Scholarships & Entrepreneur Grants

Each spring, the Woodbury FFA Friends, Family, and Alumni Association accepts scholarship and entrepreneur grant applications from senior year students in good standing with the Ellis Clark Regional Agriscience and Technology Center.  Applications are reviewed by a non-biased committee. Several scholarships and grants will be awarded in amounts ranging from $500 to $1,500. Selection is based on merit, not financial need.

2024 Applications are open and due by 11:59PM april 9, 2024.

please see applications and instructions below!

You must access the application using only your ctreg14 email address. complete the application and then you will need to share to an email address outside of ctreg14 and then email the complete google sheet or excel file to dgolembeski@gmail.com

Finalists will be invited for a brief interview with the selection committee in late April/early May. Winners will be announced at the Woodbury FFA Chapter Banquet.  Applications are available on Google Sheets. If you have questions, please email the Selection Committee Chair, David Golembeski (dgolembeski@gmail.com). 

Requirements & Criteria

Agriscience related scholarship | Multiple Scholarships Available 

  • Must be 2024 Nonnewaug High School senior

  • Must be attending college or pursuing some other agriscience-related program directly following graduation from Nonnewaug High School

  • Must plan to major/concentrate in an agriscience-related field

  • Additional considerations:

    • FFA participation

    • Agriculture related employment / SAE

    • Post-high school course of agricultural study / career plans

    • Ability to articulate the value of the FFA and agriscience program

NON-Agriscience related scholarship | One $500 Scholarship Available

  • Must be 2024 Nonnewaug High School senior

  • Must be attending college or pursuing some other program directly following graduation from Nonnewaug High School

  • Must articulate motivations behind decision to pursue career outside of agriculture

  • Must have an unweighted GPA greater than or equal to 3.0

  • Must have 750 cumulative SAE hours (since grade 9) by 3/1/24

  • Must participate in five senior year FFA events before 3/1/24

  • Additional considerations:

    • FFA participation

    • Agriculture related employment / SAE

    • Post-high school course of study / career plans

    • Ability to articulate the value of the FFA and agriscience program

Entrepreneur Grant | Multiple Grants Available

  • Must be 2024 Nonnewaug High School senior

  • Must be planning to start an agriscience-related business or be seeking additional funding for a previously started agriscience-related business

  • Must provide a detailed business plan

  • NOTE: A student may not apply for both an entrepreneur grant and a scholarship

  • Considerations:

    • FFA participation

    • Agriculture related employment / SAE

    • Ability to articulate the value of the FFA and agriscience program