Atlanta, Ga., January 1, 2015 – The Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund has announced it is now accepting scholarship applications for 2015 awards. Industry members are asked to advise all eligible students of the availability of this scholarship award. Horticultural students who are eligible are encouraged to apply for this year’s scholarship awards. Eligibility requirements and the application is available from the fund’s website (www.sbmsef.org).
The deadline for application is May 29, 2015. The Scholarship Selection Committee will make final selections by July 1, 2015, and recipients will be notified soon thereafter. Awards will be made on July 22, in Atlanta, during SNA 2015.
Danny Summers, Executive Vice President of the fund said that last year, the fund awarded a total of $18,000 to 12 students and hopes to award a similar amount in 2015.
"We are very proud of our accomplishment in building the fund over the past 26 years," Summers said. "Since its inception, the fund has awarded over $455,000 in scholarships and today the fund’s balance is over $850,000.”
Created in 1989 by the Southern Nursery Association (SNA), the Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund is a 501 (c) 3 charitable foundation providing academic scholarships to horticulture students in the sixteen southeastern states.
For more information, visit www.sbmsef.org or email info@sbsmsef.org.