Apply for a Farm Funders Higher Education Scholarship by March 20

ENFIELD, CONN. — Farm Funders, a member-owned lending and financial services cooperative, is currently accepting scholarship applications from high school seniors and college students with career aspirations in agriculture, commercial fishing and the forest products industries from across the association’s eight-state territory. Applications are due by March 20.

Farm Funders’s annual scholarship is for students who are pursuing a career in agriculture, forest products and commercial fishing or a related field during the upcoming fall semester. Candidates must have a permanent home address within the area served by Farm Funders and cannot be a past recipient. The $2,000 scholarship can be used to defray the cost of tuition, room and board, books, and other academic charges.

This scholarship application is currently open, and the deadline for submission is Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 5 p.m. ET. For more details or to apply for a Farm Funders scholarship, please visit FarmCreditEast.com/Scholarship.