Gary Peterson Scholarship

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About the Scholarship

Opens: 8/31/2023

Closes: 10/31/2023

Gary Peterson Scholarship provides financial assistance to student members of the Iowa Sports Turf Manager's Association (ISTMA) enrolled or planning to enroll in a turfgrass management program at a college or university in Iowa.

Award Amount Varies

Essay Required: Yes
Need-Based: Yes
Merit-Based: No
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Requirements

This program is open to members of the ISTMA currently enrolled full-time in turfgrass management, sports turf management, or related fields at a college, university, technical school, or community college in the state.

High school seniors graduating from high schools in Iowa are eligible if they have been accepted to a turfgrass management program in the state.

Applicants must submit brief essays on why they chose their current major, their plans for the upcoming summer, where they see themselves and their career 5 years from now, a skill of turfgrass management at which they feel they excel and why, a skill of turfgrass management that they feel they need to improve and why, and some challenges facing the turfgrass industry in the future.

Selection is based on those essays, academic record, career preparation, potential to make an outstanding professional contribution, community involvement and volunteer activities, letters of recommendation, and completeness of the application.

Details

Pursued Degree Level

Bachelor's Degree

Current Grade

High School Senior, College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior

Location

Country: US
State: IA

Intended Area of Study

Turfgrass Science

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