Scholarships



This is the current list of Scholarships available. Please note that scholarships are listed in order of deadline. All scholarship applications must be received by that date to be considered.
 
Scholarships for incoming First Year students are marked with an * .
 
Stockbridge Contact Information
Phone: 413-545-2222
Fax:413-577-0242

---- Scholarships With Various Deadlines ----
 
AMERICAN MORGAN HORSE ASSOCIATION
Criteria:                Varies
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                EQUINE
 
AMERICAN PAINT HORSE ASSOCIATION
Criteria:                Vary, but must be an APHA member
Contact:               www.apha.com
Majors:                EQUINE
 

---- FEBRUARY 1st DEADLINE ----

BAKER Scholarship
Criteria:                GPA; financial need
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                 LANDSCAPE
 
BIG Y Scholarship
Criteria:                GPA; Big Y employee/customer
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                 ALL
                
CHAMBERS Scholarship
Criteria:                Documented Learning Disability
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                ARBOR
                
COLE Scholarship
Criteria:                GPA; financial need
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                 ALL
                
CROCKETT Scholarship
Criteria:                Interest in home plants, gardens, landscape design
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                HORT & LANDSCAPE
                
GILBERT Scholarship
Criteria:                Interest in agriculture
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                ALL
 
KIELTYKA Scholarship
Criteria:                preference is to residents of Berkshire county
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                ALL
                
MAA OUTSTANDING ARBOR STUDENT
Criteria:                Currently enrolled students
Contact:               Dr. Brian Kane, 125 Holdsworth Hall 413-545-6637
Majors:                ARBOR
                
NUTE Scholarship
Criteria:                Farming career interest
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                 FRUIT & VEG
                
OSTERMAN Scholarship
Criteria:                2.5+ GPA; financial need, preference to CT residents
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                TURF
 
REYNOLDS Scholarship
Criteria:                 improved academic standing, leadership in extracurricular activities and financial need
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                 ALL       
 
ROBERTS Scholarship
Criteria:                Financial need; 2.5+ GPA; career interest in farmingor production agriculture 
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                 FRUIT
                
STRATTON Scholarship
Criteria:                Submission of essay
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                 ALL
                
TURCHAN Scholarship
Criteria:                GPA
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                 FRUIT & VEG, HORT

---- FEBRUARY 15th DEADLINE ----        

* FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA
Criteria:               Varies
Contact:              Click Here to View Website
Majors:                All

---- MARCH 1st DEADLINE ----

AIFD Scholarship
Criteria:                Merit, Eligibility
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                 FLORAL DESIGN
 
Maureen Flanagan Scholarship Endowment
Criteria:                Preference for women, financial need defined by Financial Aid Application
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                 All
 
PERENNIAL PLANT ASSOCIATION
Criteria:                GPA; strong interest in herbaceous perennials
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                FRUIT & VEG, HORT
                
* SCOTTS COMPANY SCHOLARS PROGRAM ~ Incoming students
Criteria:                Incoming or enrolled students; green industry career
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                TURF
 
GARDEN CLUB FEDERATION OF MA
Criteria:                Seniors; 3.0+ GPA; financial need; MA resident
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                All
 

---- MARCH 30th DEADLINE ----

                
* COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN MA ~ Incoming students
Criteria:                Incoming or enrolled students
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                All
                
GCSAA STUDENT ESSAY
Criteria:                Golf course management career
Contact:               ClickHere to Visit Website
Majors:                TURF
                
MNLA - EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Criteria:                MA resident; horticulture or related sciences
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                 HORT & LANDSCAPE

---- APRIL 1st DEADLINE ----               

TIMOTHY BIGELOW Scholarship
Criteria:                Seniors; GPA; financial need; New England resident
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                 HORT & LANDSCAPE
                
ESSEX COUNTY FRUIT GROWERS
Criteria:                Family with agricultural background; Essex County resident
Contact:               115 Stockbridge Hall
Majors:                 ALL
                
* MASTER GARDENER ASSOC. OF CAPE COD ~ Incoming students
Criteria:                Incoming or enrolled students; Barnstable County resident
Contact:               Click Here to download Form
Majors:                 HORT
               
