Fifteen total scholarships will be awarded for 2024 including:

College Scholarships:

· $2,500 James W. Kidwell Memorial Scholarship (recipient MUST attend the University of Kentucky, be a full-time student and plan to pursue a career in agriculture or related field) provided by Courtney Barancin, Matthew Barancin and Dorie Smith

· $1,000 Ale-8-One/Michael Bandy Scholarship provided by Ale-8-One Bottling Company and the late Brenda Bandy

· $1,000 Chris Caddell Memorial Scholarship provided by the Caddell Family and Heritage Bank

· $1,000 Lexi Kinder Scholarship provided by Glen & Becky Kinder, along with family & friends

· $1,000 PW Lawrence Scholarship provided by PW Lawrence Trust Endowment

· $500 William T. and Joan Comer Family Scholarship provided by the Comer Family

· $500 Sawmill Farm Scholarship provided by Aaron & Melissa Miller

· $500 Fresh Start Farms Scholarship provided by Ryan & Misty Bivens

· $500 Mains Scholarship provided by Dr. Mark Mains

· $500 SET Scholarship provided by the Kentucky 4-H SET Program (recipient MUST plan to major in a STEM related field)

· $500 Hazel Nadine Lacefield Memorial Scholarship provided by Glen & Becky Kinder

Vocational Scholarships:

· $500 Donnalee Small Memorial Vocational Scholarship provided by Glen & Becky Kinder

· $500 Dave Larson Designs Vocational Scholarship provided by Dave & Pam Larson

· $500 Bill and Darlene Noble Vocational Scholarship provided by Dr. Rachel Guidugli

Entrepreneur Scholarship:

· $800 Falcon Entrepreneur Scholarship provided by Paloma Falcon Culver & Morelia Falcon

The Falcon Entrepreneur Scholarship is a mentor scholarship for start-up or already established small businesses. The scholarship will include $800 for business expenses, a $1,100 “Beautiful Branding Package” from Cultivating Culver, and a $400 Business Branding Photography Package from Bail Creative. Also, the recipient will receive one year of quarterly mentorship calls/meetings to assist in navigating the beginnings of a business.

Additional requirements for the Entrepreneur Scholarship, a 30 second-1 minute short form “Business Promotion Video”; the video should be made to promote your business, product, service or brand.

General Foundation Scholarship Application_2024

Paul and Jill Hall Expand Your Horizons Program Application_2024  (MUST HAVE ONE YEAR OF COLLEGE COMPLETED TO APPLY)

The following requirements apply to all scholarships:

1. *Applicant must have a high school graduation date in 2024.
2. Applicant must be a full-time Kentucky resident.
3. *Applicant must have been an active Kentucky 4-H member for at least the last 2 years (the current year 2024 and last year 2023).
4. Applicant must attend a post-secondary academic or vocational institution in Kentucky and be a full-time student.

All applications must be electronically submitted, by e-mail to melissag.miller@uky.edu by Wednesday, May 17, 2024, in order to be considered. 

Applications submitted or received online after this date will NOT be considered.

Please contact Melissa Miller, Executive Director for the Kentucky 4-H Foundation:

Phone: 859.618.9788 Email: MelissaG.Miller@uky.edu