The annual Murphy Memorial Scholarship is offered by the Montana Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. and is available to qualifying college students in an horticulture-related major. Applicants must be a Montana resident who has completed the required credits to be considered a college sophomore and must have a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Applications must be received before May 1st each year, and winners will be notified by the end of the month. The number of recipients will vary.
In order to be eligible, applicants must be majoring in a horticulture-related field (such as Agriculture Education, Horticulture, Floriculture, Landscape Design, Botany, Biology, Plant Pathology/Science, Forestry, Agronomy, Environmental Conservation, Habitat or Forest Systems Ecology, Land Management or other related subject). Applications for Scholarship must include: the applicant's name, address, telephone, and e-mail address; a transcript; letters of reference from two instructors; and a letter of application including a short autobiography and future plans.