Graduate Aid
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences (CALS)
Contact: Associate Dean, Dr. Mark Rieger,
P. O. Box 110270, 2002 McCarty Hall; www.cals.ufl.edu
UF Endowed Scholarships and Fellowships
The following endowed scholarships and fellowships are administered by the UF Foundation. For information, check with the departmental contact or the Foundation Web site.
- Agronomy-Soils Club/Florida Foundation
Seed Producers Scholarship Fund
Contact: Department of Agronomy
Eligibility: members of the Agronomy-Soils Club who are majoring in agriculture; based on academics and leadership.
Value: $600, six awards - Wilmer W. and Melda Bassett Endowment Fund
Contact: Department of Animal Sciences
Eligibility: 4-H members or students studying dairy science.
Value: Varies - Victor W. Carlisle Fellowship
Contact: Soil and Water Science
Eligibility: graduate students who meet one of the following conditions: 1) studying pedology or soil mineralogy in the department, or 2) pursuing MS or Ph.D. degrees with a course of study leading to a thesis or dissertation that will emanate in whole or part from scientific investigation of Florida soils; preference to students with academic excellence and leadership ability as indicated by departmental service and extracurricular activities (e.g., participation in student club activities, soil judging, and departmental social activities); selected by the Soil and Water Science Awards/Scholarship Committee on the basis of merit and to the extent possible without consideration of other awards or stipends a recipient has received.
Value: $1,000 - Jimmy G. Cheek Graduate Student Medal of Excellence Fund
Contact: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Eligibility: graduate CLAS students; based on academic potential and achievement, leadership and community involvement, commitment and passion about his/her chosen field of study; preference to students pursuing a PhD or D.P.M. - William C. and Bertha M. Cornett Fellowship
Contact: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Eligibility: agriculture majors.
Value: varies - Davidson Graduate Travel Scholarship Fund
Contact: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Eligibility: graduate Students in College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Value: varies $300 domestic, $650 international
Deadline: November 1 for conferences occurring January 1st - June 30th; May 1 for conferences occurring July 1st - December 31st - George K. and Ruthanna Davis Scholarship
Contact: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Eligibility: graduate students studying nutrition, human or animal nutrition in IFAS, medicine, or other related fields.
Value: varies - Florida Wildlife Federation Scholarship
Contact: Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Eligibility: undergraduate and graduate students; merit-based; keen interest in Florida wildlife; professional promise with intent to pursue a career in wildlife ecology or conservation in Florida after graduation. Value: up to $500, awarded to both undergraduate and graduate students - James and Margaret Gahan Scholarship Fund
Contact: Entomology and Nematology
Eligibility: superior undergraduate scholars admitted to graduate programs in entomology.
Value: $12,500 plus tuition waiver - J. R. Greenman Memorial Scholarship Fund
Contact: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Eligibility: junior, senior, or graduate food and resource economics majors; also, academic merit, professional potential, leadership ability and financial need.
Value: varies - Mike Hackmann Memorial Scholarship
Contact: Department of Environmental Horticulture
Eligibility: undergraduate and graduate students in Floriculture.
Value: $500 - Homer and Dolly Hand Fellowship Fund
Contact: Everglades Research and Education Center
Eligibility: graduate students supervised by a faculty member at the IFAS Everglades Research and Education Center.
Value: varies - Paul R. Harris Fund
Contact: Department of Agronomy
Eligibility: agronomy majors.
Deadline: October 21
Value: up to $500 and a plaque - Phillip L. Herndon Endowment in Economics
Contact: Department of Food and Resource Economics
Eligibility: food and resource economics graduate students studying citrus-related economics, on campus or through distance education; must maintain minimum 3.0 GPA.
Value: $1,000 - Elton Hinton Memorial Scholarship Fund
Contact: Agricultural Education and Communication
Eligibility: agricultural education and communication graduate students; outstanding scholarship, leadership, and professional potential.
Value: varies - Hunt Brothers Endowment for Fellowship in Citrus Research & Education, Lake Alfred
Contact: Agricultural Education and Communication
Eligibility: graduate students.
