Yes, incoming freshmen, transfer and graduate students are eligible to apply for CALS scholarships.

Both the CALS undergraduate and graduate scholarship applications open each December after fall grades have posted.

Scholarship recipients, with the exception of Florida Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Off-Campus Scholarship recipients, must be enrolled full-time at UF during the semesters during which they receive awards. Transient coursework does not count toward full-time status.

Full-time enrollment is 12 hours for undergraduate students and 9 hours for graduate students.

If you are graduating in a particular semester and require less than full-time enrollment to complete your degree, you may be granted an exception by the CALS Dean's Office. Students may also be granted an exception if they have been approved for a reduced course load by the Disability Resource Center.

Nearly all scholarships awarded by the CALS Dean's Office require a minimum 3.0 UF GPA.

Undergraduate scholarship applications are evaluated by a faculty committee and scored on the following:

• Scholastic achievements, honors and awards
• Extracurricular activities
• Professional potential
• Scholarship

Graduate scholarship applications are evaluated by a faculty committee and scored on the following:

• Scholastic achievements, honors and awards
• Leadership activities, including service to department, college, UF or professional societies
• Teaching activities
• Scholarship in discipline (publications, posters and presentations, for example)
• Letters of recommendation
• Quality of research abstract
• Academic performance

Awards are made based on individual fund criteria and availability of funds.

Approximately ten freshman scholars will be notified prior to May 1. All other scholarship applicants will be notified of a decision by early August.

Funds are disbursed approximately 6 weeks after the start of the semester. After the drop/add period ends, the CALS Dean's Office has to individually verify that each of the CALS scholarship recipients meets the criteria for his or her scholarship before releasing funds.

You will not see your scholarship on your financial aid package until funds have been disbursed. Disbursement of this scholarship may alter your total financial aid package. Students may wish to self-report scholarships to Student Financial Affairs.

Undergraduate scholarships are renewable so long as the recipient reapplys each academic year and maintains minimum GPA and full-time enrollment status in CALS.

For the 2024-2025 academic year, CALS awarded $661,735 to 483 students. On average, undergraduate students received $1,184 and graduate students received $2,280. Students selected to receive one or more scholarships receive a minimum of $1,000.

The following scholarships were awarded for the 2024-2025 academic year:

• A.S. Herlong Sr. Scholarship
• Agricultural Women's Club Scholarship
• Alto and Patrecia Straughn Scholarship
• Alvin T. Wallace Scholarship
• Bill Gunter FFA Scholarship
• Bobby F. McKown Scholarship
• Branan Family Scholarship
• Brelan E. Moritz Scholarship
• Brown International - Juice Products Association Scholarship
• Burl Long Scholarship
• CALS Alumni and Friends Scholarship
• CALS Scholarship
• CALS Dean's Scholarship
• Central Florida Fair Scholarship
• Charles and Thelma Palmer Scholarship
• Coca-Cola Scholarship
• Doris Lowe and Earl and Verna Lowe Scholarship
• Doyle Conner Scholarship
• Edgar A. Martin Scholarship
• Edward E. Fischer Scholarship
• Eugene Chester Terzenbach Memorial Scholarship
• Farm Credit of Florida Scholarship
• Florida Fertilizer and Agrichemical Association Scholarship
• Florida Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Off-Campus Scholarship
• Florida Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Scholarship
• Fred Montsdeoca Scholarship
• Fred W. and Mabel H. Barber Scholarship
• Garden Club of St. Petersburg Scholarship
• Gary Fairchild Scholarship
• Gene Trotter Scholarship
• George K. and Ruthana W. Davis Scholarship
• Gerald L. Zachariah Memorial Scholarship
• Goldman Memorial Scholarship
• Grebe-Wahlberg Scholarship
• Harry Haman CALS Scholarship
• Huesman Family Scholarship
• J. Milton Brownlee Agricultural Marketing Scholarship
• J.N. Watson Men's Garden Club Scholarship
• J.R. Greenman Memorial Scholarship
• John E. and Aliese Price Scholarship
• John F. Smoak Memorial Scholarship
• John H.G. Hutchinson Scholarship
• Juice Products Association Scholarship
• Kenneth R. and Waynell Tefertiller Scholarship
• Lakes and Hills Garden Club Jesse M. Connor Scholarship
• Margaret Glenn & Alan William Morton Scholarship
• Marion Co. Farm Bureau Scholarship
• Mavis B. Roberts, Sr. Agricultural Finance Scholarship
• Maxwell Harrell Liberty County 4-H Leadership Scholarship
• Murial Rumsey Foundation Scholarship
• Nathan Mayo Scholarship
• Ofelia Anzola Memorial Scholarship
• Orange Co. Farm Bureau Scholarship
• Randy Kegler Agricultural Education Scholarship
• R.D. Keene Memorial Scholarship
• Richard R. Mims Scholarship
• Robert J. and Jane H. Barben Family Scholarship
• Southeast Produce Council Scholarship
• Stanley E. Rosenberger/CALS Scholarship
• Sung Scholarship
• Suwannee Co. Conservation District and W.B. Copeland Scholarship
• Suwannee River Resource, Conservation and Development Council Scholarship
• Ted C. Prosser Memorial Scholarship
• Timer E. Powers Memorial Scholarship
• Velma Lykes Fruit Crop Scholarship
• Vermelle C. "Vam" York Agricultural Scholarship
• Virginia Hurst Whitehill Memorial Scholarship
• Warriors in Agriculture Scholarship
• Wayne Hawkins Agricultural Scholarship
• William C. and Bertha M. Cornett Fellowship
• William F. Ward Memorial Scholarship
• W.W. "Coon Bottom" Glenn Scholarship

In addition to the scholarships offered by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, students may be eligible for the following major-specific opportunities:

• Agricultural Education and Communication
• Animal Sciences
• Dietetics
• Entomology and Nematology
• Environmental Management in Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Food and Resource Economics
• Food Science
• Forest Resources and Conservation
• Geomatics
• Horticultural Science(s)
• Marine Sciences
• Microbiology and Cell Science (Transfer Students)
• Natural Resource Conservation
• Nutritional Sciences
• Plant Science
• Soil and Water Sciences

Students should visit the Latin American-Caribbean Scholarship page to learn about the Latin American-Caribbean (LAC) Scholarship. Funds may be awarded by either the school/department or the college. Students who wish to be considered for funds from CALS should complete a CALS Scholarship Application.

In addition to the scholarships offered by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, students should consider the following scholarships:

• AFA Leader and Academic Scholarships
• Southeastern Meat Association Scholarship
• National Poultry and Food Distributors Association Scholarship
• Pumphrey Law Scholarship
• Florida Peanut Producers Association Scholarship
• Florida Vegetation Management Association Scholarship
• Space Coast Gator Club Scholarship (Brevard Co. HS Grads)
• ExtremeTerrain Student Scholarship
• Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties
• Florida Fertilizer and Agrichemical Association Scholarship
• FMC Citrus Ag Production Scholarship
• Florida Strawberry Growers Association Scholarship
• Association of Hispanic Alumni Scholarship
• Florida Specialty Crop Foundation Scholarships