All your scholarships. All in one place.
UMass Amherst has implemented an exciting and convenient system, Academic Works, which automatically matches you with the scholarships you’re eligible for. All scholarships offered by UMass Amherst are now in the Academic Works platform.
Simply enroll in Academic Works, fill out the general scholarship application and the application for your college, and watch as all the scholarships you’re qualified for are populated on your screen.
How to enroll and apply
- Go to the Academic Works webpage and sign in with your UMass Net ID and password.
- Complete the General Application. Once you do this, you’ll see all the scholarships you qualify for. Once you do this, you’ll see any supplemental applications for your major(s). Completing the supplemental applications will qualify you for additional scholarships.
- Click on a scholarship link and upload supplementary documents (resumes, letters from faculty, etc., depending on the award).
- Submit your application and see your dashboard, which shows you the status of any pending and submitted applications.
If you have questions, please email acadworks@umass.edu.
Scholarships offered through Resource Economics
Herbert L. Forest | William (Red) Curtin | Johnson | Knowlton | Marjorie Merchant | Oreana Merriam | Helen Whittier
All Department of Resource Economics scholarships are applied for and awarded in the spring semester.
The Herbert L. Forest Scholarship supports juniors and seniors majoring in Resource Economics, Managerial Economics, Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Food Science, Plant and Soil Science, Horticulture, Sustainable Food & Farming, or Turfgrass Management. Applicants should have a demonstrated career interest related to dairy marketing and must be in good academic standing. The scholarship was established to honor the late Herbert L. Forest, a distinguished alumnus of the Department of Resource Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Mr. Forest served as Director of the Dairy Division of the Agricultural Marketing Service of the United States Department of Agriculture for most of his career. He supervised the establishment and operation of Federal Milk Marketing Orders throughout the United States and was also involved in numerous international negotiations related to trade in dairy products. Mr. Forest died during 1993. Since his death, the Herbert L. Forest Scholarship fund has continued to benefit significantly from the contributions of his family, friends, and admirers.
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be juniors or seniors next fall majoring in Resource Economics, Managerial Economics, Veterinary and Animal Science, Food Science, Plant and Soil Science, Horticulture, Sustainable Food & Farming, or Turfgrass Management. Applicants must be in good academic standing and with a career interest related to dairy marketing.
William (Red) Curtin Scholarship
Mrs. Clifton Johnson Scholarship
A scholarship for Resource Economics or Managerial Economics students who exhibit academic achievement and are residents of Hampshire County.
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be undergraduate Resource Economics or Managerial Economics majors and residents of Hampshire County.
Note: This scholarship will not be awarded in 2023.
A scholarship for Resource Economics or Managerial Economics students who exhibit academic achievement.
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be undergraduate Resource Economics (concentration in Managerial Economics) or Managerial Economics majors.
A scholarship for Resource Economics or Managerial Economics students.
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be undergraduate Resource Economics or Managerial Economics majors.