Value: $300 per semester, spring and fall, for research and study of citrus - William and Else Jennings Scholarship
Contact: School of Forest Resources and Conservation
Eligibility: students enrolled in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation.
Value: new undergraduates, $500; new graduate students, $1,000 - Harold E. Kendall, Sr., Endowed Scholarship Fund
Contact: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Eligibility: graduate students studying subtropical fruit with an emphasis on limes, avocados, and mangoes, including their production and marketing.
Value: $2,000
Deadline: July - Calvin L. Korf Turfgrass Research Fund
Contact: Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center
Eligibility: students pursuing turfgrass studies through UF's Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center.
Value: varies - L. E. "Red" Larson Professorship and Graduate Fellowship in Animal Sciences
Contact: Department of Animal Sciences
Eligibility: animal sciences graduate students, with priority given to the study of the dairy sciences. - Pauline O. Lawrence Fellowships Endowment
Contact: Department of Entomology and Nematology
Eligibility: entomology and nematology master's or Ph.D. students in insect physiology or biochemistry; consideration to students from the Caribbean.
Value: varies - Fountain H. May, Sr., Scholarship/Fellowship Fund
Contact: North Fla. Research and Education Center,155 Research Road, Quincy, FL 32351-5677; (850) 875-7100; adw@ifas.ufl.edu
Eligibility: students pursuing studies at UF's North Florida Research and Education Center in Quincy, Fla.
Value: varies - Milk Bottle Promotion Fund
Contact: Food Science and Human Nutrition
Eligibility: students enrolled in or accepted into a graduate program in food science.
Value: varies - National Foliage Foundation Graduate Assistantship
Contact: Environmental Horticulture
Eligibility: environmental horticulture graduate students; preference to research on foliage related issues. - Cope and Edna Newbern Fund
Contact: Agricultural Education and Communication
Eligibility: agricultural education and communication graduate students; scholarship, leadership, and professional potential.
Value: varies - Robert H. Olson Graduate Fellowship Fund
Contact: Animal Sciences
Eligibility: students enrolled in or accepted into a graduate program in food science.
Value: varies - Orlando Garden Club Fellowships in honor of Mary S. Compton and Ann Guthrie
Contact: Environmental Horticulture
Eligibility: environmental horticulture graduate students. - S. Polston Memorial Fund
Contact: Department of Soil and Water Science
Eligibility: graduate students in soil and water science, based on academic and research efforts in soil and water science and in conservation of natural resources.
Value: $1,000 - William K. "Bill" Robertson Endowment Fund
Contact: Department of Soil and Water Science
Eligibility: outstanding graduate students in soil and water sciences.
Value: $1,000 - J. E. Ross International Travel Award Fund
Contact: Food and Resource Economics
Eligibility: graduate students in food and resource economics.
Value: varies
- John W. Sites Memorial Graduate Scholarship
Contact: Horticultural Sciences
Eligibility: outstanding students in fruit crops; based on scholarship and leadership.
Value: $500 - Don M. Smith Marine Scholarship/Fellowship Fund
Contact: Dr. William Lindberg, P. O. Box 110500; http://fishweb.ifas.ufl.edu
Eligibility: graduate students in the fisheries and aquatic sciences engaged in research related to sustainable marine fisheries.
Value: varies - William F. Ward Memorial Scarship Fund
Contact: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Eligibility: outstanding juniors majoring in citrus studies; graduate students in an area of horticulture.
Value: $1,200, two awards - Wedgworth Graduate Fellowship
Contact: Everglades Research and Education Center
Eligibility: graduate students working at the Everglades Research and Education Center at Belle Glade.
Value: varies
Non-Endowed Scholarships
- African Safari Club of Florida Scholarship
Contact: Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Eligibility: wildlife ecology and conservation majors, U.S. citizenship, Florida residency, supportive of sport hunting as a valid form of recreation, interested in a wildlife ecology/ management career, financial need, academic performance, and professional potential.
Value: $2,500; one award to an upper-division senior or junior, two to graduate majors - Agricultural Women's Club and Vam C. York Graduate Scholarships
Contact: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Eligibility: female U.S. citizen enrolled in or accepted to graduate school in any CALS major; minimum 3.5 GPA.
