The CCREF Young Investigator Scholarship awards a $2,500 scholarship to encourage college-level compost research projects. In this way, we recruit tomorrow’s generation of industry experts and researchers!
WHO SHOULD APPLY:
College students with projects about the compost process, the application and use of finished compost, how compost can increase drought tolerance and nutrient content or reduct erosion and water pollution from college freshman through PhD candidates should apply!
Requirements:
- Downloadable Application here
- Project Abstract
- Recommendation from a professor or supervisor
- Email your submission to:
Board of Trustees, Composting Council Research and Education Foundation
The Composting Council Research and Education Foundation supports initiatives that enhance the stature and practices of the composting industry by supporting scientific research, increasing awareness, and educating the public to advance environmentally and economically sustainable organics recycling.
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Great scholarship information. I hope that this scholarship is sustainable and can ease the burden of parents.