Scholarship Undergraduate Graduate Postgraduate

Carville M. Akehurst Memorial Scholarship

Horticultural Research Institute

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Avg. Amount Awarded
218
Days
September 2 2023
Application Deadline
Yes
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Description

The Carville M. Akehurst Memorial Scholarship provides scholarship to qualified students to help ensure the continuity of the nursery and landscape profession. Applicants must have at least a junior standing in a four-year curriculum or senior standing in a two-year curriculum as of the fall semester of scholarship application year and have a minimum grade point average overall of 2.7 based on a scale of 4.0, and a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a scale of 4.0 in their major. Preference will be given to applicants who plan to work within the industry (including nursery operation, landscape architecture/design/construction/maintenance, interiorscape, horticultural distribution, or retail garden center) following graduation. Applicants must submit two letters of recommendation.

Amount Details

$3,000
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Eligibility Requirements

  • CheckmarkMust be a graduate student or a postgraduate student
  • CheckmarkMust attend a university, a four-year college or two-year college
  • CheckmarkMinimum 2.5 GPA
  • CheckmarkMust not be attending high school currently
  • CheckmarkMust study full-time
  • CheckmarkRestricted to residents of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
  • CheckmarkRestricted to students studying Agribusiness, Entomology, Horticulture/Floriculture, Landscape Architecture

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Tel: 614-487-1117 Address 2130 Stella Court
Columbus, OH 43215