Ashtabula County Farm Bureau is offering scholarship opportunities to students pursuing post-high school education. The scholarship amount is determined by the number of acceptable qualifying applications.

Details

The recipients will be acknowledged at the ice cream social in June (COVID-19 permitting) and the annual meeting in September. Recipients shall attend at least one county Farm Bureau event in order to receive their award.
The award will be given following completion of one quarter/semester of school and grades have been submitted to the Farm Bureau office.
Any scholarship money that is not claimed after one (1) year will be forfeited.
The membership of the applicant/applicant’s parents/guardians MUST be in good standing at the time of application and payout of scholarship monies.

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

A resident of Ashtabula County
Applicants or applicant’s parents/guardians must be paid Ashtabula County Farm Bureau members both at the time of application and at time of payout.
The student must be a full-time enrollee in a two or four-year college, university or technical school, working toward an undergraduate degree.
Applicant must show a 3.0 grade point average.
A major in agriculture or a support field is preferred but not required.
The applicant can only receive an Ashtabula County Farm Bureau scholarship two times.

Applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM April 1, 2021.

Applications must be complete. No handwritten forms will be accepted.

For more information, contact the county Farm Bureau office at 440.426.2195.