Students attending the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences have the opportunity to compete on both a merit and a need basis for a large number of school-based scholarships. In addition, many of these scholarships reflect the research aspect of the school, and the students are selected to receive those scholarships based on the quality of the research they are conducting under the direction of a faculty member.
In February of each academic year, the school's Office of Scholarship Programs and Alumni Relations notifies students matriculated in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (except seniors) of the start of the annual scholarship application process for the following academic year.
A number of academic prizes and departmental scholarships are also awarded through academic departments to the school's students in various fields of study, often on the recommendation of the faculty in the appropriate curriculum. Students automatically are considered for all awards for which they are eligible. Following is a partial listing of many of the scholarships.
Ben and Eva Adelaja Endowed Student Leadership Prize. For
a senior who has demonstrated leadership skills, compassion for others,
and is committed to the advancement of the community of the School of
Environmental and Biological Sciences.
David H. Agans Memorial. For a New Jersey resident based upon personal and leadership characteristics and demonstrated financial need.
Phillip Alampi. For New Jersey residents based on academic potential and financial need.
Edgar B. Bacon. For
students who are Cumberland County residents majoring in agriculture or
related fields, and Hudson County residents majoring in journalism;
based on academic merit and financial need.
C. Olin Ball. Department of Food Science award to a food science major for outstanding scholarship in food engineering courses.
Dr. John W. Bartlett. For a student majoring in animal sciences.
Ernest Bell. For a junior or senior with an interest in equine studies.
Anthony Nicholas Betances Memorial Scholarship. For
juniors or seniors, with preference to active members of Hellenic
Cultural Society and Latin American Student Organization (LASO); based
on academic merit, community service, and financial need. Preference
also to students involved with activities that help discourage peers
from alcohol and drug use.
Jayanth Bhatt Memorial Scholarship. For
a sophomore, with special consideration to students who actively
participate in the life of the university or community and have
interest(s) in music, environment, religion, and/or languages; based on
academic merit and financial need.
B'nai B'rith Food Industry. Department of Food Science award for sophomores or juniors majoring in food science.
James Drake Brown Memorial Award. For
a junior or senior undergraduate food science major at the School of
Environmental and Biological Sciences (preferably male), with
preference to a recipient active in intramural sports and/or
extracurricular activities and member of the Food Science Club with
average ability and outgoing personality.
Samuel W. and Berta Thomson Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund. For
a junior or senior majoring in environmental science; environmental
policy, institutions, and behavior; natural resource management;
or bioenvironmental engineering.
Murray and Helen Buell Scholarship Fund. Based on academic merit and financial need, with preference to environmental science majors.
Linda Rudolph Burns Memorial Scholarship. For
a senior enrolled in the environmental science program, with preference
given to a transfer student from Middlesex County College and/or a
Middlesex County resident; based on academic merit and financial need.
Dr. Kenneth Baird and Mrs. Jane Charlesworth Endowed Scholarship. For
students in the agricultural or environmental field, with preference
given to students who express an interest in a Scottish exchange
student or study abroad program; based on academic merit and financial
need.
Norman F. Childers Award. Plant
science award for a junior, senior, or graduate student; based on
academic excellence, interest in pomology or horticulture, and
financial need.
Class of 1922. Based on academic merit.
Class of 1925. Based on academic performance and personal character.
Class of 1929. Based on financial need.
Class of 1931. Based on academic merit and financial need, with preference given to direct descendants of members of the Class of 1931.
Class of 1933 Lipman Family Scholarship. Based on academic merit and financial need.
Class of 1934 Walter Spence Memorial. For
a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior or senior nominated by faculty member or adviser,
with preference given to a qualified competitive swimmer and/or lineal
descendant of the Class of 1934; based on academic merit, financial
need, and community or university leadership or service.
Class of 1944 Endowment Scholarship. Based on academic merit.
Class of 1951 Memorial Scholarship. For student(s) participating in the athletic program.
Class of 1954. Based on academic merit, with preference given to students who are children of the school's alumni.
Robert P. Claus Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund in the Teacher Education Program. For a student enrolled in the Teaching Education Program; based on academic merit and financial need.
