Scholarships & Grants

Each county Farm Bureau offers different scholarships and grants. Scholarships are accepted once a year. They are due at the middle or end of March, depending on the county. Please be sure to read the requirements for each scholarship. You may contact the county Farm Bureau office with any questions.

Grants are accepted once a year for the Huron County Teacher’s Agriculture Grant. Grants are accepted twice a year for the Lorain County Agricultural Awareness Grant; these dates are January 31st and June 30th.

Below are brief descriptions of each scholarship and grant for each county Farm Bureau.

Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation Announces Scholarship Opportunities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 4, 2011

Ohio students from rural, suburban and urban communities and pursuing degrees connected to agriculture are invited to apply for a set of scholarships through three programs supported by the Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation.

Collectively, these programs will award at least 10 scholarships, each featuring a minimum $1000 award. The application deadline for all scholarship programs is Monday, March 1, 2011.

• The Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation Scholar award recognizes students for academic effort, community service and career interests that use agriculture to enhance the partnership between producers and consumers in rural, suburban and/or urban settings.
• The Foundation’s Women’s Leadership in Agriculture Scholarship Program helps young women pursue career opportunities where agriculture plays a key role. The program was established by an endowment from the Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Fund, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee.
• The Darwin Bryan Scholarship Fund was established in 1985 in honor of Darwin R. Bryan whose enthusiastic leadership during his 37 years of service to the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation organization has been an inspiration to rural youth throughout Ohio. The scholarship fund assists students who have been active in the Farm Bureau youth program and/or whose parents are Farm Bureau members.

“Our scholarship recipients have a variety of interests and come from a variety of different backgrounds, but they all have career plans where agriculture plays a key role helping them pursue career goals, and benefit and their community,” said Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation President Jack Fisher.

Additional information, eligibility requirements and application forms are available in the “Scholarships and Grants” section of the Foundation’s website at www.ofbfoundation.org. Additional requests may be sent via e-mail at foundation@ofbf.org, or by calling 614-246-8294.

Erie County Master Gardeners Announce Scholarship

The Erie County Master Gardeners Association has announced plans to award a $1,000 scholarship to a student entering college and pursuing a degree in plant science such as in the areas of agronomy, botany, horticulture, forestry or landscaping. Applicants must be an Erie County resident, or a graduate or graduating senior of a high school in Erie County. Interested candidates should complete an application which can be downloaded from Erie County Master Gardeners' site. Application deadline is March 31, 2011.

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