Mar 19, 2025

Sidney B. Meadows 2025 scholarships available

The Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund is accepting applications for the 2025 awards.

The fund is projecting to award 12 $2,000 scholarships in 2025. All eligible horticulture students in their junior, senior or graduate years of study are encouraged to apply for this year’s scholarship. Students may be attending institutions across the U.S. but must be residents of the 16 southeastern states (listed below). The deadline for application is May 31. The Scholarship Selection Committee will make its selections by Aug. 1 and recipients will be notified soon thereafter.

As in 2023, the Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund is partnering with the Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) on a common application that allows students to apply for multiple scholarship programs at once and mitigate the time-consuming application process.

Created in 1989 by the Southern Nursery Association (SNA), The Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund is a 501(C)3 corporation providing scholarships to students who are residents of the 16 southeastern states SNA represents — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia — pursuing a career in horticulture. The fund derives its income from individual and corporate contributions and is governed by the Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund board of directors.

The 2025 Scholarship Application is available online at sbmsef.org. Those interested in receiving scholarship information or the latest fund news can subscribe to the automated information system on the fund’s website.