Sandstrom’s Forest Ecology Scholarship

Application Deadline:

April 11, 2025

Award Amount:

$1000

Sandstrom’s Forest Ecology Scholarship is a new scholarship that was established in 2020s, by a gracious donation from the Sandstrom Family.

The Sandstrom’s Forest Ecology scholarship is for a deserving Leech Lake Tribal College student(s) enrolled in the Indigenous Science emphasis in Forest Ecology Program. The Sandstrom Family and Sandstrom’s has had a long and wonderful relationship with the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, not only through our distributing company but personal relationships as well. We also have a common interest and that is to keep Northern Minnesota lands, forests and waters as natural and pristine as possible with proper management. The Sandstrom Family has long supported and been involved in many conservation and wildlife organizations. With these common goals, we are proud to offer these scholarships to the LLTC Forest-Ecology Program. We hope these scholarships will help the students that receive them go on to a science based career that will not only be rewarding to them, but rewarding to the generations to come. Congratulations to the winning students and good luck along your path.

To Apply:

Why are you a deserving recipient of the Sandstrom’s Forest Ecology Scholarship? Discuss the importance of having knowledgeable, skilled people grounded in Anishinaabe values in the local workforce and how your career plans and aspirations will benefit our communities, our homelands, and our forestsWhy is Forest Ecology important to you.  Please list the Indigenous Science and Forest Ecology courses that you have taken in college.

Please submit a high resolution photo. The photo maybe used for thank you cards, social media, internet, marketing materials, TV, newspapers, and other publications.  Minimum photo size required is a 4” by 6“ at 300pdi. 

If you would prefer not to, or are unable to complete the online application, you can download, print, and submit the paper version of the application by clicking the link below.

If you have not already completed the Universal Scholarship Application for this academic year, please click HERE to fill it out. Or you can download the paper version below.

Please Fill out the form Below.