Zone VI Fellowship in Urban Forestry
This fellowship in Urban Forestry is available to one or more graduate or advanced undergraduate students studying urban forestry, environmental studies, horticulture, forestry, and related courses of study with a special interest in the urban forest. An award of $4,000 is provided and a recipient may reapply for an additional year. Students must be enrolled during the academic year following the award.
Through generous donations from the Garden Club of America and Casey Trees in Washington DC, Zone VI of the GCA has established a fellowship in urban forestry for qualified U.S. students.
The Garden Club of America strives to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening, to share the advantages of association by means of educational meetings, conferences, correspondence and publications, and to restore, improve, and protect the quality of the environment through educational programs and action in the fields of conservation and civic improvement.
Applicants should complete EITHER the undergraduate or graduate electronic application form. All applicants should print out the Academic Advisor Recommendation form to be completed and signed by the student's faculty advisor and mailed to address below. Graduate application can be found here: http://www.cnr.vt.edu/urbanforestry/scholarship/GradApp.php