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Scholarships for Current CANR/RHSA Students

Continuing students are required to fill out a scholarship application form each year if they wish to be considered for a scholarship. This Scholarship Application Form is due in January each year to be considered for scholarships for the following academic year. 

Abell and Potter Family Endowed Scholarship

  • One or more awards to undergraduate students enrolled in the Pre-Allied Health Program or an undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in an entry level degree in Allied Health Sciences. Based on demonstrated academic achievement, and financial need.  Recipient must be a resident of Tolland or Windham County.  Scholarships may be renewed annually.

 Agriculture Dean’s Scholarship (CANR Dean’s)

  • One or more awards to a CANR undergraduate student based on academic achievement and student activities.

 Agriculture Education Scholarship/Professional Development Award

  • One or more awards for students enrolled in UConn’s Agriculture Education Program.  Awards are primarily intended to provide financial assistance for student participation in educational and/or professional development workshops/conferences that supplement courses and experiences in the structured teacher preparation program (e.g. training in small engine repair, welding, and other agricultural equipment; National Ag Education and National FFA workshops; and other educational and agricultural workshops or conferences.)  As a secondary purpose, funds may be used for scholarships to Ag Ed students.  Preference will be given to current students or recent graduates of UConn’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

 

Agriculture and Resource Economics

  • To support the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

 

Agriculture and Resource Economics Opportunity Scholarship

  • To provide annual scholarship support for the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

 Al and Barbara Scholarship

  • One or more awards to a full-time undergraduate student in CANR.  Students must be in the second semester of their junior year (Spring Award), be in good academic standing, demonstrate financial need, and completing a plan of study in production agriculture and/or agri-business.

Willard H. Allen Scholarship

  • One or more awards to CANR or RHSA students based on scholarship (upper 10% of class), leadership, integrity, and extracurricular activities.  Scholarships made possible by the bequest of Willard H. Allen (’16).

American Family and Consumer Sciences Scholarship

  • One or more awards to an upper-division undergraduate student in the School of Family Studies (in odd years) and a CANR student majoring in nutritional sciences (in even years).  Based on academic performance and a commitment to the Family and Consumer Science profession.  This scholarship is provided by the Connecticut Affiliate of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.

Animal Science Faculty/Staff Undergraduate Scholarship

  • To be used for undergraduate scholarships for students in the Department of Animal Science. 

Animal Science Pre-vet Scholarship

  • One $500 award annually on a merit-basis to undergraduate students studying animal science who are intending to apply to a DVM program.  Based on outstanding academic achievement and a commitment to veterinary medicine.  

 

The Armstrong Family Scholarship

  • To provide scholarship support for junior or senior undergraduate students fulfilling the pre-veterinary studies program curriculum & maintaining a minimum GPA of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale while enrolled in the College of Agriculture & Natural Resources.

Beulah Shanley Baldwin Scholarship Fund

  • One or more awards to undergraduate students enrolled in CANR or RHSA.  Recipients must have demonstrated community service through volunteerism.  Scholarships may be renewed annually.

 

Yolande M. Bigelow Horticulture Scholarship

  • One or more awards to graduate students enrolled in CANR.  Priority will be given to students who demonstrate financial need, have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a scale of 4.0, and demonstrate an interest in a career in horticulture.  Scholarships may be renewed annually.    

Mark Bishop and Lynette Bishop Bobb

  • One or more awards to outstanding incoming or continuing full-time undergraduate students enrolled in CANR.  Students must be majoring in animal science, plant science, or nutritional sciences.  Based on demonstrated academic achievement.  Scholarships may be renewed annually.

 

The Bishop-Carder Scholarship

  • One or more awards to graduate students enrolled in CANR who are engaged in the study of the plant sciences, such as horticulture, pomology, forestry, agronomy, and botany, and such allied subjects as entomology, landscaping and the economics of said sciences. Priority consideration will be given to students who are most worthy of such assistance by reason of ability, character, professional promise and need.

 

Bobb-Koths Plant Science Scholarship

  • One or more awards to incoming freshman who are academically outstanding and enrolled full-time in CANR’s Department of Plant Science.  Preference will be given to horticulture majors.  Recipients must be students from a Connecticut high school.  Scholarships may be renewed annually. 