Deadline: late February; applications available in 2002 McCarty
Value: $500 - American Dietetic Association Scholarship
Contact: Food Science and Human Nutrition Eligibility: upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, or students in internships or AP4 programs majoring in dietetics for study leading to scientific and educational advancement in dietetics; must be members of the Association; forms available from FSHN Undergraduate Student Services Office; applications must be postmarked by February 15.
Value: varies, applicants notified mid-June - Award for Graduate Student Excellence in Soil and Water Science
Contact: Soil and Water Science
Eligibility: demonstrated leadership, academic achievement, thesis or dissertation quality, research achievement, and personality.
Value: $250 - Charles E. Dean/Fred Hull Award
Contact: Agronomy Department
Eligibility: outstanding agronomy student.
Deadline: December 13
Value: $300 to $500 - Florida Dietetic Association
Contact: Food Science and Human Nutrition
Eligibility: dietetic students; ADA membership.
Deadline: March each year
Value: $600-$1500 - Florida Federation of Garden Clubs Scholarship in memory of H. Harold Hume
Contact: Environmental Horticulture
Eligibility: environmental horticulture students.
Value: $1,500 minimum - Earl Wilmot Hartt Scholarship Fund
Contact: Food Science and Human Nutrition
Eligibility: deserving CALS students.
Value: $250-$1,000 - A. S. Herlong Graduate Fellowship
Contact: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Eligibility: graduate students in agricultural and biological engineering, botany, entomology and nematology, food and resource economics, food science and human nutrition, horticultural science (fruit crops), microbiology and cell science, plant pathology, and soil and water science; academic merit, research plans, leadership ability, and professional potential.
Value: $2,500
Deadline: July - Lena B. Hughes Estate
Contact: Horticultural Sciences
Eligibility: students majoring in the fruit crops curriculum; scholarship, leadership, and interest in Florida citrus industry.
Value: $2,500 and a plaque - J. N. Joiner Scholarship
Contact: Environmental Horticulture
Eligibility: environmental horticulture students with expressed interest in entering environmental horticulture industry.
Value: varies - J. N. Joiner Graduate Student Scientific Presentation Scholarship
Contact: Environmental Horticulture
Eligibility: students presenting papers at scientific meetings.
Value: $300 toward meeting travel expenses - Richard F. Matthews Graduate Scholarship
Contact: Food Science and Human Nutrition
Eligibility: scholarship, professional potential, and research proposal to accompany application.
Value: $1,500/year - Poultry Science Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Contact: Dairy and Poultry Science
Eligibility: nominated students bringing most credit to poultry science discipline and poultry industry; grades, participation, and leadership in Poultry Science Club; presentation/publication of scientific papers while at UF; UF activities.
Value: $100 - Roger Rottman Memorial Scholarship
Contact: Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Eligibility: upper-level undergraduate or graduate students in fisheries or aquaculture.
Value: varies - Muriel Rumsey Foundation Fellowship
Contact: Graduate Coordinator, Horticultural Science
Eligibility: horticultural science students admitted to candidacy for a Ph.D.
Value: $2,000 - William Paul Shelley, Sr., Memorial Fund in Forestry
Contact: School of Forest Resources and Conservation
Eligibility: graduate students working at the Everglades Research Education Center at Belle Glade.
Value: $5,000 - William Paul Shelley, Sr., Memorial Fund in Forestry
Contact: School of Forest Resources and Conservation
Eligibility: graduate students conducting research primarily on the production and use of hardwood forests in Florida.
Value: varies - Soil and Water Science Department Scholarship Award
Contact: Soil and Water Sciences
Eligibility: outstanding soil science students.
Value: $100 - Frederick B. Smith Scholarship
Contact: Soil and Water Sciences
Eligibility: outstanding soil and water science undergraduates; graduate students considered if no qualified undergraduates.
Value: $500 - Vance Publishing Corp. Scholarship
Contact: Department of Horticultural Sciences
Eligibility: fruit crops majors; scholarship, leadership, interest in Florida citrus industry.
Value: $1,000 - F. A. Woods Awards
Contact: Department of Plant Pathology
Eligibility: academic excellence in graduate student research in plant pathology.
Value: $500, two awards