Urban Agriculture Scholarship Nomination Form

Transform Urban Agriculture Education with Streamlined Scholarship Nominations

Finding and supporting the next generation of urban agriculture leaders shouldn't involve messy PDFs and scattered email chains. This Urban Agriculture Scholarship Nomination Form is designed specifically for universities, community organizations, and agricultural foundations that want to identify and support students making real impact in urban food systems.

Whether you're managing nominations for sustainable agriculture programs, urban studies departments, or community development initiatives, this template captures everything you need: from community garden leadership experience to food desert mitigation projects, vertical farming interests, and professor endorsements—all in one professional, easy-to-complete form.

Built for education and nonprofit workflows

This template is optimized for scholarship committees, academic advisors, and community program directors who need to collect detailed nomination information efficiently. Key sections include nominee contact details, academic background, urban agriculture experience (including community garden involvement and food justice work), project descriptions, vertical farming interests, and faculty endorsement—ensuring you have complete information to make informed scholarship decisions.

Paperform makes it simple to:

• Embed the form directly on your scholarship webpage or send via email
• Automatically route nominations to different committee members based on focus area
• Collect supporting documents like letters of recommendation and project portfolios
• Generate automatic confirmation emails to nominators and nominees
• Export all submissions to your evaluation spreadsheet or database

Automate what comes after the nomination

Once a nomination is submitted, the real work begins. With Stepper, Paperform's AI-native workflow builder, you can automatically:

• Notify scholarship committee members when new nominations arrive
• Create evaluation folders in Google Drive for each nominee
• Update your scholarship tracking spreadsheet or Airtable base
• Send personalized acknowledgment emails to nominators and nominees
• Trigger reminder emails for missing documentation
• Route nominations to specific reviewers based on project type or academic focus

This means your team spends less time on administrative coordination and more time identifying deserving scholarship recipients who are transforming urban food systems.

Designed for mission-driven organizations

Whether you're a land-grant university, environmental foundation, community development organization, or urban agriculture nonprofit, this template speaks the language of food justice, sustainable agriculture, and community leadership. The warm, professional design creates a welcoming experience for faculty, community organizers, and students alike—encouraging thoughtful, complete nominations that help you identify true changemakers in urban agriculture.

Get started today and build a stronger pipeline of urban agriculture leaders in your community.