 

John P.H. Brand Travel Scholarship

  • One or more awards to CANR or RHSA students.  Based on leadership activities in student organizations and academic achievement.  Scholarship funds are intended to assist a student leader in attending a conference, other program to present papers or attend a competitive or invitational event.

 

Brundage Family College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Scholarship

  • One or more awards to academically outstanding incoming CANR or RHSA students enrolled full-time.  Based on demonstrated academic achievement and demonstrated financial need.  Priority consideration will be given to students who have been involved with 4-H youth development programs.  Scholarships may be renewed annually.

 

Dorothy Burns Scholarship

  • One of more awards to need based students pursuing a major in Nutritional Sciences.

 

Clifford R. Burr Memorial Scholarship

  • One or more awards to undergraduate or graduate students majoring in agronomy (in the broad sense or the word) or in the field of ornamental horticulture. 

Richard Bushnell Leadership Award

  • One or more awards to CANR or RHSA students.  Based on leadership activities in student organizations and academic achievement.  Intended to assist a student leader attending a conference, event or other program.

Connecticut Grounds Keepers Association Scholarship

  • One or more awards of up to $1,500 to CANR and/or RHSA students majoring in Horticulture.  Based on academic achievement, potential for future academic and professional accomplishments, and experience in the grounds keeping industry.  Preference to a Connecticut resident.

George F. Cloutier Scholarship

  • One or more awards to incoming or continuing CANR undergraduate students enrolled full-time majoring in Natural Resources. Students must demonstrate financial need, academic achievement with a minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher, demonstrate an interest in forestry and wildlife, and must be pursuing a degree concentration in forest resources. 

Connecticut Horticultural Society Scholarship

  • One or more awards of up to $3,000 to CANR or RHSA students residing in Connecticut and majoring in horticulture.  Established in memory of Ludwig Hoffman, and Edwin “Pat” Carpenter, professor of Horticulture.  Based on scholarship, leadership, and professional promise.

 

Connecticut Trustees of the Eastern States Exposition Scholarship

  • One or more scholarships of up to $3,000 to CANR students provided by the Connecticut Trustees of the Eastern States Exposition.  The undergraduate scholarship honors Lee Marsh.  Based on financial need and an indication that the recipients will make a contribution to agriculture, and to the welfare of the citizens of Connecticut.  Preference given to Connecticut residents. 

Connecticut Veterinary Medical Association - Niel W. Pieper, DVM Scholarship

  • One award annually to a CANR upper-division pre-veterinary student who is a Connecticut resident preparing for a career in veterinary medicine.  Based on past academic achievement and leadership in extra-curricular and/or civic activities.  Although financial need is considered it need not be the determining factor.

 

Mary M. and Kathryn E. Connelly Scholarship Fund

  • One or more awards for the tuition payment of undergraduate students enrolled in CANR.

 

Adelaide Connolly Scholarship

  • To provide scholarships in honor of Addie Connolly for students enrolled in Animal Science with special interests and/or skills in equine science.


Jim Cornish Memorial Scholarship

  • One or more awards to students in the Department of Allied Health Sciences. To provide financial support to an entering senior or graduate student in the Department of Allied Health Sciences.

 

The W.A. Cowan Undergraduate Award in Animal Science

  • One annual award of up to $5000 given to an incoming student in CANR or RHSA majoring in animal science.  If no incoming student meets eligibility, than the award may be given to a current student.  Award is based on past performance and demonstrated livestock interest, experience, achievement and junior leadership with one or more of the following:  beef or dairy cattle, horses, sheep, goats, swine, poultry, or in 4-H and/or FFA livestock activities, and also possibly including junior breeder or producer organizations.  Financial need should not be considered.  Admission to UConn is the sole academic consideration.

 

Janina M. Czajkowski Scholarship in Community Nutrition

  • One or more awards to academically outstanding students enrolled full-time in CANR majoring in nutritional sciences. Based on financial need, and an interest in pursuing a career providing nutritional services to the community.  Scholarships may be renewed annually. 

