Scholarships and Awards for Wildlife Students
Open to Undergraduate Students Only
Bush Scholarship
The Mark P. Bush Memorial Scholarship is available for a declared major in wildlife who is enrolled for the entire academic year in which she or he is granted the award. Qualifications are based on academic achievement and professional promise. The award is for one year's tuition and applications are solicited during the fall semester
Harris Scholarship
The Stanley W. Harris Scholarship is for Wildlife undergraduate students. One or two scholarships are available each year. Awards typically are for $500. The award is based approximately 25% for each of the following:
- Grade point average.
- Evidence of professional activities and leadership in Conservation Unlimited, The Wildlife Society, and similar organizations.
- Letters of recommendation from professionals such as professors and supervisors, and
- Quality of a 1-page essay on the applicants personal wildlife conservation ethic and their view on the future of the wildlife management profession.
Financial need is not a consideration for the award.
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Wildlife Leadership Awards
Up to ten $2000 awards are available to fulltime undergraduates in a wildlife program who are juniors or seniors with at least one semester remaining in their degree program.
Yocom Award
Granted to a student graduating in the current academic year with their senior project (Wildlife 490 or 495) well under way or completed. Criteria for consideration include grade point average, leadership, and professional promise. Nominations are made by the faculty; students may nominate a peer through a faculty member.
Open to Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Friends of the Arcata Marsh (FOAM) Research Grants for HSU students
More Information on FOAM grants.
Joan E. Brenson Memorial Scholarship
Applications will be evaluated based on previous academic performance and the academic record at HSU, as well as demonstrable financial eligibility. The applicant must have a major in Fisheries, Forestry, Environmental Science, NRPI, Rangeland Resources and Wildland Soils, Wildlife, Oceanography, Watershed Management, or Wastewater Utilization. Must have at least 3.0 GPA. Both undergraduate and graduate students are invited to apply.
Floyd Lobree Memorial Scholarship
An award is available for currently enrolled Humboldt State University students in forestry, wildlife, or NRPI majors; financial need; academic achievement.
Richard J. Guadagno Memorial Scholarships
Must be an enrolled student (min. of 6 units/semester) pursuing an undergraduate (juniors and seniors only) or graduate degree in natural resources and sciences major at Humboldt State University. Must be able to participate in scholarship orientation.
Open to Graduate Students Only
Marin Rod and Gun Club
Two awards of $1500.00 are awarded each academic year. Applications usually are solicited during the fall semester and students are notified before the end of the semester. Applicants must be enrolled in the Wildlife graduate program, have an approved proposal, and be conducting research during the academic year of the award. Criteria for the award include scientific merit of the proposal, grade point average, financial need, proximity of proposed research to Marin County, and residence of the student (preference given, in order, to Marin County residents, California residents, U.S. residents).
Koplin Award
Candidates are nominated by the faculty, and the major professor will provide a letter of support and appropriate documentation. Criteria for consideration include grade point average, leadership, professional promises, and publications. Any candidate must have completed her/his thesis in August or December prior to nomination.