State and National Scholarships

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Scholarship Listing

New Mexico 4-H Scholarships

Eligibility: Entering Freshman at NMSU; Must have participated in 4-H.

Amount: varies

Deadline: June 1st Receive

The following scholarships are available:

  • Tiny Faye Jones Memorial Scholarship

  • Pioneer Hi-Bred Scholarship

Refer to the NM 4-H Scholarship Guidelines for complete criteria.

NMSU 4-H Scholarships

Eligibility: Entering Freshman or continuing Student at NMSU; Must have participated in 4-H.

Amount: varies

Deadline: March 1st Receive

The following scholarships are awarded through NMSU and are available to new and current NMSU students.

  • Vernon Hall Memorial Scholarship

  • College of Education Scholarship

Application must be made through the NMSU Scholar Dollar System.

(you must be accepted to NMSU in order to apply).

NM 4-H Foundation Scholarships

Scholarship opportunities for seniors who graduated in May (or this summer) that will be attending universities or community colleges this fall.

See guidelines below.

Submitted to and Awarded by Non-4-H Groups

NM Junior Livestock Foundation, Inc.

Eligibility: 4-H or FFA Member; Graduating Senior; Must attend a NM Institution of higher education.

Amount: Varies by year

NM Horse Council Foundation

Eligibility: Incoming College Freshman; Active in the Horse Community.

EANM 4-H Scholarship

Eligibility: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior or Senior at any New Mexico College majoring in Agriculture or Family and Consumer Sciences. At least 5 years in 4-H.

EANM & NMSU ACES Mary Moore Memorial Scholarship

Eligibility: Incoming Freshman @ NMSU with a major in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences; At least 5 years in 4-H.

Amount: $1000 ($500 in fall and $500 in spring)

Purina Mills Young Cattlemen's Leadership Scholarship

New Mexico 4-H Community Service Scholarship

Scholarship Information

Scholarship will cover the registration expenses for Senior Leadership Retreat, Youth-Get-Away, Livestock School, Horse School, State 4-H Conference, 4-H International Exchange, Home Ec School, 4-H Dog School or $250 of the team fees for serving as a State 4-H Officer, Ambassador, or Diplomat.

Scholarship Criteria

Scholarship Information

Scholarship will cover the registration expenses for Senior Leadership Retreat, Home Ec School, Youth Get-Away, Livestock School, Horse School, State 4-H Conference, 4-H International Exchange, 4-H Dog School or $250 of the team fees for serving as a State 4-H Officer, Ambassador, or Diplomat.

Scholarship Criteria

Available to any Novice, Junior or Senior 4-H Member, serving as a State 4-H Officer, Ambassador, Diplomat or participate in a 4-H activity.

Must submit a New Mexico 4-H Community Service Scholarship application Form

Important - There has been a revision made to the scholarship application and a reminder regarding projects submitted. Below is the following revision and reminder:

Multiple youth, including siblings cannot do the same community service project. If applications are submitted by multiple youth with the same project proposal they will be denied. Siblings can do a community service project at the same location as long they are different projects.

Applications that have community service activities through established organizations like cleaning up trash along the highway or just working as a volunteer for an established organization for example will not be accepted. If the applicant would like to work with the organization in creating a new program that is acceptable. The project must be an activity that the youth designs, organizes and implements that will have an impact on the community.

Scholarship Applications for the events are due two months before the event registration deadline. Here are the scholarship application deadline date for the following events:

  • Ambassador positions-May 1

  • Senior Leadership Retreat-October 15

  • Home Ec School-January 15

  • Youth Get-Away-February 1

  • Horse School-March 16

  • 4-H Dog School-April 15

  • Livestock School-April 15

  • State 4-H Conference-April 15

  • Officer Positions -April 15

Applications are not accepted after the deadline date.

After a youth applies for a community service scholarship, receives it, and either decides not to attend the event or cannot due to a conflict, they may:

    1. Apply the scholarship to another 4-H event,
    2. Use it the following year if they have submitted their complete community service report,

or

    3. Not do the community service project.

If they decide not to do the community service project it will not be held against them if they apply the next year. The only time they will not be allowed to apply again is if they receive the scholarship, attend the event they applied for, and do not complete the community service project and submit a report within the year following the time the application was approved.

Agents: Please make sure applicants fill out the current form online when submitting applications. If the applicant submitted a scholarship application for an event and received the scholarship, they need to have their community service report complete and submitted to the State 4-H Office before they can apply for the community service scholarship for any future event.

  • Available to any Novice, Junior or Senior 4-H Member, serving as a State 4-H Officer, Ambassador, Diplomat or participate in a 4-H activity
  • Must submit a New Mexico 4-H Community Service Scholarship application Form