
Mikel Mapes Memorial Scholarship Award: $500 Year: junior or senior General criteria: fisheries emphasis
H.E. Mastin Memorial Scholarship Award: five at $1,200 Year: incoming freshman General criteria: academic performance and financial need
Rogue Flyfishers Association Award: $1,500 Year: junior or senior General criteria: fisheries science emphasis
Lee Wallace Kuhn Memorial Scholarship Award: $500 Year: junior or senior General criteria: wildlife emphasis
Bill Schaffer Memorial Scholarship (Multnomah Hunters and Anglers Club) Award: $800 Year: junior or senior
Chan Schenck Conservation Scholarship (Multnomah Hunters and Anglers Club) Award: $800 Year: junior or senior
Vivian Schriver-Thompson Scholarship Award: two at $2,500 Year: junior or senior General criteria: wildlife emphasis and from Oregon
Southern Oregon Flyfishers Association Scholarship Award: two at $1,500 Year: junior or senior General criteria: fisheries science emphasis
Bill Wick Scholarship Award: $2,000 Year: all undergraduate General criteria: scholarship and leadership abilities
ApplicationFor additional information and an application form, contact Nancy Allen, Departmental Head Advisor, Fisheries and Wildlife Department, Oregon State University, 104 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331; 541-737-1941; nancy.allen@oregonstate.edu.
Food Science and TechnologyA/B Technologies International, Inc., Outstanding Junior Scholarship Award: one term’s tuition Year: senior General criteria: scholarship, leadership, activities, professional interests, and development
Distinguished Order of Zerocrats–FST Scholarship Award: from $500 to $1,000 Year: sophomore, junior, or senior General criteria: demonstrated intent on a food-industry career
Paul R. Elliker Scholarship in Food Science or Microbiology Award: $1,000 General criteria: demonstrated interest in dairy or microbiology
Juice Products Merit Scholarship Award: $1,750 Year: junior or senior General criteria: scholarship, leadership activities, professional interest in fruit juice industry
P.H. Krumperman Memorial Scholarship—Outstanding Transfer Student Award: $200 to $1,000 Year: incoming transfer General criteria: food science emphasis
F. Gilbert and Helen W. Lamb Food Science Scholarship Award: $1,500 a year, renewable for four years Year: incoming freshman General criteria: student from a rural Oregon community-preference for a McLaughlin High School (Milton-Freewater, Oregon) senior, and meritorious achievements in scholarship and community affairs
Taylor L. and Lucille K. Leedy Outstanding Sophomore Scholarship Award: $700 Year: junior General criteria: scholarship, leadership, activities, professional interests, and development
Bob McCracken Jr. Memorial Scholarship Award: one to three at $1,000 General criteria: fermentation science emphasis and demonstrated interest in the brewing profession
Oregon Dairy Industries (ODI) Award: from $500 to $1,500 Year: all undergraduate and graduate General criteria: food science and technology or microbiology student, financial need, demonstrated interest or activity in dairy processing, financial need, and preference for a son or daughter of an ODI member or a family in dairy production or processing
Oregon Section Institute of Food Technologists (OIFT) Award: between $1,000 to 3,000 Year: sophomore, junior, or senior General criteria: demonstrated outstanding professional potential, interest in Oregon food industry, and participation in the Oregon IFT
Jaclyn Rusch Scholarship Award: $750 to $1,750 Year: incoming freshman or transfer General criteria: scholarship and U.S. citizen
Clifford E. Samuels Entering Freshman Scholarship Award: $500 to $1,000 Year: incoming freshman General criteria: food science emphasis
Clifford E. Samuels Outstanding Freshman Scholarship Award: $1,000 Year: sophomore General criteria: scholarship, activities, and professional interests
Clifford E. Samuels Outstanding Freshman Scholarship, Continuing Award: $1,000 Year Sophomore General criteria: scholarship, activities, and professional interests
Ernest H. Wiegand Outstanding Senior Award Award: $1,000 Year: senior General criteria: scholarship, leadership activities, and professional interests and development
NorPac Foods Award: $950 Year: Sophomore, Junior, Senior General Criteria: Scholarship, and professional interests
Kim Hutchinson Scholarship Award: $1,000 Year: Junior or Senior General Criteria: Strong interest in microbiology, high GPA in microbiology classes
Ron Wrolstad Food Chemistry Scholarship Award: $750 Year: Junior, Senior, Grad student General Criteria: Strong interest in Chemistry; High GPA in chemistry classes
Food Science Scholarship Award: $1,000 Year: Sophomore, Junior, Senior General Criteria: Outstanding GPA in program
ApplicationFor additional information and application forms, contact Dr. Lisbeth Goddik or Linda Dunn, Department of Food Science and Technology, 100 Wiegand Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331; 541-737-3131; lisbeth.goddick@oregonstate.edu.
