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Undergraduate Scholarships  (Note:  Only the Ewbank-Bishop and Claude M. Gladden Scholarships are available to first year students)

Ewbank-Bishop Endowed Scholarship in Forestry and Natural Resources

Amount of award: $1,000

This scholarship is designed to support students pursuing a plan of study in forestry. In addition to academic performance in high school the following criteria will also be used in the selection process: (a) Indiana resident, (b) a history of participation in a leadership capacity in 4-H, FFA, Boy/Girl Scouts or similar youth organizations, and (c) member of a family involved in the timber industry or work experience related to the timber industry. Support for subsequent years is possible if your academic and leadership performance is maintained and endowment funds are available.

Claude M. Gladden Scholarships

Amount of award:  $2,000 - $500 (number awarded and amount dependent on availability of funds, usually 6 to 8 per year)


Awarded to first-year students entering the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources and continuing students, the Gladden Scholarships are bestowed on the basis of academic achievement and professional potential. Check with the FNR Office of Students Services regarding application deadline.

Bartlett Tree Foundation Scholarship

Amount of award: $2,000.

The Bartlett Tree Foundation Scholarship is awarded to a student in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue University who has completed at least one year of study. The candidate must have a 'C' or better grade average and have demonstrated a professional interest in some facet of urban forestry/arboriculture.

Roy C. Brundage Memorial Scholarship

Amount of award: $1,000-$1,500


The recepient of this award must be enrolled in either the Forestry or Wood Products program at Purdue. Criteria for consideration include academic achievement, demonstrated professional potential, work experience and leadership in student activities. Students with junior status receive preference.
Stanley Coulter Leadership Award

Amount of award: $500

This award recognizes the Department Forestry and Natural Resource's outstanding student leader. The winner of this award is that person who has given notable service in a variety of ways. The awardee has demonstrated strong leadership and responsible citizenship in activities in activities at the department, school, university, community and professional levels. Recipients are nominated by fellow students and faculty.

The Davey Company Arboricultural Grant

Amount of award: $500

Criteria for selection include academic standing, future plans and financial need.

Indiana Arborist - Paul Ramsey Award

 Amount of award: $500

This award recognizes an outstanding forestry student with a professional interest and potential in urban forestry or arboriculture.

Forest Products Society Scholarship

Amount of awards:  First $1,000, Second $500, Third $300

This award is given annually by the Ohio Valley Section of the Forest Products Society to outstanding students from Purdue, University of Kentucky or Eastern Kentucky University, the three universities in the Ohio Valley Section. Selection of the awardees is based primarily upon potential to provide future leadership in the wood-using industry.

Indiana Hardwood Lumberman's Association Forestry Scholarship

Amount: $500 with one or two per year

Not specific to Purdue students, this scholarship is available to juniors and seniors studying forest management and forest products.

William A. Rafferty Award

The Indiana Chapter of the Society of American Foresters presents a year's complimentary membership to the senior forestry student who is a member of the Society and who has earned the highest scholastic index.

Swain Forestry Achievement Award

Amount of award:  Senior $200
Junior $175, Sophomore $125

This award is presented to one sophomore, one junior and one senior enrolled in the BSF program in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Criteria for selection include: outstanding interest and enthusiam for forestry, service and participation in extra-curricular activities; courtesy and cooperation toward both faculty and fellow students; and outstanding potential for professional achievement.

 



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