This page is included as a guide to list scholarship and award opportunities for graduate students in Horticultural Sciences. Additional opportunities may exist and while we have made the effort to include a variety of opportunities, it is not all-inclusive.
Fellowships
The Office of Graduate and Professional Studies list of fellowships. TAMU Fellowships, Faculty-Nominated TAMU Fellowships, Externally Funded Fellowships:
http://ogaps.tamu.edu/Buttons/Funding-Opportunities#1-Fellowships
The Willie May Harris Fellowship:
http://aglifesciences.tamu.edu/academics/graduate/funding-opportunities/willie-may-harris-graduate-fellowship/
Tom Slick Graduate Research Fellowship:
http://aglifesciences.tamu.edu/academics/graduate/funding-opportunities/tom-slick-graduate-research-fellowship/
Borlaug International Scholars Program:
http://aglifesciences.tamu.edu/academics/graduate/funding-opportunities/borlaug-international-scholars-program/
Dissertation Fellowship Application:
http://ogaps.tamu.edu/Buttons/Funding-Opportunities/Dissertation-Fellowship
Grants
Texas Aggie Graduate Grant:
http://ogaps.tamu.edu/Buttons/Funding-Opportunities#0-ScholarshipsandFinancialAid
Prospective Graduate Student Travel Grant:
http://ogaps.tamu.edu/Prospective-Students/Travel-Grant
Travel Grants
ASHS offers a limited number of travel grants to domestic graduate and undergraduate students attending the ASHS Annual Conference:
http://www.ashs.org/?page=TravelGrants
OGAPS Research and Presentation Travel Award:
http://ogaps.tamu.edu/Buttons/Funding-Opportunities#1-AwardPrograms
TAMU Graduate Student Council Travel Grant:
http://gsc.tamu.edu/travelawardsapplication
Dudley Smith Family Graduate Student Recruitment and Travel Award:
Download the application here.
Scholarships
T
PPA Scholarship Program: The purpose of this scholarship is to encourage students to pursue a degree in the agricultural sciences which will hopefully lead to a career in some field in agriculture. This scholarship is for $1000 per semester with a maximum amount of $2000 for the year. http://tppa.tamu.edu/scholarship/index.html
Texas Nursery and Landscape Association Scholarship: The standard TNLA Scholarship award is a $1,000 one-year scholarship award. Applications are typically due in June. https://www.tnlaonline.org/services/tnla_er
Outside Scholarships through the TAMU Scholarships office:
https://scholarships.tamu.edu/Outside-Scholarships.aspx
TAMU Graduate Student Council Aggies Commit to Learning for a Life Time Scholarship:
http://gsc.tamu.edu
The Louise B. Belsterling Foundation Scholarship: (JUNE-JULY) sent via email.
https://www.utdallas.edu/library/specialcollections/belsterling.html
Organic Horticulture Benefits Alliance (OHBA) Scholarship (JULY):
http://www.ohbaonline.org/
P.E.O (Philanthropic Educational Organization) International Peace Scholarship (IPS) Fund was established in 1949 to provide scholarships for international women students to pursue graduate study in the United States and Canada.
http://www.peointernational.org/about-peo-international-peace-scholarship-ips
P.E.O. Scholar Awards (PSA) was established in 1991 to provide substantial merit-based awards for women of the United States and Canada who are pursuing a doctoral level degree at an accredited college or university. Nominations accepted August – November
http://www.peointernational.org/about-peo-scholar-awards-psa
Department of Horticultural Sciences scholarships: William C Welch Landscape Horticulture Scholarship, Margaret Plum Scholarship, Sugar Creek Garden Club Scholarship:
https://hortsciences.tamu.edu/resources/scholarships-financial-aid/
Bartlett Tree Foundation Scholarship: The Bartlett Tree Foundation will be offering four (4) at-large scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each. These scholarships are in addition to the Grant-in scholarship that is offered to the existing Foundation schools. (JULY)
http://www.bartletttreefoundation.org/arboriculture-scholarships.cfm
American Floral Endowment: AFE has more than 20 scholarships awarded annually. Online applications and supporting documents are due by May 1 each year.
http://endowment.org/scholarships/
Hill County Master Gardeners (SPRING) Hill Country Master Gardeners awards $2,000 financial assistance (split between fall and spring semesters):
http://www.hillcountrymastergardeners.org/
Bexar County Master Gardeners Scholarship (APRIL):
http://www.bexarcountymastergardeners.org/recent-articles/scholarship
Awards
The Office of Graduate and Professional Studies list of awards:
http://ogs.tamu.edu/current-students/fellowships-awards/awards/
Sloan Program for Exemplary Mentoring:
http://aglifesciences.tamu.edu/academics/graduate/funding-opportunities/
Conferences/Research Expos
American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS):
http://www.ashs.org/
Southern Region American Society for Horticultural Science
http://srashs.org
Texas Plant Protection Association (TPPA):
http://tppa.tamu.edu/
TAMU Student Research Week:
http://srw.tamu.edu/
American Horticultural Therapy Association:
http://ahta.org/event/ahta-national-conference
Texas Fruit Conference:
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/fruit-nut/2014/08/27/2014-texas-fruit-conference-program-october-6-7/
Texas Nursery Landscape Association Expo:
http://txnla.org/
American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology:
http://www.asbmb.org/
TAMU Student Research Week Poster Competition:
http://srw.tamu.edu/participants/students
MEPS Student Poster Competition:
http://ogs.tamu.edu/prp_pd/meps-fall-poster-symposium/
Texas A&M Horticulture Poster Symposium:
http://hgc.tamu.edu/node/11
Annual Meeting of American Society of Plant Biologists:
http://my.aspb.org/?page=Me_index
American Public Gardens Association Annual Conference:
http://www.publicgardens.org/
Entomological Society of America:
http://www.entsoc.org/
Subtropical Agriculture and Environments Society:
http://www.subplantsci.org/
American Phytopathological Society:
http://www.apsnet.org/Pages/default.aspx
Annual Texas Irrigation Expo:
http://www.irrigation.org/IrrigationShow/
American Rose Society:
http://www.rose.org/
American Institute of Floral Designers:
http://aifd.org/
ASA, CSSA, & SSSA International Annual Meeting:
https://www.acsmeetings.org/home
Annual World Congress of Soil Science:
http://www.20wcss.org/