Audubon Environmental Scholarship

Eligibility:
To be eligible for the Peace River Audubon Society Scholarship for Environmental Studies, applicants
must meet all of the following criteria.

• Have graduated from a high school in Charlotte, DeSoto, Polk, Sarasota, Manatee, Lee,or Hardee County, FL;
• Currently pursuing a college degree pertaining to environmental studies.
• College students with professional goals to pursue
• conservation biology, wildlife conservation, zoology, or environmental education are invited to apply
• for the Peace River Audubon Society Scholarship for Environmental Studies.
• Up to two highly qualified college students will be awarded $1,000 each.
• Funds may be used for the educational institution’s tuition, books, supplies and equipment, or technical materials.
• At an accredited 4-year institution.
• Junior or Senior status.
• Currently enrolled full-time (12 credit hours or more);
• A minimum overall GPA of 3.0 (of 4.0); and
• Have not previously received this scholarship
• Preference will be given to students from the Peace River Audubon Society focal counties (Charlotte, DeSoto) but due to the limited number of eligible students from these counties, students from surrounding counties (Polk, Sarasota, Manatee, Lee, Hardee) are encouraged to apply.