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Opening Doors to Nature Scholarship Program Deadline (Community Event)
August 1, 2025 @ 11:59 pm
The Friends of Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge announces the Friends of Valle de Oro Opening Doors to Nature Scholarship Program for the 2025-2026 school year. Under the Program this year, the Friends will award scholarships with the minimum individual amount being $500. These scholarships will be awarded to undergraduate college students who are enrolled for the 2025-2026 academic year in an undergraduate conservation/environmental-focused degree or certificate program.
Program Guidelines and Priorities:
Students must meet at least one of the following criteria in order to apply:
- Attended a High School or College within New Mexicoand are currently enrolled as an undergraduate at a (2)-year community college or (4)-year college or university in any location. OR
- Attended a High School or College outside of New Mexico but are currently enrolled in a two (2)-year community college or four (4)-year college or university within the state of New Mexico. Undergraduates only.
- Students who are eligible can apply in more than one year, but this Scholarship can be awarded to an individual only one time.
Some preference may be given to applicants who have participated in a Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge or Friends of Valle de Oro NWR project, internship, or program, but this experience is not required.
Completed applications must be received by the Friends of Valle de Oro no later than 11:59 pm Friday August 1, 2025. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.
Applications will be reviewed and award recipients selected by the Friends of Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge Scholarship Committee. The scholarship winners will be informed on Monday August 11, 2025.