College of Agriculture and Environmental Science (CAES). For academically meritorious students of high personal character who are majoring in agriculture and environmental science.
College Scholars. Based on academic merit.
Dr. Charles H. Connors Award. Garden
Club of New Jersey award to a student(s) majoring in landscape
architecture or ornamental horticulture for use in the senior year.
Cook/CAES Alumni Association Scholarships. Awards
include a Heritage Scholarship for an entering first-year student based
on academic merit, with preference to the daughter/son/grandchild of
the school's alumni, and the Upper-Class Scholarships for all class
years; based on academic merit and financial need. Additional
consideration will be based on a broad spectrum of student leadership
activities including university or community volunteerism, university
or community club participation, campus leadership activities, or any
related areas of leadership participation.
Cook College Parents' Association Scholarships. For
members of all class years; based on high academic achievement and
community service. Additional awards include Dr. Grant F. Walton Award;
based on academic excellence and community service, and Against All
Odds Award; based on succeeding through personally challenging
circumstances.
Cook Educational Assistance Fund (CEAF). For
first-year students and transfer students and to assist in the
retention of students. Recipients must maintain satisfactory academic
performance.
Spencer H. Davis Jr. Award. Department
of Plant Biology and Pathology award granted to a senior undergraduate
student(s) and/or graduate student(s) of outstanding scholarship in
plant biology with particular interest in plant pathology studies.
Roy H. De Boer Prize in Landscape Architecture. Department
of Landscape Architecture award for a student who has exhibited
outstanding scholastic achievement and financial need.
Richard T. Dewling. For
a junior or senior who is majoring in environmental science and
demonstrates an interest in the study of water pollution or related
areas; based on academic merit.
Joseph DiConzo Memorial. For
a sophomore majoring in environmental science; based on academic
excellence; financial need; and an interest in water, air, and soil
pollution and related areas.
Dingler Foundation. For students who are residents of Newark or suburban Essex County, New Jersey; based on academic promise and financial need.
Kevin Dorko Memorial. For
a junior majoring in landscape architecture who ranks in the top third
of the junior class and demonstrates great academic promise.
Duell and Hanna Soil and Water Conservation Club. For
undergraduate students majoring in plant science, environmental
science, natural resource management, and related fields, with interest
in soil and water conservation, involvement in the club, and academic
merit.
Eastern Dairy Deli Association. For a student majoring in food science.
Eastern Produce Council. For
a student majoring in agricultural business or food science, based on
character, academic achievement, financial need, and an interest in
food distribution.
Edison Garden Club. Department
of Landscape Architecture award based on academic excellence, financial
need, and demonstrated evidence of future contributions to subject
area; with preference given to New Jersey and/or Middlesex County
residents.
Dr. Samuel D. Faust Memorial. Department
of Environmental Sciences award for a graduating senior majoring in
environmental sciences who intends to enroll in graduate school.
Dr. Melvin S. Finstein Scholarship. Department of Environmental Sciences award to an upper-class undergraduate student; based on academic merit.
Colonel Arthur F. Foran. For a senior majoring in agriculture and demonstrating a career interest in the dairy industry.
Jonathan Forsell Memorial Scholarship. For
a student majoring in plant biology, plant pathology, or entomology.
Based on academic merit and participation in volunteer activities.
Hilda S. Foster Endowed Scholarship/Fellowship. For undergraduate and graduate students based on academic merit.
Garden Club of New Jersey. For a student majoring in landscape architecture.
Gardeners of Watchung Hills Scholarship. For
a Somerset, Union, or Morris County resident with demonstrated academic
excellence, who is entering the sophomore year and majoring in the
field of horticulture, plant science, or landscape architecture.
Ralph Geiger Scholarship in Turfgrass Science. Center
for Turfgrass Science award for students in turfgrass studies; based on
academic merit, leadership qualities, and interest in the turfgrass
field.
General Honors Program. For
incoming first-year students with high academic promise who participate
in the four-year honors program. Awards are subject to renewal.
Rex L. Gilbreath Memorial Award. For
a student majoring in agricultural or biological sciences, nominated by
the respective academic department; based on need, special
circumstances, merit, and academic performance.
