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George Lea Founder’s Scholarship

About the Scholarship

The PLF is pleased to offer its George Lea Founders Scholarship to a good student who needs financial assistance to complete his or her schooling. The scholarship is named after PLF’s founder, George Lea. The scholarship consists of the following three elements:

$5,000 to be used toward the student’s tuition expenses. Note: Funds will be sent directly to the recipient’s school for disbursement by the Financial Aid Office.
An invitation to attend the next PLF annual meeting, with all transportation and living expenses paid.
The opportunity to “shadow” a local BLM manager for a day.

Who may apply:

All juniors, seniors and masters-level graduate students majoring in a natural resource or public land policy curriculum during the 2023/2024 school year.
Students who demonstrate academic excellence with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0.
Full-time students planning on carrying at least 12 units per semester or enrollment in a Master’s-level graduate program.
Students will also be rated based on financial need, related volunteer, professional society participation, employment, etc.
Applications are due on or before March 31, 2023.

If you have questions, please contact David Stout at dstout@publicland.org.

Scholarship Application

Application for the George Lea Founder's Scholarship

Name(Required)

First Last

Phone(Required)

Email(Required)

Preferred Mailing Address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Academic Class(Required)

Junior (have earned 60-89 credit hours

Senior (have earned more than 90 credit hours)

Masters-level graduate student

Year Graduating(Required)

Enter your graduating class year.

School Name(Required)

Name of college or university you are attending .

College/University

2023-2024 Academic Status(Required)

Full-time Undergraduate planning on carrying at least 12 units per semester

Masters-level graduate student

Credit Hours(Required)

Indicate the number of credit hours you are taking

Please enter a number from 1 to 36.

Major(Required)

Your major field of study

Cumulative GPA(Required)

Minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0.

Extracurricular Activities (university, community, and employment)(Required)

Describe any extracurricular activities that support your application

Financial Need for this Scholarship(Required)

Briefly describe your financial needs.

Employment Goals(Required)

Describe your employment goals after graduation

Special Circumstances (optional)

Describe any special circumstances you would like us to consider in support of your scholarship application

Upload Letter of Recommendation(Required)

Upload a letter of recommendation from your major professor.

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, jpg, Max. file size: 50 MB.

Upload Optional Files

Resume, letters from work or volunteer supervisors, additional information you believe to be relevant to your application.

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, jpg, Max. file size: 50 MB, Max. files: 5.

Applicant Agreement

To the best of my knowledge and belief, there is no reason that would prevent my being eligible to receive the above-named scholarship. The Public Lands Foundation has my permission to share my academic information and documents with governmental and university auditors for purposes of verifying my eligibility for this scholarship. I understand that in order to receive this scholarship, I must be enrolled at the aforementioned college or university and continue to meet all scholarship guidelines. I have read and accepted the above statement and understand that incomplete applications will not be considered. Should I be awarded a scholarship by the PLF, I agree to provide a photo and grant PLF permission to use it in press releases, on its website and social media, and to publish it in its newsletter.

Signature(Required)

I have read and accept the Applicant Agreement.

Date

Submit by March 31, 2023

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