Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund opens 2025 applications

The deadline for application is May 31. The Scholarship Selection Committee will make its selections by August 1.

The Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund is accepting applications for its 2025 Awards.

The Fund is projecting to award twelve, $2,000 scholarships in 2025. 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 the 16 Southeastern states listed below and must be pursuing a career in horticulture.

  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maryland
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • North Carolina
  • Oklahoma
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Virginia
  • West Virginia

The deadline for application is May 31, 2025. The Scholarship Selection Committee will make its selections by August 1, 2025 and recipients will be notified soon thereafter. 

Created in 1989 by the Southern Nursery Association, The Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund is a 501 (c) 3 corporation. The fund has awarded over $625,000 in scholarships to horticultural students and today the Fund’s endowment is over $1 million dollars.