Local Scholarships
Click HERE to view google sheet list of Local scholarships
Click scholarship name for application.
Cost: $500
Criteria: ANY senior planning to major in a business or technology field.
Due Date: May 1st
Form of Entry: Application
Cost: $1000
Criteria: 3.25 GPA- Intended area of study in healthcare
Due Date: April 15th
Form of Entry: Online Application
Cost: $1500 or $750
Criteria: Major in a construction field
Due Date: April 24th
Form of Entry: Application
Amount: $1000
Criteria: From an actively farming or ranching family OR planning to pursue a career in farming or some other aspect of agriculture such as agriculture extension, agriculture education, soil conservation, farm and ranch management, agricultural finance, veterinary medicine or agri-business.
Due Date: March 1st
Format of Entry: Application, transcript copy, letters of reference.
Cost: $2500
Criteria: Will be awarded to one male and one female graduating high school student athlete who intends to pursue a professional career in sports medicine. Qualified candidates should demonstrate leadership, be actively involved in their community and interscholastic sports and achieve academic success.
Due Date: March 1st
Form of Entry: Application
Cost: $500
Criteria: See Attachment
Due Date: April 21st
Form of Entry: Application
Cost: $1000
Criteria: See Attachment
Due Date: April 21st
Form of Entry: Application
Cost: $2,500
Criteria: Must have agricultural background and GPA of 3.5 or greater.
Due Date: June 30th
Form of Entry: Application
Cost: $500
Criteria: High School Senior, trap team member, accepted into 2 or 4 year institution
Due Date: April 1st
Form of Entry: Application
Cost: $200
Criteria: Resident of East Polk County studying for an education related to Nutrition, Health, Financial Management, Clothing and Textiles, Energy and Environment, Children, Youth, and Families
Due Date: April 1st
Form of Entry: Application
Criteria: Minimum of a 3.0 Cumulative GPA and plan to enroll full-time in a 2 or 4 year school.
Due Date: April 1st
Form of Entry: Application
Cost: $100
Criteria: Female Student
Due Date: April 15th
Form of Entry: Application
Fertile American Legion Scholarship (Automatically Awarded)
Cost: $50
Criteria: Male Student
Due Date: Automatically Awarded
Form of Entry: Application
Cost: $500
Criteria: Must be involved in the wrestling program ( wrestler, cheerleader, stats, manager, videographer), enrolled in postsecondary school, 2.5 GPA, resume, 1 page paper
Due Date: April 1st
Form of Entry: Application, resume, 1 page essay explaining "How wrestling has impacted my life in a positive way".
Cost: $2,000
Criteria: High School Senior
Due Date: February 16th
Form of Entry: Application
Cost: $500
Criteria: Automotive related program
Due Date: April 26th
Form of Entry: Mail in Application
his scholarship is open to Minnesota FFA and 4-H Members.
Scholarship Eligibility:
Must be a resident of Minnesota
Must be enrolled or plan to enroll in an accredited post-secondary school in the U.S.
Must plan to pursue an academic award (certificate, diploma, or degree) in agriculture or animal husbandry
This year $2,000 scholarships will be awarded to students based on the following criteria:
Leadership, involvement, and agriculture interest
Three essay questions, limited to no more than 500 words
Two letters of recommendation. Letters must be from non family members. One letter of recommendation is required to be from someone who has known / worked with the student during the previous 12 months.
Upon completion of the recipients Fall 2024 semester at a post-secondary school, the scholarship recipient will need to send a transcript (copy acceptable) to the MN FFA Foundation showing satisfactory progress. Transcript can be emailed to: amanda.sommers@mnffafoundation.org. Once transcript is received by the MN FFA Foundation and upon completion of your following semester/term , a check will be sent to the scholarship recipient.
Scholarship Timeline:
Applications are due by February 1st, 2022
Scholarship recipients will be announced by May 1, 2022
Cost: TBD
Criteria: Male. Attend a North Dakota or Minnesota Post Secondary School
Due Date: April 15th
Form of Entry: Application
Cost: $500
Criteria: Parents or student must have insurance through Lindfors
Due Date: April 24th
Form of Entry: Application mailed or Emailed
Cost: $1000
Criteria: See Attachment
Due Date: April 15th
Form of Entry: Application, Transcript, Community Service hours
Cost: $500
Criteria: Plan on pursuing a degree in the medical field. Demonstrate exemplary character, leadership, motivation initiative, and respect for others. Received a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0. Acceptance to an accredited 4-year college or 2-year technical institute.
Due Date: April 1st
Form of Entry: Completed application cover sheet, a copy of your high school transcript signed by a school official, resume, one letter of recommendation.
Cost: $1000
Criteria: Enrolled at University of Minnesota Crookston
Due Date: May 24th
Form of Entry: Mailed, Emailed, or Drop Off Application
Criteria: Live in Region 1 (Kittson, Roseau, Lake of the Woods, Warroad, Beltrami, Pennington, Red Lake, Polk, Norman, Mahnomen and Clearwater County)
Due Date: April 1st
Form of Entry: Application
Criteria: See website attached to scholarship name.
Due Date: Open February 1st-April 15th
Form of Entry: Application
Cost:
Criteria: Female pursuing higher education, PEO Membership
Due Date: Spring 2024
Form of Entry: Application
Cost: $1,000
Criteria: Must be planning to attend a post-secondary school law enforcement program
Due Date: April 1
Form of Entry: Application
Red Rive Valley Co-Op
Cost: $500-$750
Criteria: Must be planning to attend any accredited Technical or Certification program
Due Date: April 1st
Form of Entry: Application
Cost: $500-$1,000
Criteria: Must be attending, or planning to attend an accredited post-secondary institution to study in a healthcare field
Due Date: April 15
Form of Entry: See information on website.
Award: $2,5000
Criteria: One $1,000 award will be presented each spring to a graduating senior. A check for $1,000 will be available in the F-B school office to be picked up by the recipient following completion of the first semester of the student’s first year with proof of college attendance and passing grades.
Due Date: January 1st
Form of Entry: The Applicant must provide:
1,000 word essay about over coming a challenge by applying one or more of the Uncommon Sense principles.
List of all extracurricular activities
Post secondary plans and goals.
Letter of recommendation
Cost: $2000
Criteria: Must be a graduating senior who is enrolled at Bagley, Bemidji, East Grand Forks, Fertile-Beltrami, Fosston, Mahnomen, Red Lake County Central or Win-E-Mac schools and are planning on attending a post-seconary school.
Due Date: April 1st
Form of Entry: A resume highlighting your activites, jobs, groups/clubs, volunteer work, and GPA. Letter of reference from someone you respect, with an introduction from you explaining why you respect them. Two-page minimum essay.
Cost: $500
Criteria: High School Senior
Due Date: April 1st
Form of Entry: Application
Cost: $250
Criteria: Two seniors attending a technical college, trade school, four year college or university, or other accredited university.
Due Date: April 18th
Form of Entry: Complete coversheet, Answer one of two questions and write an essay under 750 words.
Cost: $2500
Criteria: 3.9 GPA. Intended area of study in public finance
Due Date: June 1
Cost: $750
Criteria: Student MUST be a dependent of a Wild Rice Electric member whose home is being served electricity by Wild Rice Electric
Due Date: April 15th