Agricultural scholarship and awards offered by UC ANR for students

Field bindweed flowers. The Fischer scholarship is offered to students pursuing degrees in vegetation management or weed science.

The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) is seeking applicants for the Bill and Jane Fischer Vegetation Management Scholarship. Established by friends and family of the late Bill Fischer, UC Cooperative Extension advisor, the scholarship is awarded in the amount of $1,000 to students at any accredited California university pursuing degrees in vegetation management, weed science or any of the following agriculture specializations: 

• Vegetation management in agricultural crop production
• Plant science with emphasis on vegetation management in horticultural, agronomic or vegetable crops
• Soils and plant nutrition with emphasis on field, vegetable crop relationships
• Agricultural engineering with emphasis on developing tools for vegetation management
• Agricultural botany with emphasis on weed biology and weed ecology
• Plant pathology with emphasis on integrated vegetation management
• Plant protection and pest management with emphasis on field, vegetable, or horticultural crop relationships
• Agricultural economics with emphasis on vegetation management in field, vegetable, or horticultural crops.

Preference will be given to graduate students. 

The Fischer scholarship application is also available online or as an electronic printable application. Applications must be submitted online or postmarked no later than April 29, 2022. Multiple $1,000 scholarships may be awarded.

Nominate students

University faculty or academic advisors are invited to nominate outstanding students studying agriculture for the Howard Walton Clark Prize and the Knowles A. Ryerson Award. 

Nominations may be emailed to apambrose@ucanr.edu. Nominations may also be mailed to UC ANR, Development Services, 2801 Second Street, Davis, CA 95618, ATTEN: Scholarships and Awards. Nomination materials must be postmarked no later than Friday, April 29, 2022. Awards will be distributed to students enrolled in the 2022 fall quarter/semester.

Howard Walton Clark Prize in Plant Breeding and Soil Building  (For UC Berkeley, UC Davis And UC Riverside students) Amount:  $5,000 (multiple awards possible)

This prize is awarded to promising senior students in the College of Agriculture and/or Natural Resources with demonstrated scholastic achievement and talent for independent research with particular reference to either plant breeding (leading to new/improved crops and new/improved varieties using appropriate tools) or soil building (leading to improving soil quality related to soil productivity and sustainability as a resource). Note: recipient(s) must be seniors during 2022-2023.

Knowles A. Ryerson Award in Agriculture (UC Berkeley and UC Davis students) Amount:  $2,500, minimum one award for each campus (multiple awards possible)

This award is given to an international undergraduate student in the College of Agriculture and/or Natural Resources, in any curriculum, preferably after completion of the junior year. The award will be made on the basis of high scholarship, outstanding character, and promise of leadership
 
If you have any questions regarding these awards, please contact Andrea Ambrose, director of advancement, at apambrose@ucanr.edu.

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