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Graduate Scholarships

Each year since 2004, the Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees has provided scholarships of $2000 each to five graduate students in apiculture to foster professional development for young apicultural scientists.

Honey bee scientist in the making explains his research to beekeepers.

The purpose of the scholarships is to allow the recipients to attend the annual North American Beekeeping Conference, where they will have an opportunity to meet other researchers and beekeepers and to present their research at the industry. The Foundation Board of Trustees looks forward to their contributions to the conferences, which are held in early January.

The scholarships are available to all graduate students. Graduate students at universities outside the U.S. are invited to apply.

Applicants should submit to the Board for consideration:

  1. A cover letter from their advisor outlining the student’s progress toward their graduate degree, tentative graduation date, and any other information about the student and their research that would help the committee “get to know” the student.
  2. A curriculum vitae, or resume, not to exceed 2 pages.
  3. A research proposal (not to exceed 3 pages). This proposal should outline the specific research experiments the student is conducting for their degree. The proposal should clearly state how the research will benefit bees and/or beekeeping. The proposal can describe research that the student is planning to perform, or the progress the student already has made toward that research. The proposal should begin with an introduction to the research problem, and should follow with clear goals and objectives that state the research questions and hypotheses. The student should then discuss the methods that will be used to answer their research questions, and the expected results or results to date.

The annual announcement is made in the late summer and circulated via various email lists. To be included on the announcement list, send an email to:

Troy H. Fore Jr., Executive Director
Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees
Email: troyfore@honeybeepreservation.org