Educational Excellence grants are available to those who have ties to tobacco farming and are enrolled in an accredited institution.
The Southern Ohio Agricultural and Community Development Foundation will award 10 Educational Excellence grants in the amount of $7,500. The grants are competitive and selection will be based on essay questions, community and school activities and grades.
Those eligible include tobacco quota owners, quota owners/growers, or grower/tenants of Farm Service Agency (FSA) record in any single crop year from 1997 through 2004 and their immediate family dependents. The applicant must be enrolled at an accredited institution as a full-time sophomore, junior or senior in 2010-11 and be seeking an associates or bachelor degree.
The application deadline is February 15, 2010
