The JOHN L. & SARAH G. MERRIAM SCHOLARSHIP

Instructions for Submitting Application

A student may apply to more than one scholarship, as long as all requirements are met. Only one ASABE Foundation funded scholarship will be granted to any one student per academic year.

A yearly scholarship grant of $1,000 will be awarded to an undergraduate student, with a special interest in the Soil and Water area of study, who meets the following criteria:

• is a student member of ASABE;
• has a biological or agricultural engineering major with an emphasis of study in Soil & Water;
• has COMPLETED at least one year of undergraduate study and has AT LEAST one year of undergraduate study remaining from the time of application;
• whose curriculum is accredited by ABET or CEAB; and
• has a GPA is at least 2.5 (or equivalent on 4.0 basis).

The John L. & Sarah G. Merriam Scholarship

Recipients

How to Apply

1) Fill out the official entry form, which includes an essay stating why you have selected the Soil and Water discipline as the focus for your degree and the extent of your financial need.

Entry Form (MS Word document)

Entry Form.pdf (PDF document)

2) Have your department head (or college official) fill out the endorsement section of the official entry form, corroborating that:

Notification of Grant

The scholarship program is administered by the ASABE Foundation. The recipient of the grant is selected by P-120 Student Organizations Committee. The committee reserves the right to not award a scholarship during a particular year. Recipient is notified in early June. Publicity concerning the scholarship winner will occur in a fall issue of Resource and press release.

This ASABE scholarship is made possible by the generosity of
of John L & Sarah G. Merriam through the ASABE Foundation.