HorticultureAlong with other criteria, horticulture scholarships are based on financial need.
AGR-EVO Turf Scholarship Award: $1,000 Year: senior General criteria: interest in a golf-course superintendent career, good academic record, extensive work experience, and demonstrated involvement in the turf program
Rolland Beglau Memorial Scholarship Award: $500 Year: all undergraduate General criteria: preference for those with an Oregon farm background, 4-H or FFA horticulture experience, and love and enthusiasm for vegetables and fruit crops production
Wilbur Burkhart Memorial Scholarship Year: all undergraduate
Endicott Farms Undergraduate Scholarship Award: $500 General criteria: vegetables emphasis, financial need, and promise
Bruce Faddis Memorial Scholarship Award: in-state tuition for up to three terms Year: senior General criteria: interest in a golf-course superintendent career, practical experience at golf courses, commitment to the industry via activities in and out of class, involvement with turf projects at the OSU Lewis-Brown Farm
General Dillingham Produce Industry Scholarship Award: $1,000 Year: full-time junior or senior General criteria: interest in the fresh fruit and vegetable industry in an area between production and marketing, sincerity of purpose, character, leadership, scholastic record, and financial need
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Scholarship General criteria: interest in a golf-course superintendent career, scholastic achievement, work experience, and financial need.
Grow and Show Garden Club Year: junior or senior General criteria: evidence of ability, promise, and financial need
Ezra J. Kraus Memorial Scholarship Year: all undergraduate General criteria: ornamental horticulture emphasis, ability, promise, and reasonable financial need
McMinnville Women's Garden Club Award: $250 Year: junior or senior General criteria: from Yamhill County
Multnomah Chapter DAR Scholarship
National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc. Award: $3,500
Northwest Turfgrass Association Scholarship Award: $1,000 General criteria: interest in turf industry career, scholarship, history of industry involvement, and potential industry leader
Oregon Federation of Garden Clubs Scholarship Year: sophomore, junior, or senior General criteria: ornamental or landscape horticulture emphasis, Oregon resident, excellence in scholarship, personal qualifications, and financial need
Oregon Golf Course Superintendents Association (OGCSA) Scholarship Award: $500 or more Year: junior or senior General criteria: interest in a golf-course superintendent career, academic record, golf-course work experience, and preference to OGCSA members who have worked for a member of the organization
Oregon Horticultural Society Year: all undergraduate
OSU Horticulture Club Scholarship Award: $1,000 Year: all undergraduate General criteria: 3.0 minimum GPA, financial need, and Horticulture Club and community involvement
Oregon Master Gardener Association Ray McNeilan Scholarship Award: $1,000 Year: junior or senior General criteria: 2.75 GPA minimum for a junior; 3.0 minimum GPA for a senior
Polk County Master Gardener's Scholarship Award: one at varying amounts Year: junior or senior General criteria: preference for a graduate of a Polk County, Oregon, high school or home school
Jane Kerr Platt Memorial Scholarships General criteria: graduate of U.S. high school, academic achievement, financial need, and interest in landscape design, propagation, or use of native plant materials
Redmond Garden Club Scholarship Award: $500 Year: junior, senior, or graduate General criteria: preference for students from Jefferson, Deschutes, or Crook county who are members of the Landscape Club and have a connection to Agricultural Extension through 4-H or internship
Ruth Rose Richardson Park Memorial Award Award: $1,000 Year: sophomore, junior, or senior
J. Frank Schmidt Jr. Fellowship Award: $1,500 General criteria: Oregon resident and ornamentals or nursery interest
Henry A. Starr Memorial Award Award: three years of full tuition General criteria: agricultural and resource economics, crop and soil science, horticulture, or food science and technology student, and financial need, well roundedness, goals, and direction
Arthur Thomas and Lula May Matthews Scholarship Award: varies Year: sophomore, junior, or senior General criteria: horticulture major selected by the faculty
Trans-Mississippi Golf Association Turf Scholarship Award: $1,000 Year: senior General criteria: turf management emphasis, golf-course management interest, academic record, and golf course work experience
Oregon Nurserymen's Foundation ScholarshipsThese scholarships are intended to encourage students to pursue their academic studies in ornamental horticulture, and then to enter the nursery industry as qualified employees of fellow nursery professionals.
