Sidney B. Meadows 2024 scholarships available

The Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund is accepting applications for the 2024 Awards.

The Fund is projecting to award 12 $2,000 scholarships in 2024. All eligible horticulture students in their junior, senior or graduate years of study can apply. Students may be attending institutions across the United States but must be residents of 16 southeastern states (listed below). The deadline for applications is May 31, 2024. The Scholarship Selection Committee will make its selections by Aug. 1, 2024 and recipients will be notified soon after.

Apply for multiple scholarships with joint application process with HRI

As in 2023, the Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund is partnering with HRI on a common application, which allows students to apply for multiple scholarship programs at once.

Since its inception, the fund has awarded more than  $625,000 in scholarships to horticultural students, and today, the fund’s endowment is more than $1 million dollars.

Created in 1989 by the Southern Nursery Association (SNA), The Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund is a 501(c)3 corporation providing scholarships to students who are pursuing a career in horticulture and residents of 16 southeastern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

The fund derives its income from individual and corporate contributions and is governed by the Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund board of directors.

The 2024 Scholarship Application is available online at sbmsef.org. Those interested in receiving scholarship information or the latest fund news can subscribe to the automated information system on the fund’s website.

To donate, make checks payable to: Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund, PO Box 801513, Acworth, GA 30101.

Nine named funds have been pledged to date: The Larry D. Edwards Fund, the Dr. James & Faye Foret Fund, the Richard J. “Dick” Hackney Fund, Sr. Fund, the Lee C. Howell Fund, the Dr. Bryson L. James Fund, the Arthur A. “Buck” Jones Fund, the Art & Millie Lancaster Fund, the Sally Smith Fund and the Robert L. VanLandingham Fund

To initialize a named fund, you must begin with a minimum pledge of $30,000 and an initial payment of $5,000, with payments of $5,000 annually over a five-year period. The creation of the new fund will be announced if desired.

For more information on the Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund, scholarship information, or creating a named fund, forward your inquiry to PO Box 801513, Acworth, GA 30101, or call 678-813-1880, email info@sbmsef.org or visit sbmsef.org.

The Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) is the research, scholarship and leadership development affiliate of AmericanHort. HRI has provided more than $9.5 million in funds to research projects. More than $19 million is committed to the endowment by individuals, corporations and associations. For more information about HRI, its grant-funded research or programming, visit hriresearch.org or contact Jennifer Gray at 614-884-1155.