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Ohio Soybean Council Foundation offers scholarships

Graduates and undergrads can apply for scholarships with the Ohio Soybean Council Foundation.

Scholarships are available to students at Ohio colleges and universities studying science and technology, economics, communication, education, business and leadership, and other areas important to the soybean industry.

Deadline to apply for both undergraduate and graduate scholarships is January 10, 2014. Previous winners must reapply.

Undergraduate Scholarships

A total of eight undergraduate scholarships are available, including six general scholarships of up to $3,000 each that will be awarded to students pursuing an eligible major.

Available to one undergraduate student pursuing agricultural business or communications is the $3,000 Farmer, Lumpe and McClelland Excellence in Communications Scholarship. This scholarship was founded to provide resources to young people with a passion for agricultural and business communication.

Also available to one undergraduate student is a $5,000 Bhima Vijayendran Scholarship, named to honor Dr. Vijayendran’s contributions to the soybean industry through his scientific research of new uses for soybeans and commercialization activities at Battelle.

Undergraduate scholarship applicants must be Ohio residents and enrolled as full-time students at an Ohio college or university. The applicant must have attained at least sophomore status by fall 2014, with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher in his or her major field.

Eligible majors include biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, bioengineering, biotechnology, bioenergy, biofuels, environmental science, crop science, food science, agricultural communications, agricultural business, agriculture education and any of the agriculture disciplines or related fields.

Graduate Scholarships

Two scholarships of up to $5,000 each are available to graduate students who are enrolled as a full-time student at an Ohio college or university and have proof of legal residency in the United States.

Graduate applicants must be conducting research in bioproducts, biobased materials, biotechnology, bioengineering, biopolymers or a related field and focused on advancing the soybean industry.

For more information and to download the scholarship applications, visit the Ohio Soybean Council Foundation website.