Ecology Memorial Scholarship

Required Qualifications:

  • Pursuing a degree in Biological Sciences;
  • Junior or senior status;
  • Full-time student.

Additional Award Information:

  • This scholarship fund is comprised of the following individual scholarships:
    - Captain T. Booth Holker Memorial Scholarship
    - John C. Wright Award
    - C.J.D. Brown Memorial Scholarship

Award
Varies
Scopes
Ecology, Letters and Science
Deadline
02/01/2025
Supplemental Questions
  1. Upload a PDF copy of your resume.

  2. Submit a one-page essay summarizing why you are deserving of this memorial scholarship and how you would use it to further your education.

    This scholarship honors the memory of John C. Wright, C.J.D. Brown, and T.B. Holker, three people who contributed to ecology and conservation in previous decades. John C. Wright was a MSU professor of Botany & Bacteriology and served as the Director for the Center for Environmental Studies. C.J.D. Brown was an MSU professor of Zoology and Entomology who wrote the book “Fishes of Montana.” T.B. Holker was an MSU student in the Fish and Wildlife Program and was a captain in the US Air Force killed during a flying mission in the Pacific in 1954 and who had a lifelong love of Montana’s wildlife.