With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, you may be picking up gifts for your loved ones or figuring out the best way to express just how much you appreciate them. Whether it’s through cards, chocolates or flowers, the holiday provides a perfect chance for displays of affection.
While you’re showering others with kind words and deeds, we want to treat you, too. In celebration of this heartfelt holiday, The Scholarship Coach has collected several opportunities to make your scholarship search even sweeter.
If your heart melts at the sight of flowers, take stock of all the awards offered by the American Floral Endowment. The nonprofit provides more than 20 scholarships, each ranging between $300 and $4,000, for undergraduate and graduate students who are passionate about all things related to flowers or horticulture. The Julio and Sarah Armellini Scholarship is one of those programs, awarding sophomore, junior or senior undergrads who want to pursue a career in marketing or distributing floral products.
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What’s more, you only need to complete one application to be considered for any of the organization’s scholarships. Submit your online application, two letters of recommendation and transcripts by May 1.
Along with flowers, romantic dinner reservations are in high demand on Valentine’s Day. But if you’ve always been more interested in what happens behind the doors of a restaurant kitchen, a culinary career may be for you. In addition to culinary scholarships we’ve featured before, a career in the food industry can also include food science — the study of the makeup of food.
The Institute of Food Technologists has 30 years of experience helping fuel students’ food science studies. The institute’s foundation, Feeding Tomorrow, distributes scholarships to those who will be or currently are studying food science at an institute-approved program.
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If you’re a high school senior and have a 3.0 GPA, don’t miss the Feeding Tomorrow General Education Scholarships, which open later this month.
If you or your valentine loves sweets, you could be in scholarship luck. The National Ice Cream Retailers Association annually sponsors the Bryce Thomson Scholarship Award. If you work at an ice cream or frozen dessert store that’s part of the association, your employer could nominate you to win a scholarship. Last year’s 10 awards ranged from $1,000 to $3,500 each.
In addition to a nomination, you’ll need to provide your school transcripts, proof of financial need and a brief essay on your future goals and plans. The next application cycle has yet to be announced, but it’s worth checking back for updated materials.
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Finally, sincere Valentine’s Day expressions aren’t limited to material items. Consider how powerfully poetry can convey our lowest doubts and our highest jubilations. Your penchant for stanzas and metaphors could also lead you to substantial scholarships.
The Scholarship Coach has shared scholarships for poets and writers in the past, and we’re adding another one to the list.
Billed as the world’s largest mobile poetry community for youth, Power Poetry regularly hosts scholarship “slams.” This season, the #NoFilter Scholarship Slam challenges wordsmiths ages 13 to 25 to write about the “most authentic version” of themselves.
To participate, you’ll need to register as a user on the site. Submit your original poem online by March 6 to be considered for the $1,000 prize.
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