Oregon Water Resources Foundation (OWRF) Scholarship Program
The application period for the 2024-2025 OWRF Scholarship Program is now CLOSED.
Scholarship recipients will be notified by June 7, 2024.
Scholarship Eligibility and Application Process
Scholarship Award for 2024-2025 Academic Year: $3,000 to $10,000
Application Deadline: April 30, 2024 by 5:00 P.M (PDT)
Application Process: Application and written essay
Essay requirements: 300-500- word typed essay describing interest in water, agriculture, or other natural resources related sector. Essay must be submitted with online application.
Eligibility:
- Students must be enrolled or accepted at an accredited two- or four- year college or university located in the United States. Undergraduate level students only.
- Minimum 3.0 G.P.A (verified by transcripts)
- Demonstrate an interest in pursuing a career related to water, agriculture, and/or natural resources. Coursework in policy, political science, agricultural science, and other related fields are recommended but not required.
Additional Documentation & Requirements:
- Transcripts from high school and/or current college
- Submit the letter of acceptance from the college or university (scholarship recipients must provide proof of current enrollment prior to disbursement)
- Scholarship recipients must also provide a short video message before award disbursement
Award Limitations: Successful applicants are eligible to apply for additional funding through OWRF’s annual competitive process for additional support for remaining undergraduate years. A maximum of three annual awards per individual student.
Oregon Water Resources Foundation Scholarship Program
About OWRF
The Oregon Water Resources Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization created in 2022 with the mission to support and provide educational opportunities related to water and irrigated agriculture. The foundation’s initial focus is a new scholarship program to assist students pursuing water, agriculture, or related natural resources fields (currently undergraduate level only). Scholarship awards will be made annually as funds allow.
The OWRF scholarship program is in honor of past leaders and members of OWRC who contributed their time and wisdom in service of the irrigated agricultural community in Oregon, including Past Presidents and other OWRC board leaders. The scholarship program will continue the legacy of these leaders by helping support the next generation of leaders in irrigated agriculture.
Charitable donations to the Oregon Water Resources Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
OWRC is administering the foundation during this initial period. Please contact our office for more information or to make a donation by check. Online or credit card donations can be made below.
Previous Scholarship Recipients
Oregon Water Resources Foundation Announces Scholarship Recipients for 2023-24
Helping support the next generation of leaders in irrigated agriculture
Date: August 23, 2023
Salem, Oregon
The Oregon Water Resources Foundation (OWRF) is pleased to announce the OWRF Scholarship Recipients for 2023-2024:
- Tayleur Baker, from Burns, Oregon, is studying Agriculture Science and Agriculture Communications at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. “In the future, I would like to become an advocate for the agriculture industry and be a voice for those in the field. I hope to use my voice to empower others and look forward to working with youth and showing them how they can change the world. I believe that we all have the power to change the world in some way, and I am ecstatic to do so through investing in others. “
- Isabel D’Acquisto, from Central Point, Oregon, is studying Agriculture Science at Corban University in Salem, Oregon. “Isabel is motivated by her genuine love and passion for working with youth in agriculture. It is through this passion that she is pursuing a career as an ag teacher and FFA Advisor, so that she can empower youth in Oregon agriculture—they are the future of our industry!”
- Maleah Crisp, from Eagle Point, Oregon, is studying Animal Science at Connors State College in Warner, Oklahoma. “I developed a passion for agriculture at a young age and I always knew I wanted to become involved in livestock production. My college courses have allowed me to explore more of my passion and I always want to increase my knowledge of agriculture and pass that knowledge on to future generations.”
We are pleased to help support these three future leaders in irrigated agriculture and look forward to seeing what they accomplish.
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Oregon Water Resources Foundation
795 Winter St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
(503) 363-0121
https://www.owrc.org/owrf/
The Oregon Water Resources Foundation (OWRF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