Willard H. Daniels and Salvatore A. Orsini Scholarship

  • One or more awards to upper-division undergraduate students in CANR with an interest in veterinary medicine.  Based on financial need, past academic achievement, and demonstration of potential for future academic and professional accomplishments.  Willard Daniels was an Extension Veterinarian and Professor of Pathobiology.  Dr. Orsini is a retired M.D., whose two sons became veterinarians and joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania.

B. C. Dawson Scholarship

  • One or more awards of up to $1,000 to CANR or RHSA students interested in greenhouse production.  Provided by Paul L. Hammer, Jr., a CANR and RHSA alumnus, in memory of Burton C. Dawson, a staff member of the Department of Plant Science and a local greenhouse businessman.

 

DelFavero Agricultural Economics Scholarship

  • One or more awards to students in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics based on demonstrated academic achievement at the outstanding level, and financial need.  Preference given to students involved in extracurricular activities.  Scholarships may be renewed annually.   Established in honor of Professors Johnson, Seaver, and Fellows.   

The Thomas A. DiBenedetto Memorial Scholarship

  • One or more awards to CANR students based on academic achievement and the potential for future professional and academic accomplishments.  Thomas DiBenedetto was a U.S. Marine serving in Beirut, Lebanon at the time of his death in October, 1983.  His parents established the scholarship because of his appreciation of animals and the land.

Dietetics Program Diversity Scholarship

  • One or more awards to students enrolled full-time in the Department of Allied Health Sciences.  Students must demonstrate financial need and be following a course of study in preparation for admission to the Coordinated Undergraduate Dietetics Program, be currently enrolled in the Coordinated Undergraduate Dietetics Program, or enrolled in the Dietetics Internship Program.  Priority consideration will be given to candidates of an ethnic or racial background which is under represented at the University.  Scholarships may be renewed annually. 

 

The Priscilla Douglas Award

  • An award to a graduate student in Allied Health Sciences.

 

Hamilton D. Eaton Award for Research Excellence in Nutritional Sciences

  • One or more awards to academically outstanding graduate or undergraduate students enrolled full-time in the Department of Nutritional Sciences.  Based on demonstrated excellence in nutritional sciences research.  Priority to undergrads in the Honors Program or graduate students.  Scholarships may be renewed annually. 

John Elliott Memorial Scholarship

  • One or more awards to a student in CANR majoring in landscape architecture.  Based on academic achievement.  In memory of John Elliott, County Agent, Tolland County. 

Horace C. Eriksson Forestry Scholarship

  • One or more awards to incoming or continuing full-time CANR students majoring in Natural Resources studying forestry.  Preference shall be given based on financial need.  Scholarships may be renewed annually.

 

Dorothy Wilhelm Faber Scholarship

  • One or more awards to undergraduate students enrolled full-time majoring in Horticulture. Must be an incoming or continuing student and must demonstrate academic achievement, have financial need, and be a member of the UConn Horticulture Club or a similar such organization. The recipient must also demonstrate an interest in pursuing a career in floriculture. This scholarship may be renewed annually.  

Fairfield County Horticultural Society Memorial Scholarship

  • One or more awards to academically outstanding undergraduate students enrolled full-time in CANR or RHSA.  Students must demonstrate financial need and an interest in plant science.  Priority will be given to students from Fairfield County, Connecticut.  Scholarships may be renewed annually.   

Harry Farnham Memorial Award

  • One or more awards to CANR students majoring in Natural Resources concentrating in forestry or wildlife and game management.  Preference given to students who have demonstrated proficiency in conservation. 

Alan S. Farwell Scholarship

  • One or more awards to CANR students.  Based on past academic achievement, demonstration of potential for future academic and professional accomplishments, demonstrated interest and participation in athletic or fitness activities, and evidence of personal contribution to college expenses through employment during school year and/or vacations.  Financial need will be considered but will not be the only determinant factor.  Endowed by Alan S. Farwell (’28).

 

Irving and Justine Fellows Scholarship

  • One or more awards to CANR students in the Department of Agricultural and Resources Economics for agricultural profitability and preservation.

 

Polly Fitz Creative Leadership Award

  • One or more awards to undergraduate students enrolled in the Dietetics Program, or Dietetics Intern Program, and members of an underrepresented population.  Scholarship Selection Committee shall be a two member committee; the Director of the Dietetics Program, and the Director of the Academic Advisory Center.