Scholarships
Here are just some of the scholarships available that can help you get started in forestry.
| Name | Area of Study | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Neal Knoot Memorial Scholarship | Forest Products Manufacturing, Forestry, or Health and Safety | $500 |
| MJ Munn-Kristoff Forest Resources Scholarship | Forestry, Forest Product Manufacturing, Natural Resources, or Environmental Sciences | $500 |
| Alberta Forest Products Association Forest Technology Bursary | Forest Technology | $2,500 |
| Alberta Forest Products Association Apprenticeship Bursary | Skilled Trades | $2,500 |
| Northern Alberta Development Council Bursary | Various | $6,000 |
| Alberta-Pacific Trades Education Scholarship | High School | $500 |
| Gary Kennard Power Engineering Memorial Award | Power Engineering | $1,000 |
| Blue Ridge Lumber/Ranger Board Bursary Program | $1,000 | |
| Alberta Newsprint Company Scholarship Program | 4 x $750 | |
| Pete Ketcham Memorial Scholarship Fund | Any | Varies based on need |
| Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries NAIT Bursary | Forest Technology | $1,500 |
| Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries NAIT Entrance Scholarship | Forest Technology | $1,500 |
| Skills Award for Aboriginal Youth | Any | $2,500 |
| The Prince of Wales Forest Leadership Award | Forestry, Natural Resource Management | 4 x $12,000 |
| David Angus Graham Memorial Scholarship | Forest Management | $1,000 |
| CAREERS: The Next Generation Award of Excellence in Skilled Trades | Trades Apprentice | $200 |
| Peter Mehl Memorial Award | Forestry, Ecology, Environment | $500 |
| Catherine Lalonde Memorial Scholarship for Wood Related Research | Structural wood, Wood design | 2 x $2,500 |
| CIF – Rocky Mountain Section Award | Forestry or Forest Business Management | $500 |
| David Butchart Pope Entrance Leadership Scholarships | $5,000 | |
| Lesser Slave Lake Forest Education Society | A Natural Resource Major | 2 x $500 |
| Northlands Undergraduate Scholarships | 2 x $3,500 | |
| John Richard and Sam Copithorne Centennial Scholarship | Agriculture, Agricultural/Food Business Management, Forestry or Forest Business Management | $2,000 |
| Ian Morrison Undergraduate Leadership Awards | 2x $2,250 | |
| Hole’s Greenhouses and Gardens Care and Nurture Leadership Scholarship | $3,000 | |
| Garry Leithead Memorial Scholarships in Forestry | Forestry, Forest Business Management | 2 x $5,000 |
| David Butchart Pope Transfer Leadership Scholarships | 2 x $3,500 | |
| Dan Baker Scholarships | Agriculture, Forestry | 2 x $1,500 |
| Commercial Solution Inc. Spring Camp Prizes | Forest Management, ENCS | 2 x $750 |
| Cenovus Energy Environmental Sciences Scholarships | Forest Management, ENCS | 3 x $3,500 |
| Christopher Bayduza Memorial Award | Animal Sciences, Range and Pasture Management, Conservation Biology, Wildlife & Rangeland Resources Management | $2,500 |
| Charles and Louise Malmberg Scholarship in Agriculture | $1,000 | |
| CIF – Rocky Mountain Section Award | Forest Management | $500 |
| Brent and Dolores Andressen Award | $750 | |
| Beverley M Burn Scholarship in ENCS | $1,000 | |
| Arden Rytz Memorial Leadership Award in Forestry | Forestry | 2 x $5,000 |
| Wood Science and Technology Prize | Bachelor of Science: Forestry, Forest Business Management | $1,000 |
| William H McCardell Memorial Scholarship in Forest Science | Forest Ecology, Wildland Recreation | $2,200 |
| Wetaskiwin Agricultural Society Leadership Awards | Agriculture, Forestry | 2 x $1,500 |
| Ralph and Isabel Steinhauer Scholarship | $2,000 | |
| Michael Swan Memorial Scholarship | Forest Hydrology, Watershed Management | $2,000 |
| Max MacLaggan Scholarship | Forest Renewal, Forest Operation | $2,400 |
| John and Freda Halas Memorial Scholarship | Agriculture, Agricultural/Food Business Management, Forestry or Forest Business Management | $750 |
| Jim Beck Prize in Forest Management | Bachelor of Science Forestry, Bachelor of Science Forest Business Management | $750 |
| Interior Logging Association Scholarship – Forestry | $2,000 | |
| Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada Post-Secondary Student Support Program | Commerce, Public or Business Administration, Economics, Applied and Physical Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, Forestry, Engineering | Varies |
| Herbert and Jeannette Hall Awards in Forestry | Bachelor of Science: Forestry, Bachelor of Science: Forest Business Management | 3 x $1,250 |
| Forestry Memorial Scholarship | Bachelor of Science: Forestry, Bachelor of Science: Forest Business Management | $750 |
| Forest Society Award | Bachelor of Science: Forestry, Bachelor of Science: Forest Business Management | $500 |
| Forest Industry Suppliers and Logging Association Award | Bachelor of Science in Forestry, Bachelor of Science in Forest Business Management | $1,000 |
| Forest Biology Scholarship | Bachelor of Science: Forestry, Forest Business Management | $500 |
| Desmond I Crossley Memorial Scholarship | Forest Management, Silviculture | $11,000 |
| Alberta-Pacific ‘Make a Difference’ Scholarship | Bachelor of Science: Forestry, Forest Business Management, Environmental and Conservation Sciences | $4,000 |
| Alberta Sustainable Resource Development Scholarship | Bachelor of Science: Forestry, Forestry Business Management, Environmental and Conservation Sciences | $850 |
| Al Brennan Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Forestry | Wood Science, Forest Engineering, Forest Genetics, Growth and Yield, Forest Management, Forest Business Management, or Forest Economics | $13,000 |