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Timothy S. and Palmer W. Bigelow, Jr. Scholarship

Horticultural Research Institute

Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate landscape/horticulture program or related discipline at a two- or four-year institution, be enrolled in good standing and carry a full-time complement of courses at the time of application and during the semesters that the scholarship is granted, be a resident of one of the six New England states (although attendance at an institution within these states in not mandatory): Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, have senior standing in a two-year curriculum (having completed the first year), junior standing in a four-year curriculum (having completed the first two years), or a graduate student standing, have a minimum grade point average of 2.25 based on a scale of 4.0, or 3.0 on a scale of 4.0 for a graduate student Preference will be given to an applicant who plans to work in any aspect of the nursery industry following graduation, including the desire to own one's own business. Preference will also be given to an applicant in financial need. Sign Up to Start Applying
Acceptance StartMarch 1, 2022
Deadline September 2, 2022
Number of Awards Granted1

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Eligibility Requirements

Demographic
Enrollment LevelsCollege senior, Other postgraduate level study, Doctoral level study
Academic
GPA2.25
Accredited University Required
Yes
Eligible MajorsAgriculture, General, Agricultural Business and Management, Agricultural Mechanization, Agricultural Production Operations, Agricultural and Food Products Processing, Agricultural and Domestic Animal Services, Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services, International Agriculture, Agricultural Public Services, Animal Sciences, Food Science and Technology, Plant Sciences, Soil Sciences, Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields, Other, Natural Resources Conservation and Research, Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management, Forestry, Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management, Natural Resources and Conservation, Other, Biology, General, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Botany/Plant Biology, Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Zoology/Animal Biology, Genetics, Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Biotechnology, Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology, Molecular Medicine, Neurobiology and Neurosciences, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
Financial
Financial Need Required
Yes