UC ANR
Development Services

Awards & Scholarships

2026 DEADLINE!

Application deadline for all UC ANR Scholarships and Awards is Monday, May 4, 2026. All materials must be received by that date for consideration.

 

Bill and Jane Fischer Vegetation Management Scholarship

The late Bill Fischer began his career with the University of California Cooperative Extension and was a noted researcher, educator, and author. When he retired in 1991, as farm adviser emeritus, family, friends, and colleagues established a Vegetation Management Scholarship to honor Bill and his wife, Jane, and to promote the study of vegetation management. The Bill and Jane Fischer Vegetation Management Scholarship provides an award of $1,000 for individuals enrolled in studies in vegetation management/weed science. One or more awards may be made annually.

Selection criteria:
Students from any accredited California university enrolled for fall 2026 are eligible. Preference will be given to graduate students. Successful candidates will have demonstrated an interest in vegetation management careers and will have a major or concentration in one of the following areas (listed in order of preference):

  • Vegetation management in agricultural crop production; plant science with emphasis on vegetation management in horticultural crops, agronomic, or vegetable crops.
  • Soils and plant nutrition with emphasis on field, vegetable crop relationships. Agricultural engineering with emphasis on developing tools for vegetation management. Agricultural botany with emphasis on weed biology and weed ecology.
  • Plant pathology with emphasis on integrated vegetation management. Plant protection and pest management with an emphasis on field, vegetable, or horticultural crop relationships.
  • Agricultural economics with emphasis on vegetation management in field, vegetable, or horticultural crops.

For more information, contact Andrea Ambrose at apambrose@ucanr.edu

 

Howard Walton Clark Prize in Plant Breeding and Soil Building

There is no application procedure for this award. Students must be nominated by University faculty or academic advisors. (FOR UC BERKELEY, UC DAVIS, AND UC RIVERSIDE STUDENTS)

Criteria:
Annual award to be given to a senior student in the College of Agriculture whose high scholastic achievement, talent for independent research, and other characteristics, with reference to either plant breeding or soil building seems to show the greatest promise.

Amount: $5,000 - one or more awards will be given each year to a student(s) who will be enrolled as a senior in 2026-27. Submit using:

For more information, contact Andrea Ambrose at apambrose@ucanr.edu

 

Knowles A. Ryerson Award in Agriculture

There is no application procedure for this award. Students must be nominated by University faculty or academic advisors. (FOR UC BERKELEY and UC DAVIS STUDENTS)

Criteria:
Annual prize to be awarded to an international undergraduate student in the College of Agriculture, in any curriculum, preferably after completion of the junior year. The award will be made based on high scholarship, outstanding character, and promise of leadership. The award winner to be selected from the UC Berkeley and UC Davis campuses and must be enrolled as a student in 2026-27.

Amount: $2,500 - two or more awards each year, one each at UC Berkeley and UC Davis. Submit using:

For more information, contact Andrea Ambrose at apambrose@ucanr.edu