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The 2025 FECF Scholarship Program is now closed. Please check back in January 2026!

NCFA's Forest Education and Conservation Foundation (FECF) is proud to offer a scholarship program to students pursuing a forestry career in the state of North Carolina.

Students who would like to apply for a FECF scholarship must meet the following criteria:

Enrolled as a student at one of the following institutions: NCSU, Haywood Community College, Montgomery Community College, Wayne Community College
Rising second year student in a two-year program or entering third/fourth year (junior or senior) of a four-year program this fall
Pursuing a degree in forest management or paper science and engineering in the College of Natural Resources at NCSU, or Forest Management Technology at Haywood, Montgomery, or Wayne Community Colleges
3.0 GPA minimum
Resident of North Carolina
Must not have previously been awarded an FECF scholarship

The late Nicholas Maxwell Curtis lived a life committed to sustainable forestry and helping others. His friends and coworkers have honored his memory by establishing the Nicholas M. Curtis Memorial Scholarship Endowment through the Forest Education and Conservation Foundation (FECF). The goal of the scholarship initiative is to help forestry students at North Carolina State University pursing an undergraduate degree in forest management ease their financial burden.