Professional Grounds Management Society SEAMAN MEMORIAL Scholarship
Criteria:               Experience; extra curricular activities Applications only accepted between the 1st Monday in April & the 1st Friday in July.
Contact:              Click Here to View Website
Majors:                LANDSCAPE & TURF
 
SPRING MEADOW NURSERY Scholarship
Criteria:               Full Time Students
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                HORT, LANDSCAPE          

---- APRIL 15th DEADLINE ----               

* GSCAA LEGACY AWARDS ~ Incoming students
Criteria:                Incoming or enrolled students; GSCAA family members
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                TURF

---- APRIL 25th DEADLINE ----  

* CAPE COD LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION ~ Incoming students
Criteria:                Incoming or enrolled students; Cape Cod resident
Contact:               Click Here to download Form
Majors:                 ARBOR, HORT, LANDSCAPE

---- APRIL 30th DEADLINE ----

JOHN & NANCY BUTTERWORTH
Criteria:                Junior & senior PSIS horticulture students. Up to $1,000. Based on Scholarship and need.
Contact:               Deb Picking, 103 French Hall 413-545-2240
Majors:                ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE
 
CODDING ~ Incoming students
Criteria:                Incoming or enrolled students, graduates from public schools in Taunton or Martha's Vineyard
Contact:                Click Here to Access Form
Majors:                ALL
                
GEORGE GODDARD MEMORIAL
Criteria:                Open to all floriculture and ornamental horticulture students in Stockbridge School and PSIS. $400 available.
Contact:               Deb Picking, 103 French Hall 413-545-2249
Majors:                 FLORICULTURE / ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE
                
NEWTON
Criteria:                GPA; financial need; Middlesex County resident
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                 ALL
                
OSCAR G. ANDERSON
Criteria:                Money for purchase of pomology textbooks. Up to $200 available.
Contact:               Deb Picking, 103 French Hall 413-545-2249
Majors:                Must be in related Stockbridge Major or PSIS Concentration
                
J. CLARK OSTEROUT
Criteria:                Open to all floriculture students. $175 available. Must be from Middlesex County, MA.
Contact:                Deb Picking, 103 French Hall 413-545-2240
Majors:                 FLORICULTURE
                
VAS EQUINE SCHOLARSHIP
Criteria:                GPA; financial need
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                 ALL

---- May 1st Deadline ----               

* NEW ENGLAND SPORTS TURF "Charles K. Mruk Scholarship" ~ Incoming students
Criteria:                incoming or enrolled students; financial need; career interest in sports turf managment
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                TURF
                
TREE FUND - ROBERT FELIX MEMORIAL
Criteria:                Seniors; GPA; career interest in commercial arboriculture
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                ARBOR

---- May 3rd Deadline ----

AHO Scholarship
Criteria:                GPA; financial need; interest in production agriculture; north-central MA resident
Contact:               Click Here to Access Form
Majors:                ALL
                
ASCENSION Scholarship
Criteria:                Berkshire, Franklin, Hamden, or Hampshire County resident
Contact:               Click Here to Access Form
Majors:                 ALL
 
CRABTREE Scholarship
Criteria:                GPA; financial need; interest in production agriculture                      
Contact:               Click Here to Access Form
Majors:                 ALL
 
MESERVE Scholarship
Criteria:                GPA; financial need
Contact:               Click Here to Access Form
Majors:                 ALL
 
NEW YORK FARMERS Scholarship
Criteria:                GPA; financial need; participation in campus activies; interest in agriculture or the environment
Contact:               Click Here to Access Form
Majors:                ALL
 
PLUMB Scholarship
Criteria:                GPA; financial need
Contact:               Click Here to Access Form
Majors:                 ALL

---- May 15th Deadline ----

* MA FLOWER GROWERS ASSOCIATION ~ Incoming students
Criteria:                Academic performance; MA resident
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                 HORT             

