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The application program will be live on or after January 2, 2025. Please return then and navigate to the Scholarship America Hub to register your account and begin your application process!

Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Educational Opportunity Scholarship Program
Live application window: January 2, 2025 through March 6, 2025 3:00 pm CT

Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance has established a scholarship program to assist children and grandchildren of full-time insurance employees, agents and retirees who plan to continue their education in college.

This program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor, and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.

Applicants to the Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Educational Opportunity Scholarship Program must be:

  • Children or grandchilden age 25 or younger, of:
    • Current or retired full-time employees of Sponsor, alive on the application deadline date; or
    • Current or retired insurance agents who have a minimum of 12 months of consecutive employment with Sponsor, alive on the application deadline date.
  • High school seniors or be in the first, second, or third years of postsecondary education who plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two-year, four-year college, university, or community college for the entire 2025-2026 academic year.

Previous award recipients are ineligible to reapply.

Students attending a military or service academy are not eligible for awards unless approved by the Sponsor

Award Amounts
If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $2,000 award. Up to seven (7) awards will be granted each year. Awards are one-time only.

Awards are for undergraduate study only.

Notification
Applicants will be notified in May. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients.

Payment of Scholarships
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance. Payment is made in one installment in early August.

Selection of Recipients
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:

  • Academic record
  • Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
  • Work experience
  • A statement of educational and career goals and objectives
  • Unusual personal or family circumstances
  • An online recommendation

Financial need is not considered.

Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance play a part in the selection. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.

As part of your application, you must upload the following:

  • A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
    • Student name
    • School name
    • Grades
    • Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.

NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.

One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than March 11, 2025 3:00 pm Central Time.

Your application is not considered complete unless all required documents are submitted electronically.

Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance has partnered with Scholarship America. Selecting the button below will redirect you to the Scholarship America Student Hub!

Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address provided below in the footer as safe senders in your email contact list.