Dr. Barbara Munson Goff Endowed Memorial Travel Prize. For
undergraduate student funding for conference travel, travel for
research, or other educational travel-related expenses beyond the
traditional classroom setting based on academic merit and financial
need.
Frank A. Golbey Fund. For
students in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences who
reside in Helyar House, the cooperative living community on the George
H. Cook Campus.
Jacob Groendyke. For
a student majoring in horticulture, forestry, and related fields; based
on academic merit, financial need, demonstrated interest, and New
Jersey residency.
Hamo Hachnasarian. For
a student majoring in agricultural or biological sciences, nominated by
the respective academic department; based on need, special
circumstances, merit, and academic performance.
Robert Hanna Soil and Water Conservation Club. For
undergraduate students majoring in plant science, environmental
science, natural resource management, and related fields, with interest
in soil and water conservation, involvement in the club, and academic
merit.
Helyar House. For
students in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences who
reside in the Helyar House, the cooperative living community on the
George H. Cook Campus.
Richard W. Herbert Memorial. Based on academic performance.
Herbert Memorial Fund (Estate of Kelly). Based on academic performance.
Kimberly M. Hershhorn Scholarship in Animal Science. For seniors in recognition of excellence in academics, research, and
service to the department, the school, and the university.
Charles E. Hess Scholarship. Based on academic merit and financial need.
Harriet Dalton Hird. For
a junior or senior who is a resident of Bergen County, New Jersey, and
who demonstrates financial need and high personal leadership qualities.
Karen Smoyak Hoffman Student Prize for Natural Resource Management. For
students majoring in natural resource management. Based on academic
merit, leadership skills, interest in research, and a commitment to the
advancement of natural resource management.
Bruce A. Hovland Memorial Scholarship in Forestry. For a student majoring in natural resource management with a forestry option; based on academic merit and financial need.
W.R. Hutchinson Memorial Scholarship. Department of Animal Sciences award for a student with an interest in sheep studies.
R.G. Kingslandsmith. For a student majoring in agriculture and interested in conducting research.
Kings Supermarket/Bildner Family Undergraduate Scholarship/Graduate Fellowship. For
a full-time student with good academic performance, majoring in
agricultural marketing, horticulture, food science, or horticulture
engineering, with preference given to students interested in studies
relating to quality of perishable foods.
Stanley Wall Frozen Food Age and Kings Supermarket. For a junior or senior who has an interest in agribusiness or food science.
Albert Kleinman Scholarship in Food Science. For students majoring in food science; based on outstanding academic merit.
Dick H. Kleyn Memorial. For
a first-year student who is a declared food science major; based on
academic merit and participation in extracurricular activities.
Deskin Taylor Knoll Memorial. Department
of Landscape Architecture award for a junior majoring in landscape
architecture; based on academic merit and demonstrated evidence of most
artistic talent in the execution of a landscape design project.
Michael Kuser. For
an outstanding junior or senior based upon merit, leadership, financial
need, and interest in natural resource management and applied ecology.
Theodore Latzko Memorial Scholarship. Based on academic merit and financial need.
Emma D. Lausten Horticulture Scholars Fund. For
students in a horticulture-related major who are actively involved in
research and/or independent study projects or who demonstrate potential
leadership.
Peter Selmer Loft. For a student of agriculture who has an interest in studying turfgrass.
Raymond M. Manganelli Award. For
a junior or senior majoring in environmental studies/science; based on
academic performance, scholastic ability, and interest in environmental
studies.
Elizabeth and Karl Ehricke/Maplewood Garden Club Scholarship. For
students majoring in plant science, landscape architecture,
horticulture engineering, or natural resource management; based on
academic merit and financial need.
Richard Walter/Maplewood Garden Club Scholarship. For students majoring in plant science, landscape architecture,
horticulture engineering, or natural resource management; based on
academic merit and financial need.
Marquand Park. For a student who has an interest in studying and preserving the trees of Marquand Park in Princeton, New Jersey.
William J. Martin. For a high-performing student who is preparing to enter graduate school.
Philip E. Marucci Scholarship. Alternated
yearly to (a) a senior enrolled in an agriculturally related major, and
(b) a student planning to attend medical school.
