California 4-H Higher Education Scholarships    
All questions/requirements must have an entry to be considered for any scholarship.    

2024 Deadline: September 09, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.    

All required information must be included with the application to be considered. The California State 4-H Office will notify recipients by November. Applicants may apply for multiple scholarships, but are eligible to receive only one scholarship per year.  

Complete this application only once. Previous scholarship recipients may reapply. Submitted materials become the property of the California State 4-H Office and may be used for marketing and public relations purposes. Selected candidates will need to complete a W-9 with a personal Social Security number, a thank you letter to the donor, and a photograph before a check will be issued.
 
Funds for qualified educational expenses (e.g., books, tuition, other required fees) that are provided to scholarship awardees, are not taxable for the recipient. When scholarship awardees receive funds that may be used for non-qualified expenses, then the recipient is responsible for reporting to IRS the amount of funds received as taxable income.    

PLEASE NOTE: Although the State Office attempts to confirm donor funds prior to releasing this process, some scholarships may not be awarded due to lack of funding by donors. We encourage applicants to apply regardless.    

ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must be:  
A high school graduate, or equivalent who is already enrolled in or accepted to an institution of higher education. Institutions of higher education include accredited vocational schools, colleges or universities.  
Enrolled in the California 4-H Youth Development Program at the time of high school graduation or equivalent, such as receiving a General Education Diploma (GED).  
Enrolled or planning to enroll in at least half of the full-time course load as defined by the applicant's institution.  
Not older than 25 as of December 31st of the application year.  

DIRECTIONS:
For complete details, refer to: CA 4-H Resource Center
Complete all information on this survey.
Complete the essay(s) that are required for each scholarship. Essay Prompts
Provide a URL link to your own folder that includes these documents in PDF format only:
     Essay(s)
     4-H Resume
     Transcript or verification of enrollment for the upcoming year. (Acceptance letter is not sufficient).

Preferred URL link is Google. Acceptable are Box.com; Dropbox.com or other similar platforms. Ensure the link that you provide is set to "anyone with the link can access".
Applications that do not include all of the above listed items, will not be evaluated.  
Double check your links to make sure they work. Inaccessible documents will not be evaluated.

It is the policy of the University of California (UC) and the UC Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources not to engage in discrimination against or harassment of any person in any of its programs or activities (Complete nondiscrimination policy statement can be found at http://ucanr.edu/sites/anrstaff/files/215244.pdf) Inquiries regarding ANR’s nondiscrimination policies may be directed to UCANR, Affirmative Action Compliance & Title IX Officer, University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources, 2801 Second Street, Davis, CA 95618, (530) 750-1343.