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Applications for the upcoming 2022-2023 school year is due by April 1, 2023. Applications, along with all required information, are accepted by the Foundation on or before April 1, 2023. Applications received after April 1, 2022 will not be considered. Review of applications takes place in April and the grant recipient will be announced by May 15, 2023.
Educational Grants
Applicants must be either a graduate of a high school located in the state of Ohio or a resident of the state of Ohio at the time of graduation from high school. Residency for this purpose shall be the applicant's voting residence if of voting age, or, the voting residence of the applicant's guardian, parents or parent with whom he or she resides. Proof of residency must be furnished upon request.
Educational Grants are made for one year only to applicants who will be full-time students. Grant recipients may apply for educational grants in succeeding grant years and such applications shall be considered along with all other applications for educational grants for that grant year provided the applicant has attained a college academic average of at least 2.75 on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent where grades are not given on a four-point system.
How to Apply
Applications may be obtained on the Foundation's website, www.ohiostategrange.org/OGPofHF_Scholarships.php, or by telephoning the Foundation with your request. The telephone number is 740-243-4455 must be received by the Foundation on or before the April 1, 2023deadline. Completed and signed applications, along with all required information, can be returned by overnight mail, regular mail, in person, or by e-mail. Completed applications, with the required information, MUST BE RECEIVED on or before April 1, 2022, or they will not be considered.
Applications may be downloaded from this website, but Applications may be obtained by written request. The address is provided on the Contact Us page of the website.
Announcements of the grant award will be made by May 15, 2023.
Additional Information for Applicants
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Applicant must be in the upper fifty percent of his/her high school graduating class. Applicants who are already attending college and are applying for the first time must supply their high school transcript with class rank and GPA as well as their college transcripts with GPA.
Applicants who are in high school, and applicants in college who have not previously received a grant, must supply a copy of their high school transcript through at least the end of the second nine weeks of their senior year. High school transcripts must contain the applicant's cumulative GPA and class rank. These applicants must also supply independent verification of their composite ACT or SAT scores if not already stated on the high school transcript.
Applicants must be enrolled as a full time college student. This is twelve credit hours per quarter/semester. Student must enroll at an accredited 2 or 4 year college or university and plan coursework leading to a major and a degree associated with Food, Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Pre-Veterinarian, or Environmental Sciences.
The Foundation does not pay for internships or co-ops.
Grant recipients are required to send grades at the end of each quarter/semester.
The Foundation Trustees may make such amendments and modifications of the rules and regulations pertaining to the selection of grant recipients, the amount of each grant and the payment of grants as they, in their sole and absolute discretion determine.
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