FFA SAE Scholarship

Farm Credit East is committed to supporting the next generation of agriculture. As such, we offer scholarships for high school students involved in The National FFA (Future Farmers of America) Organization to support their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) or educational opportunities within the agriculture, commercial fishing or forest products industries.

Eligibility

The scholarships will be awarded to students with strong Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) and who understand their projects’ impact on their future careers in an agriculturally related field. Applicants must be active in their local FFA chapter and reside within the eight states Farm Credit East serves. Applicants will be evaluated on their SAEs as laid out in the Scholarship’s scoring rubric. Applicants can receive the scholarship once per year.

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Evaluation Rubric

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About the Award

$1,000 scholarships are awarded twice per year. Funds can be used to support the students’ current SAE projects, fund new SAE projects or be put toward enhancing their knowledge of the agriculture, commercial fishing or forest products industries.

Financial Statements

For a template to create your financial statements, click here. Financial statements are used to get a snapshot of the business and how it is doing. The information you submit will allow us to get an idea of how you are investing in and improving your SAE. The two financial statements we would like from you are a balance sheet and an income statement.

Deadline

There are two application deadlines per year: June 30 and December 31. Applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 PM EST on their respective deadline.

Applicants can reapply one full cycle after receiving the scholarship (e.g., An applicant who receives a scholarship for the cycle ending December 31 must wait until the cycle starting July 1 to reapply. They must skip one cycle.) Applicants who reapply after receiving a scholarship will be expected to show growth.

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