SCIF Sables Brown-Monson Foundation Hunting Heritage Scholarship

The SCIF Sables Brown-Monson Foundation Hunting Heritage Scholarship shall be used to provide at least one undergraduate scholarship per academic year that is awarded in accordance with the following criteria:

*Recipient must be a citizen of the United States of America or a permanent resident.

*Students attending The University of Montana who are in their junior or senior year and pursuing a course of study leading to a B.A. or B.S. degree in the field of Wildlife Biology. A student awarded the scholarship in their junior year will be awarded the scholarship in their senior year provided all these selection criteria continued to be met.

*Recipient must demonstrate financial need as determined by the Office of Financial Aid or its equivalent in existence at the time of the award.

*Preference will be given to students who self-identify in writing they are a hunter.

*Recipient must have a 3.0 GPA or better on a scale of 4.0 to be eligible for and/or retain a scholarship award.

*Scholarship recipients may be invited to attend the SCI Convention (preferably in their junior year). SCIF will pay 100% of reasonable and necessary travel, food, accommodation, and expenses for such attendance at the SCI Convention. SCIF will not invite recipients to AWLS in lieu of attending the SCI Convention. Such expenses shall not be paid from the Fund.

*Recipients may agree to allow the Sables and the BMF to use their names and other relevant information in publications announcing the scholarship in articles for the Sables newsletter, in articles in the SCI Foundation and Safari Club International (hereinafter collectively “SCI”) publications and magazines, and in the local papers and magazines in the area(s) in which the recipient(s) reside and in which Donors make grants. Such articles and announcements will be used to increase the visibility of the Sables, SCI and BMF, to promote fund raising for further additions to the Fund, to promote knowledge of the Fund, and to advertise the availability of this scholarship each year through its newsletter, Sable Chapter Committees, SCI Chapters, SCI Foundation and SCI publications and magazines and local newspapers and magazines in areas where the Donors make grants.

*Children of SCI members who meet the above criteria may apply for and receive a scholarship, but shall not be given special preference.