Clackamas Chapter Award Award: $1,000 General criteria: beginning college studies in an ornamental horticulture field
Bill Egan Memorial Award Award: $500 General criteria: greenhouse or floriculture emphasis and preference to family members and employees of the OAN Greenhouse Chapter
Emerald Empire Chapter Award Award: $500 Year: junior or senior General criteria: graduate of an Oregon high school and preference to students from the Emerald Empire or Eugene area
Martin Holmason Memorial Award Award: $500 Year: junior or senior General criteria: ornamental horticulture emphasis
Joseph B. Klupenger Award Award: $550 General criteria: ornamental horticulture emphasis and plans to work in the ornamental industry either as a family member of a family-owned business or as an employee
Mt. Hood Chapter Award I and II Award: $1,000 each General criteria: ornamental horticulture emphasis and preference to applicants from nursery areas east of Portland
Nursery Employee Award Award: $500 General criteria: ornamental horticulture emphasis and employed by an OAN member firm
Nurserymen's Foundation Award Award: $1,000
Retail Chapter Award I Award: $1,000 General criteria: ornamental horticulture or related field emphasis and preference to students who are the son or daughter of an OAN member retailer or one of their employees
Retail Chapter Award II Award: $1,000 General criteria: ornamental horticulture or related field emphasis
Retail Chapter Award III Award: $1,000 General criteria: ornamental horticulture or related field emphasis
Willamette Chapter Award Award: $500 General criteria: ornamental horticulture emphasis and preference to a student from the mid-Willamette Valley area
Ed Wood Memorial Award Award: $500 Year: all undergraduate General criteria: letters of recommendation from people affiliated with the nursery industry and demonstrated promise and commitment toward making significant future contributions to the nursery industry
ApplicationFor additional information and an application form, contact Kelly Donegan, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, 4155 Agricultural and Life Sciences Bldg., Corvallis, OR 97331; 541-737-5448; kelly.donegan@hort.oregonstate.edu.
MicrobiologyT.R. and Martha S. Aspitarte Scholarship To undergraduate students in environmental microbiology.
P.R. Elliker Scholarship To outstanding juniors or seniors in microbiology.
Eleanor G. Ford Memorial Scholarship To juniors majoring in microbiology demonstrating potential for careers in public health microbiology.
Helen Alford Hays Women in Microbiology Scholarship For undergraduate microbiology majors with satisfactory academic standing; women given first consideration. Minimum GPA is 3.0.
Donald and Barbara Gamberg Overholser Scholarship To outstanding junior students majoring in microbiology, to be chosen by the scholarship committee with recommendations from advisors, instructors, and faculty.
Mark H. Middlekauf Scholarship To outstanding junior or senior microbiology majors who are also performing undergraduate research projects.
Joseph E. Simmons Memorial Scholarship To worthy and promising undergraduate students in microbiology. Established by the widow and friends of the late Professor Joseph E. Simmons, formerly Head of the Department of Microbiology.
Kathryn Tinnesand Memorial Scholarship To a juniors or seniors majoring in microbiology with a minimum GPA of 3.0. Recipient shall be participating in undergraduate research at the university and demonstrate promise and enthusiasm for research in science. Established by the family and friends of former OSU Department of Microbiology undergraduate and graduate student, Katy Tinnesand, who died tragically in a climbing accident.
Application For additional information and an application form, contact Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, 220 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331; e-mail: burkem@onid.orst.edu.
Natural ResourcesSee Rangeland Ecology and Management
Rangeland Ecology and Management DepartmentThomas E. Bedell Undergraduate Internship Fund Award: $4,000, plus an internship on a ranch Year: sophomore or junior General criteria: academic ability and strong desire to learn about ranching
L.A. McClintock Farm Scholarship Award: $500.00 Year: junior or senior General criteria: outstanding rangeland resources or natural resources student selected by the faculty
ApplicationFor more information, contact Mike Borman Department Head, Rangeland Ecology and Management Department, 202 Strand Agriculture Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331; 541-737-1614; michael.borman@oregonstate.edu.
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