Scholarships

Internal Scholarships

• Agribusiness Scholarship

• Mission Enhancement Scholarship

For additonal information and mailing of applications:
Department of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
Lincoln University
Foster Hall
820 Chestnut Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Telephone:   573-681-5967
Fax:   573-681-5955
Email:   thompsonc@lincolnu.edu

External Scholarships

• USDA/1890 National Scholarship Program

• Wildlife Initiative Scholarship

Agribusiness Scholarship

Purpose:   
To attract qualified students to careers in agriculture. Under-represented students majoring in agribusiness are strongly encouraged to apply.

Amount:  
$1,000 may be applied to tuition/incidental and activity fees. Each scholarship is awarded for one academic year. There are no automatic scholarship renewals. Each student must submit a new application each year. Only complete applications will be considered.

Eligibility: 

1.   U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Residency is required.
2.   A college level applicant must be a full-time student with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0  
     scale.
3.   A high school applicant must meet the following criteria:
     -  An applicant must have graduated from an accredited high school (Missouri and out-of-state
         applicants are welcome); and
     -  Ranked in top 20% of his/her high school graduating class; or
     -  Achieved an ACT composite score of 18 or higher; or
     -  Earned a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher.
     -  Student must be enrolled as an Agribusiness major at Lincoln University to be eligible for
         scholarship.
4. High school seniors must include a brief essay expressign career goals.
5. A student who falls below the minimum 2.5 GPA requirement or changes their major from Agribusiness to a
   non-Agribusiness major will forfeit the scholarship.
6. A scholarship award can be approved for the same individual for a maximum of eight (8) academic semesters.

Application Deadline:

May 1st (for Fall semesters); December 1st (for Spring semesters)

Application form

Mission Enhancement Scholarship

(Contingent on available funds)

Purpose:   
To attract qualified students to careers in agriculture and environmental science. Under-represented students majoring in agriculture or environmental science are strongly encouraged to apply.

Amount:  
Up to $2,000 may be applied to tuition/incidental and activity fees. Each scholarship is awarded for one academic semester. The amount awarded will vary according to GPA and documented financial need. There are no automatic scholarship renewals. Each student must submit a new application, along with a current transcript, each semester. 

Eligibility: 

1.   U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Residency is required.
2.   A college level applicant must be a full-time student with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0  
     scale.
3.   A high school applicant must meet the following criteria:
     -  An applicant must have graduated from an accredited high school (Missouri and out-of-state
         applicants are welcome); and
     -  Ranked in top 20% of his/her high school graduating class; or
     -  Achieved an ACT composite score of 18 or higher; or
     -  Earned a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher.
     -  Student must be enrolled as an Agriculture/Environmental Science major at Lincoln University to be
        eligible for scholarship.
4. High school applicants must include a brief essay expressign career goals.
5. A student who falls below the minimum 2.5 GPA requirement or changes their major to a
   non-Agriculture/Environmental major will forfeit the scholarship.
6. A scholarship award can be approved for the same individual for a maximum of eight (8) academic semesters.

Application Deadline:

May 1st (for Fall semesters); October 1st (for Spring semesters)

Application Form

USDA/1890 National Scholarship Program

The USDA has recently announced that the Scholarship Program now has 2 components for applicants:

1.    High School Seniors
2.    College/university students entering their sophomore or junior year at an accredited school in the
      U.S.

Purpose:
To recruit students for Agricultural and Science based careers. It provides full tuition, room/board, books, a laptop (including software), summer employment and a job upon completion of education.

Eligibility:

• The student must major in one of the following subjects:
  Biological, Agricultural (or related) Science, Business, Computer Science (see Section I of application)
• The student must have a high school GPA of 3.0 or better and a composite score of 21 or more on the ACT (see General Eligibility section of application).

Application Pack

Wildlife Initiative Scholarship