Florence S. McNeill Scholarship. Awarded by the Garden Club of New Jersey each year to students majoring in landscape architecture for use in the senior year.
Elizabeth B. Merriam Award. Garden
Club of New Jersey award to a senior(s) majoring in landscape
architecture or ornamental horticulture for use in the senior year.
Charles Messer Memorial. For
a senior participant in the George H. Cook Scholars Program who is
conducting research on a topic related to food, nutrition, or
agriculture; based on financial need.
Metropolitan Golf Writers. For a student who participates in golf and whose primary career interest is golf course management.
Middlesex County Fair Association. For
high school graduates and/or residents of Middlesex County, New Jersey,
who have a broad interest in agriculture or a related field and
demonstrate financial need.
Charles Miller. Based on character, academic merit, and financial need.
Ralph G. Mitchell Memorial Award. For a student majoring in animal science; based on academic merit and financial need.
Terra Momo Scholarship. For
students majoring in food science, nutritional science, or agricultural
science. Based on academic merit and financial need.
Doris C. Murphy Endowed Equine Scholarship. Department of Animal Sciences award for women students majoring in equine science; based on academic merit and financial need.
Nellis Memorial. Two
awards granted to New Jersey residents who have transferred from a
community college, one of whom is majoring in agriculture and
environmental science and the other in nutritional science.
Mary Nevius. For a student majoring in agriculture; based on merit.
New Jersey Chrysanthemum Society Scholarship. For students majoring in plant science. Based on academic merit and financial need.
New Jersey Committee of the Garden Club of America Summer Intern Scholarship Fund. For
undergraduate, New Jersey resident students, majoring in plant science,
landscape architecture, horticulture engineering, and natural resource
management; based on academic merit, financial need, and participation
in a New Jersey summer internship program relating to the major fields
of study.
New Jersey Division Woman's Farm and Garden Association. For students of agriculture who have an interest in national horticulture or related fields.
New Jersey Water Environment Association/Raymond Manganelli Scholarship. Based
on academic merit and demonstrated interest in environmental sciences
or engineering or a closely related field with strong component in
appropriate technical aspects of environmental protection, water
pollution control, and/or hazardous waste management.
New York Farmers Club Scholarship. For
students majoring in agriculturally related fields. One award is to a
first-year student who has declared the major by the second term. One
award is to an entering transfer student from a New Jersey community
college who plans to major in a relevant area of study.
New York Institute of Food Technology. For a junior or senior majoring in food science.
New York Junior Breeders Fund. For a student majoring in food science or vocational agriculture.
Osterman Family Scholarship. Awarded by Gardeners of Somerset Valley, Inc., to a Somerset, Middlesex or HunterdonCounty resident, who is majoring in a horticultural related field including plant science and landscape architecture.
Winston E. Parker Memorial. Awarded
by Moorestown Rotary Charities to a junior, senior, or graduate student
studying forestry, arboriculture, ornamental horticulture, or related
areas. Based on academic performance, financial need, and residency in
the New Jersey counties of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May,
Cumberland, Gloucester, or Salem.
Patricia A. Peacock Scholarship Fund. For a student who is a single parent; based on academic merit and financial need.
Francis Stafford Peshine. For a student who is interested in public affairs.
Sally H. Peterson. For a student majoring in agriculture.
Elizabeth and Arthur Reich Urban and Minority Access Project. For
students majoring in environmental sciences or related majors with
demonstrated academic performance at the high school and college
levels, minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.8, financial need,
and interest in related activities and graduate study. Preference given
to (a) African-American and Hispanic-American U.S. citizens; (b)
graduates of public or private high schools in Atlantic City, Camden,
East Orange, Elizabeth, Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, New Brunswick,
Passaic, Paterson, Perth Amboy, Plainfield, Union City, and Trenton,
New Jersey.
Lloyd K. Riggs. Department
of Food Science award to student majoring in food science based on
academic achievement and involvement in the Food Science Club.
Dana Eve Roth Memorial Award Fund. For a student with a 3.5 cumulative grade-point average and an avid interest in animals.
Amelia L. Ruggles. For students participating in the General Honors Program of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences.
