UPDATE: 2024 Scholarships Now Available
The Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Fund Board of Directors has approved $2,000 to be the level of awards presented this year. We are projecting to award up to 12 students awards, resulting in $24,000 total in awards for 2024. See the complete announcement HERE. Applications are now being accepted - Deadline May 31, 2024.
2023 Scholarships Announced
The Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Fund has announced the names of twelve students from ten southeastern universities chosen to receive academic scholarships this year. Eight of the awards are named scholarships honoring past industry leaders or loved ones. This year’s awards were $2,000 each, totaling $24,000.
SBMSEF & HRI Offer Joint Applications
The Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund and the Horticultural Research Institute (HRI), two leading scholarship granting foundations in the green industry, announced their collaboration in creating a common application form for their respective scholarship programs. This partnership will make it easier for students to apply for multiple scholarship programs at once and mitigate the time-consuming application process.
2022: $26,000 Awarded to Thirteen Students
The 2022 Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Awards are announced and with these awards, the Fund is reaching higher. First is our increase in our award amount, from $1,500 to $2,000 to each recipient. Next is the number of awards increasing from 12 in previous years to now 13 and finally, with this year’s total awards of $26,000, the Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund has now awarded a total of $602,000 to students since it was founded in 1989.
CLICK HERE to see all the details, names of the 2022 recipients and more.