This award will be given to applicants in the floral industry who want to attend the Texas State Florists’ Association Texas Certified Florists Program. The applicant must be a resident of Texas and a U.S. citizen.
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Michigan Competitive Scholarship
This award is available to Michigan resident undergraduate students who are enrolled at an approved Michigan postsecondary institution. Students must demonstrate both financial need and merit and must achieve a qualifying ACT score prior to entering college.
Allied Florists of Houston Scholarship Honoring Lavon Bankhead
This scholarship is for U.S. students who are members of the Allied Florists of Houston; applicants who are also members in the Texas State Florists Association will be given priority. The scholarship may only be used to attend the PFCI Commentating Class. Should a qualified applicant not apply to pursue PFCI credentials, an applicant pursuing AIFD credentials or Texas Master Florists Credentials may be considered.
Allied Florists of Houston Scholarship in Memory of Wayne and Mabel Fisher
This scholarship will be awarded to the highest scoring applicant who is a member in good standing of the Allied Florists of Houston. This scholarship may be used at any accredited floral design school, state association credentialed class, community, junior college, university level, or attendance at a regional, state, or national floral industry convention.
Texas Floral Endowment Memorial Scholarship
This award will be given to applicants who wish to pursue floral training at any accredited floral design school, state association or credentialed class, community college, junior college, university level, or attendance at a regional or state floral industry convention. The applicant must be a resident of Texas.
Douglas Dockery Thomas Fellowship in Garden History and Design
Current college students who are pursuing a graduate degree at an American institution and are planning a career in landscape architecture are eligible for this award. The award is granted to one student to assist with study and research.
Texas Educational Opportunity Grant Program (TEOG)
This award is for Texas students who are attending or planning to attend a public, two-year college in the state of Texas. The student must demonstrate financial need and have an Expected Family Contribution of $2,000 or less.
Texas Tuition Equalization Grant (TEG)
This award is for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students who are Texas residents or are non-Texas residents but are recognized as a National Merit Finalists. Students must be enrolled at least 3/4 time at an eligible private, non-profit colleges or universities in Texas for, and must demonstrate financial need.
Rain Bird Intelligent Use of Water Scholarship
This award is available for outstanding landscape architecture, horticulture, and irrigation science students. Students must be in the final two years of undergraduate study (third-, fourth-, or fifth-year students).
EDSA Minority Scholarship
This scholarship is open to international and U.S. students who are in the final two years of undergraduate program or a graduate program in landscape architecture. Students must be of African American, Hispanic, Native American, or other cultural/ethnic minority heritage.