$1,000 student grant from Foundation
Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation (ABCF) offers $1,000 Student Environmental Grant in 2025
Student grant of $1,000 is awarded to student, from watershed municipality, in or entering post-secondary studies
Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation (ABCF) is offering a $1,000 Student Environmental Grant in 2025. The deadline to apply is 4:30 p.m. local time, Friday, June 20, 2025.
Dave Frayne is ABCF Chair. He said the Foundation has been pleased to present this scholarship to more than one dozen different local students since 2010. “We are honoured to provide this financial support to help a local student in their studies,” he said. “We encourage eligible young people to apply.”
The application form and complete details are on the abca.ca website on the Foundation’s Projects web page.
The $1,000 Student Environmental Grant is awarded to a graduating secondary school student or a student enrolled in university or college. The student receiving the award is someone pursuing a post-secondary education in a course of study related to conservation/environment. Examples are: biology; ecology; geography; forestry; fish and wildlife; agriculture; and outdoor education.
The student must be between 17 and 25 years of age and have a permanent address within a member municipality of the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) watershed area. Those municipalities are: Adelaide Metcalfe; Bluewater; Central Huron; Huron East; Lambton Shores; Lucan Biddulph; Middlesex Centre; North Middlesex; Perth South; South Huron; Warwick; and West Perth.
Past winners of the Student Environment Grant are: Ryan Finnie (2010); Raina Vingerhoeds (2011); Greg Urquhart (2012); Ryan Carlow (2013); Connor Devereaux (2014); Barb Alber (2015); Samantha Bycraft (2016); Marina Lather (2017); Ethan Quenneville (2018); Meghan Glavin (2019); Kirsten McIntosh (2022); Gwen Taylor (2023); and Emily Dearing (2024).