Scholarships

SCHOLARSHIP GUIDELINES

CLASS Fund offers scholarships (undergraduate and graduate) to deserving students as selected for the outlined programs herewith.  The application/selection process will be determined by the respective departments or each individual institution.  Each institution will be directly responsible for the selection criteria.

Nominees will need to complete the one-page nomination form and send in a high resolution headshot.  Guidelines for both will be sent out to all Universities every January.

EXAMPLE SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA:

  • Evaluating student’s financial needs

  • Determining student’s potential success in the profession

  • Reviewing student’s academic status

  • Assessing student’s community involvement

  • Considering student’s class and/or professional leadership capabilities

  • Student should have at least one remaining year of study

AVAILABLE SCHOLARSHIPS

CAL POLY POMONA

University Scholarship Program:
(2) $2,500 Scholarships

Ornamental Horticulture/
Irrigation Science Program:
(1) $2,500 Scholarships

CONTACTS

Barry Lehrman
Associate Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture

Eileen Cullen
Horticulture/Plant & Soil Science Department

CAL POLY SLO

University Scholarship Program:
(1) $2,500 Scholarship

Alec Balliet Scholarship:
(1) $2,500 Scholarship

Ornamental Horticulture/
Irrigation Science Program:
(1) $2,500 Scholarship

CONTACTS

Christry O-Hara or Miran Day
Landscape Architecture Department

Dr. Scott Steinmaus
Department Head
Horticulture and Crop Science

UC DAVIS

University Scholarship Program:
(2) $2,500 Scholarships

Ornamental Horticulture/
Irrigation Science Program:
(1) $2,500 Scholarship

CONTACTS

N. Claire Napawan 
Galyna Erdman, Academic Advisor
Department of Environmental Design

Colby Chadwell, Undergraduate Advisor
Kelly Paglia, Administrative Coordinator
Department of Plant Sciences

UC BERKELEY

Landscape Architecture Scholarship Program:
(2) $1,500 Scholarships

CONTACT

Christina Hausle
Program Assistant and Scheduler

Department of Landscape Architecture
and Environmental Planning

UCLA

Landscape Architecture Scholarship Program:
(2) $1,500 Scholarships

CONTACT

Stephanie Landregan
Extension Landscape Architecture & Horticulture

USC

Landscape Architecture Scholarship Program:
(2) $1,500 Scholarships

CONTACT

Alison Hirsch, MLA, MSHP, PhD, FAAR
Associate Professor
Landscape Architecture Program