---- May 31st Deadline ----                    

SOCIETY OF COMMERCIAL ARBORICULTURE
Criteria:                Experience with tree service firm
Contact:               Sharon Lilly (slilly@isa-arbor.com)
Majors:                 ARBOR
                
NAUSET GARDEN CLUB OF CAPE COD
Criteria:                Cape Cod and the Island resident; junior or senior
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                 Landscape Design & Horticulture

---- JUNE 1st Deadline ----              

DAVEY TREE EXPERT COMPANY
Criteria:                GPA, financial need, instructor recomendation
Contact:               Contact Shawn Skilton at Davey Foundation Arbor Grant Scholarship Program
Majors:                 ALL
 
GCSAA SCHOLARS COMPETITION
Criteria:                Seniors; GPA; extra curricular activities; experience; career interests in golf course management; GCSAA member
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                 TURF
 
THE HORTICULTURE CLUB OF BOSTON
Criteria:                GPA, financial need, demonstrate interest in horticulture
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                 HORT

---- JUNE 3rd Deadline ----  

* MA ARBORIST ASSOCIATION ~ Incoming students
Criteria:                Incoming (high school) students
Contact:              Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                ARBOR

---- JUNE 30th Deadline ----              

MOBILFLUID 424
Criteria:                Submission of essay or photo-essay related to assigned topic.
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                 FRUIT & VEG

---- JULY 1st Deadline ----

GOODFIELD
Criteria:                Seniors; GPA; leadership experience; MA resident
Contact:               Robert Bottomley @ 413-477-6429
Majors:                 FRUIT & VEG, HORT
                
Professional Grounds Management Society SEAMAN MEMORIAL Scholarship
Criteria:               Experience; extra curricular activities
Applications only accepted between the 1st Monday in April & the 1st Friday in July.
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                LANDSCAPE & TURF
 
* TILDEN ~ Incoming students
Criteria:                Incoming students; high school GPA; financial need
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                 ALL

---- JULY 12th Deadline ----

* Kevin Crowe Memorial Fund Scholarships ~ Incoming students
Criteria:                Incoming students; high school GPA; financial need
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                 ALL

---- SEPTEMBER 15th DEADLINE ----              

ANDERSON Scholarship
Criteria:                Financial need for purchasing pomology course textbooks
Contact:               Dr. Deb Picking, 310 Holdsworth Hall 413-545-5226
Majors:                FRUIT & VEG
                
AMERICAN YOUTH HORSE COUNCIL
Criteria:                Varies
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                 EQUINE
               
Boston Flower Exchange RACHEL BUTTERWORTH DIETZ Scholarship
Criteria:                Interest in promoting and developing world of floriculture
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                 HORT

---- OCTOBER 1st DEADLINE ----               

NEW YORK STATE TURFGRASS ASSOCIATION (NYSTA)
Criteria:                Seniors; GPA; financial need; NYSTA member
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                 TURF
                
PEARSON Scholarship
Criteria:                Seniors; 3.0+ GPA; under 21 years of age before 12/1
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                 HORT
 
---- October 15th Deadline ----
                
SPORTS TURF MANAGERS ASSOCIATION Scholarship
Criteria:                GPA; contributions to school; experience in sports turf
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                TURF

---- NOVEMBER 1st DEADLINE ----               

TROLL-DICKINSON
Criteria:                Seniors
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                TURF

---- NOVEMBER 30th DEADLINE ----                 

CT TREE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION (CTPA)
Criteria:                Seniors; 3.0+ GPA; under 21 years of age before 12/1
Contact:               Click Here to View Website
Majors:                 ARBOR

---- DECEMBER 1st DEADLINE ----               

MA ASSOCIATION OF LAWN CARE PROFESSIONALS
Criteria:                2.7+ GPA; MA resident, AS Turfgrass Major
Contact:               Click Here to Download Form
Majors:                TURF

---- DECEMBER 15th DEADLINE ----                         

MA TREE WARDENS & FORESTERS ASSOCIATION
Criteria:                GPA; financial need; experience
Contact:               Dr. Dennis Ryan, 119 Holdsworth Hall 413-545-6626
Majors:                 Arbor