Kurt Schaeffer Memorial. For
a graduating senior who is preparing for a career with the mentally or
physically disabled; based on academic merit and demonstrated interest.
John B. Schmitt. For a student who demonstrates an interest in entomology.
Sears Roebuck Foundation. Based on financial need.
Craig Stephen Sicola Scholarship. For a student majoring in marine sciences; based on merit and financial need.
William C. Skelly Memorial. For a student majoring in animal science; based on academic performance.
William E. Snyder. For
a junior and senior majoring in plant science, environmental planning
and design, or agricultural science, with an emphasis on floral,
ornamental, or horticultural studies; based on academic merit,
financial need, and interest in the horticultural/ornamental industry.
Snyder Research and Extension Farm Summer Fellowship. For
a sophomore or junior who demonstrates a need for hands-on education
and, in the field of sustainable agriculture, possesses a minimum 2.5
cumulative grade-point average, and who has financial need. Preference
for New Jersey residents. Minorities and women without farm background
or experience given strong consideration.
Myron and Rona Solberg Renaissance Scholarship. For
a junior or senior with demonstrated interest and/or accomplishment in
the fine or performing arts. First preference to a student majoring in
food science; some consideration to biology, biochemistry, or related
sciences.
Ernest A. Spinello Jr. Memorial Scholarship. Cook/Douglass
Recreational Services award for students participating in any capacity
in recreation programs at the university, and have a record of
community and/or student life service, based on academic merit and
financial need.
Professor M.A. Sprague Award. Department of Plant Biology and Pathology award for an outstanding agronomy undergraduate student.
Elizabeth F. Stier Scholarship. Department
of Food Science award for female student majoring in food science who
has been active in the Food Science Club and with the New York Chapter
of the Institute of Food Technologists.
Willard C. Thompson. For a student majoring in agriculture; based on leadership capabilities and demonstrated financial need.
Rudolf W. and Ans van der Goot Memorial Scholarship.
Awarded by Gardeners of Somerset Valley, Inc., to a Somerset,
Middlesex, or Hunterdon County resident (in order of preference) with
demonstrated academic excellence, who is entering the sophomore year
and majoring in the field of horticulture, plant science, or landscape
architecture.
Vegetable Growers Association. For
a sophomore or junior based on demonstrated interest in the vegetable
industry, academic performance, financial need, and academic or
work-related experience.
Garrett Scott Voorhees Sr. Memorial Award. Based on academic merit and willingness to contribute to the academic community.
Hilda A. and Gustave J. Walter Memorial Scholarship. For
a junior, senior, or potential graduate student with preference to
environmental and business economics majors. Students should
demonstrate academic excellence, financial need, or self-effort to
support their own education. Preference given to any Walter family
member who meets the above criteria.
Brian Warrick Scholarship. Cook/Douglass
Recreational Services award for students participating in any capacity
in community service and the Cook/Douglass Recreational Advisory
Council; based on academic and financial need.
John H. Weber Jr. Memorial. For
a graduating senior majoring in environmental science; based on
academic merit, need, and demonstrated interest in the environment.
Elizabeth Wehr. Based on academic performance and financial need.
Theodore A. Weston Memorial. For students who major in plant science.
Harold Wetterberg Foundation. For students majoring in agriculture and environmental science, with preference given to those studying animal science.
Widzenas Memorial. For
a high school graduate and resident of Burlington County, New Jersey,
majoring in agriculture, agricultural economics, or a related field;
based on academic performance.
Windeler Family. For a senior enrolled in the nutritional sciences program; based on academic merit and financial need.
James J. Winston Memorial. Department of Food Science award for a student majoring in food science; based on academic merit.
Estelle M. Wolff Memorial Scholarship. Based on academic merit, character, and participation in leadership activities.
Woodbridge Garden Club. For
a student majoring in horticulture or related field who demonstrates
high scholastic achievement and is a resident of Woodbridge Township or
Middlesex County, New Jersey.
John and Harriet Worobey Scholarship Fund in Child Nutrition. For
a junior or senior, majoring in nutritional sciences with an interest
in child nutrition; based on academic merit and financial need.
Don Paul Yaquinto Award in Landscape Architecture. Department of Landscape Architecture award for the most outstanding student in the sophomore class.
