2025 Applications Open

2025 Applications Open ☆

Scholarships & Entrepreneur Grants

2025 APPLICATIONS DUE BY APRIL 2, 2025 AT 11:59 PM

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Students must access the application using their school provided Region 14 email address. Once the application is completed, student must share their application to a personal email address to submit the completed application to dgolembeski@gmail.com

Each spring, the Woodbury FFA Friends, Family, and Alumni Association accepts scholarship and entrepreneur grant applications from senior year students in good standing with the Ellis Clark Regional Agriscience and Technology Center.  Applications are reviewed by a non-biased committee. Several scholarships and grants will be awarded in amounts ranging from $500 to $1,500. Selection is based on merit, not financial need.

Finalists will be invited for a brief interview with the selection committee in late April/early May. Winners will be announced at the Woodbury FFA Chapter Banquet.  Applications are available on Google Sheets. If you have questions, please email the Selection Committee Chair, David Golembeski (dgolembeski@gmail.com). 

AG RELATED SCHOLARSHIP

Multiple Scholarships Available

  • must be a Nonnewaug High School Senior during the application year

  • must be attending college or pursuing other agriscience-related program directly following graduation from Nonnewaug High School

  • Must plan to major / concentrate in an agriscience related field

  • Additional Considerations:

    • FFA Participation

    • Agriculture-related employment / SAE project

    • Post-high school course of agricultural study / career plans

    • Ability to articulate the value of the FFA and agriscience program

NON-AG RELATED SCHOLARSHIP

One $500 Scholarship Available

  • must be a Nonnewaug High School Senior during the application year

  • must be attending college or pursuing an education program directly following graduation from Nonnewaug High School

  • Must articulate motivations behind decision to pursue a career outside of agriculture

  • Must have an unweighted GPA greater than or equal to 3.0

  • Must have 750 cumulative SAE hours (since grade 9) by 3/1/2025

  • Must participate in five FFA events in their senior year before 3/1/2025

  • Additional Considerations:

    • FFA Participation

    • Agriculture-related employment / SAE project

    • Post-high school course of study / career plans

    • Ability to articulate the value of the FFA and agriscience program

ENTREPRENEUR GRANT

Multiple Grants Available

  • must be a Nonnewaug High School Senior during the application year

  • must be planning to start an agriscience-related business or seeking additional funding for previously started agriscience-related business

  • must provide a detailed business plan

  • NOTE: a student may NOT apply for both an entrepreneur grant and a scholarship

  • Additional Considerations:

    • FFA Participation

    • Agriculture-related employment / SAE project

    • Ability to articulate the value of the FFA and agriscience program