Scholarship Application
2024 Detroit Farmer Scholarship for the MSU Organic Farmer Training Program
These scholarships will support beginning and aspiring farmers from Detroit/Highland Park/Hamtramck to pay fees for the MSU Organic Farmer Training Program.  

SCHOLARSHIP VALUE
Scholarships will be awarded based on financial need and merit for farmers from Detroit/Highland Park/Hamtramck. Scholarships of up to $3,150 will bring to program cost down to $750. Additionally, we encourage people to apply for a separate $500 scholarship, the Greenstone CultivateGrowth Grant at https://www.greenstonefcs.com/resources/cultivategrowth/cultivategrowth-grant 

ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must:
-       Be a beginning or aspiring farmer in Detroit, Highland Park or Hamtramck
- Apply for OFTP by November 15
-       Apply for scholarship by November 15 
-       Complete the scholarship application
-       Fill out the Financial Need Form and send relevant financial information, including a 2022 or 2023 tax return (and/or the tax return of anyone claiming them as a dependent). NOTE: For your security, we recommend that you black out or blur your Social Security number before emailing. 

SELECTION CRITERIA
1. FINANCIAL NEED: Low annual income for your household size
2.     MERIT: Hands-on farm experience and/or role in farm & food system as an educator.
3. MERIT: Potential for farm success and/or impact on the farm & food system
       
CONDITIONS
- The scholarship will be a credit to program fees. There will be no cash exchanged.
-       I understand that my scholarship will be applied after my portion of program fees is paid in full.    
- The scholarship will be forfeited if you:
             >Don't graduate, due to attendance, assignments, breaking the social contract, etc.
             >Cancel enrollment in the program.
             >Don't pay the balance of your program fees

FINANCIAL NEED FORM
Please complete this financial need form and send it along with tax documents requested in the form.
      -- Email filled form to oftp@msu.edu (or or print, fill, sign & scan)
      --Email financial need form directly to Kelly Benbraham in the MSU Office of Financial Aid: seble@msu.edu 
      --Mail it directly to MSU Office of Financial Aid:
Attn: Kelly Benbraham
Office of Financial Aid
556 E Circle Dr, Room 252
East Lansing, MI 48824

Note: All information provided will be held strictly confidential.  It will be viewed only by the members of the Organic Farmer Training Program Scholarship Committee and the MSU Office of Financial Aid; this information will only be reviewed in order assess the need for financial support required to attend the Organic Farmer Training Program.

The Student Organic Farm seeks to promote diversity, equity and inclusion within each cohort of the Organic Farmer Training Program. We aim to create a safe space for learning skills, accessing resources and planning for your farm goals so that people of all backgrounds can pursue careers in farming. The OFTP welcomes and supports farmers of every race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, religion, age, height, weight, disability, political belief, sexual orientation, marital status, family status or veteran status.
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Are you from Detroit, Hamtramck or Highland Park? *
Please provide at least a half-page written statement describing why you should be awarded a scholarship. Please include information on your financial need, such as annual/monthly student loan payments, elder care obligations, income loss due to participating in OFTP or losing a job, etc. with special focus of financial stresses not shared in the Financial Need Form. You are also encouraged to include a paragraph about your merit, such as farm experience, your learning/farm goals or your ability to contribute to the learning community. *
I declare that all information contained in this application is true, to the best of my knowledge, and authorize the Organic Farmer Training Program Scholarship Committee to investigate all facts on this application.  I understand that deliberate false statements will result in the immediate rejection of this application and possible revocation of my offer of admission.   *
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I am sending in my financial need form to the Office of Financial Aid. NOTE: You are encouraged to leave blank or blur out your Social Security Number in any email communications.  *
I declare that I will complete the Organic Farmer Training Program and will follow all policies including attendance and assignments if I am awarded a scholarship.  If I do not complete the program or fail to earn my Organic Farming certificate, all or a portion of the scholarship may be revoked.
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I understand that my scholarship will be applied after my portion of the tuition is paid in full.
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