Φriginal – Scholarships

Kathy Johnson Outreach Scholarship ($600)

• Awarded to: full or part-time undergraduate or post-baccalaureate student
• Selection criteria: academic record, leadership / community engagement, relevant experience, commitment to fish & wildlife conservation, financial need, hardships overcome
• Additional Eligibility: must be a non-traditional student (i.e. older returning student, single parent, or student making a career shift into natural resources) OR a student facing real-world issues or challenges related to class, culture, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, age, language, race, ability, and/or sexual orientation

Outstanding New Graduate Student Scholarship ($1000)

• Awarded to: full-time graduate student in their first year of study
• Selection criteria: academic record, leadership / community engagement, professional presentation of research, outreach efforts, research goals, hardships overcome

Advanced Graduate Student Scholarship ($1000)

• Awarded to: full-time graduate student past their first year of study
• Selection criteria: academic record, leadership / community engagement, professional presentation of research, outreach efforts, research goals, hardships overcome

Basic Eligibility Criteria For All Scholarships:

• Applicant must be a full-time student in a degree program within the state of Oregon (note: Kathy Johnson Outreach Scholarship is also open to part-time students)
• Applicant’s major field of study must be relevant to wildlife science
• Applicant must be a member of ORTWS at the time of application
• Applicant must not have been previously awarded the applied for scholarship
• We will take personal circumstance and hardships overcome into consideration for all scholarships, though this is only considered eligibility criteria for the Kathy Johnson Outreach scholarship

Submitting Application Materials

Please submit all application materials at the link at the top of this page.  You will be asked to provide:

1. Personal Information
2. Responses to relevant Essay Questions (available in PDF linked above)
3. Resume or CV that shows:

• • Past work and volunteer experience, especially as it relates to wildlife (include dates and duration for each position)
  • Leadership activities
  • Professional and other memberships (clubs, committees, etc.)
  • Honors and scholarships received
  • Graduate applicants please be sure to also include:
    • Publication and presentation history
    • Outreach efforts (include dates and duration for each activity)

4. A current copy of your college transcripts (unofficial copy is okay)