Deadline Approaching for Conservation Student Scholarships
December 30, 2015
The Conservation Federation of Missouri and the Conservation Foundation of Missouri Charitable Trust have numerous scholarships available to high school, undergraduate and graduate students interested in pursuing a degree in conservation.
Charles P. Bell Scholarships
Deadline: January 31, 2016
The Charles P. Bell Conservation Scholarships are sponsored by the Conservation Foundation of Missouri Charitable Trust and the Conservation Federation of Missouri. The scholarships are named for Charles P. Bell, a past president of the CFM, whose family provided major funding for this program.
Eight scholarships are awarded each year. There is one graduate level scholarship in the amount of $600 and one undergraduate scholarship in the amount of $500. The graduate and undergraduate applicants must be enrolled in a field of study related to management of natural resources, specifically fish, wildlife, forest, soil, and water. There are six scholarships for elementary, high school or youth group projects each in the amount of $250.
The Foundation’s Ed Stegner Natural Resource Scholarships were established to provide major financial aid to encourage and assist students in five areas of natural resource management: fisheries, forestry, wildlife, parks and recreation and soil and water conservation. Funding for this scholarship program was provided to the Foundation by Ed Stegner of Pilot Grove, Missouri.
The Foundation’s Ed Stegner Natural Resource Scholarships are a joint venture with the professional societies in the five different resource areas – i.e., the Missouri chapters of the Wildlife Society, American Fisheries Society and the Society of American Foresters, Missouri Parks and Recreation Association and the Show-Me Chapter, Soil and Water Conservation Society. The scholarship recipients each receive $1,000.
Carl Morrow Graduate Scholarship
Deadline: January 31, 2016
The Foundation’s Carl Morrow Graduate Scholarships in Natural Resources provides major financial aid to encourage and assist Missouri graduate students in five areas of natural resource management: fisheries, forestry, wildlife, parks and recreation and soil and water conservation.
The Foundation’s Carl Morrow Graduate Scholarships are a joint venture with the professional societies that relate to five different resource areas, the Missouri chapters of the Wildlife Society, American Fisheries Society, Society of American Foresters, Missouri Parks and Recreation Association and the Show-Me Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society. Each scholarship recipient receives $1,000.
Minority Natural Resource Scholarship
Deadline: January 31, 2016
The Conservation Foundation’s Minority Natural Resource Scholarship has been established to provide financial aid to encourage and assist minority students who are interested in a career in natural resource management, especially in the fields of fisheries, wildlife, forestry, parks and recreation and soil or water conservation. The Foundation’s goal is ultimately to increase cultural diversity in Missouri’s state and federal natural resource agencies. The scholarship is $1,000.
Mississippi Valley Gun Club Scholarship
Deadline: January 31, 2016
This $600 scholarship has been established with a donation from the
Mississippi Valley Gun Club to encourage students living in Marion and/or Ralls counties to choose a career in fish, forest or wildlife conservation. Establishment of this scholarship pays tribute to the dedicated conservationists who organized and were members of the Mississippi Valley Gun Club. Only high school seniors or college freshmen in Marion and Ralls counties are eligible.
Judd Kirkham Scholarship
Deadline: February 27, 2016
The Conservation Federation of Missouri (CFM) is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the Kirkham Family CFM Scholarship. This $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to an upperclassman or graduate student who is currently a member of CFM (or whose family is a member of CFM) and is studying big game at an accredited college or university. This scholarship is intended to support the career development of a wildlife biologist. Applicants must be enrolled at a Missouri college or university.