External Scholarships

Scholarship Name

Amount

Requirements

Link

AgCareers.com #FeedYourFuture Scholarship

• Must be enrolled in a post-secondary institution with at least one semester remaining after 2024.
• Must be studying agriculture or planning to pursue a career in the agriculture field.
• Deadline: Nov. 30, 2024

Montana Nursery and Landscape Association Scholarship

• MNLA Active member (Montana resident only), or a family member or employee of an Active member company.

• Must be currently enrolled in a higher education program for the award semester (vocational, trade school, 4-year bachelor's program, masters, or PhD program).

• Deadline: Nov. 1, 2024 (fall) and March 31, 2025 (spring)

Pride Foundation Scholarships

• Must be a resident of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, or Washingtonbut may study elsewhere. 
• Must be pursuing post-secondary education in the 2025-2026 school year.
• Special focus on students who demonstrate a commitment to advancing justice and the well-being of their communities, and/or who face systemic barriers to educational access. 
• Deadline: Jan. 10, 2025

Garden Club of America Scholarships

• Twenty-nine scholarships available in different academic areas
• Available for undergraduate or graduate students
• Deadlines vary, beginning Nov. 1, 2024

Montana Federation of Garden Clubs Scholarships

• Requirements vary among offered scholarships
• Deadlines vary beginning Feb. 1, 2025

L'Oréal USA Fellowship for Women in Science

• Applications open December 2024.

Marion Milligan Mason Award for Women in the Chemical Sciences

• Female students who have earned a Ph.D. in chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, etc. or
• Are early in a research career as teaching or research staff or
• Applications open January 2025

PEO Scholar Awards

• Female doctoral students nominated by a local chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood
• at a minimum, has a bachelor’s degree
• is within two years of graduation date and has at least one full academic year of work remaining
• is enrolled in her program at an accredited U.S. or Canadian college or university
• Applications open April 2025

AgWest Scholarship Programs

• Requirements vary
• Deadline: March 1, 2025

Public Lands Foundation George Lea Founder's Scholarship

• Junior, senior or masters-level students
• Natural resource management or public land policy field of study
• Deadline: March 31, 2025

Pacific Seed Association

• Open to students finishing their sophomore, junior, or senior year of college, or first year of grad school. 
• Deadline: December 31, 2024