Arizona Sponsored Scholarships

The Arizona Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. (AFGC) delights in offering an annually awarded scholarship to qualified students who are Arizona residents, have completed two years of college, and meet a career path listed in the table below.  This scholarship is available to students at any of the state universities and colleges. The awarded amount of the scholarship varies based on the strength of the candidate’s application.

Completed application must be submitted by February 1 each year to the AFGC Scholarship Chair. The AFGC Scholarship Committee will review all submissions and choose an awardee only if a qualified candidate has submitted a completed application before this deadline. The scholarship award is paid through the university or college for the following academic year, usually beginning in the following August.

A successful winner of the AFGC Sponsored Scholarship may qualify for additional scholarships during the same academic year as the AFGC award. The AFGC Scholarship Chair will discuss these possibilities with the winner and facilitate any further applications. The National Garden Clubs, Inc., and the Pacific Region Garden Clubs, Inc., will accept applications via AFGC Scholarship Chair for additional scholarship monies.

The Arizona Federation of Garden Clubs’ tradition of providing scholarships to deserving students is deeply rooted.  For additional information about scholarship requirements, please contact the AFGC Scholarship Chair.

AFGC Scholarship Committee additionally awards 2 Gertrude Claypool Scholarships through the Arizona State University’s Foundation. These scholarships are available only through ASU and must meet additional qualifying criteria. The application process for the Gertrude Scholarship is handled separately through the university portal.

Congratulations to Sophia Page, an outstanding ASU student who was the recipient of the AFGC Scholarship Award for the 2024-2025 academic year. Sophia is an Applied Biological Sciences major currently leading a research project comparing biodiversity in an urban desert landscape to soil carbon sequestration.

Our ASU Gertrude Claypool Scholarship award for the 2024-2025 academic year went to Mario Torres Gasco, a Civil Engineer major, and Alexandra Nelson, majoring in Sustainability. Their academic performance, hard work and dedication to our environment truly set them apart.

We wish them much success on their career path.

Arizona Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., has a long-rooted tradition of supporting education and assisting college-degree seeking individuals. It has been our great pleasure to award the outstanding students with a financial award to further their studies in a horticultural career path.

For brevity, the complete history of winners is not printed here.