Amount: Varies. About: Offered by the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois (CFNIL), the Soil and Water Stewardship Scholarship is annually awarded to graduating high school seniors in the community who are interested in natural resource studies. Each applicant must be a graduating high school senior or high school graduate, be enrolled or planning to enroll as a full-time student at an accredited two- or four-year community college, college, or university, study in a natural resource field such as fish or wildlife biology, conservation or management, air quality, botany, conservation education, ecology, forestry, hydrology, soils, pollution control or water quality, and have a GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Additionally, all applicants must have their permanent address in Boone, Cook, Dekalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will, or Winnebago Counties.
Eligible Grade Levels: HIgh School Graduate, High School Senior
Eligible Majors: Air Quality, Botany, Conservation, Conservation Education, Ecology, Fish Biology, Forestry, Hydrology, Pollution Control, Soils, Water Quality, Wildlife Biology
Residency Requirement: Illinois
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Deadline: February 15 (annually) Please note that scholarship deadlines often change, so make sure to check the scholarship sponsor’s website for up-to-date deadlines.