Sprague Pest Solutions Scholarship

The application period is now closed. Scholarship recipients will be notified in mid-January.

Donor: Sprague Pest Solutions

Award Amount: One (1) award per year totaling $1,000.

Sprague Pest Solutions has generously endowed the Sprague Pest Solutions Scholarship. This $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student each year whose studies focus on urban entomology, rodentology, or biological sciences.

Scholarship Criteria

  • Undergraduate or graduate student whose studies focus on urban entomology, rodentology, or biological sciences.
  • Priority given to those students from Washington, Oregon, and California state universities.
  • Full-time student in good academic standing with a GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
  • Priority given to those whose families serve in the pest control industry.

Application Submission Requirements

  • Resume or curriculum vita.
  • Current unofficial academic transcript.
  • A one-page (minimum) essay describing applicant’s professional goals and aspirations and how he/she plans to use their studies to contribute to their field.
  • At least one (1) letter of recommendation from the applicant’s teacher or counselor addressing the applicant’s progress in studies, and his or her work ethic.
  • Other supporting documents (research papers and proposals, faculty research participation, related industry internship participation, fellowship projects, industry work experience, etc.) can also be submitted.

Scholarship Recipients

 

2024-2025 Recipient

Chance Hudnall

Louisiana State University

Chance is an MS student in the Ashbrook Urban Entomology Lab at Louisiana State University.  He earned his BS in Agricultural Sciences with a minor in Horticulture from Oregon State University, where his research focused primarily on aphid and moth pest monitoring in grass seed systems. At LSU, his research is focused on investigating the challenges faced by urban pest management professionals and other stakeholders in effectively managing disease vectors in the southeastern U.S. and developing sustainable solutions to address these issues.

2023-2024 Recipient

Ben Grady

University of Kentucky

Ben Grady is a Ph.D. student in the DeVries Urban Entomology Lab at the University of Kentucky. He got his undergraduate degrees in entomology and biology from the University of Georgia, where he worked at the UGA Black Fly Lab. At UK, he does research on a multitude of different urban pests, including bed bugs, German cockroaches, and Turkestan cockroaches. His research is mostly focused on the behavior of these pests and how we can elucidate patterns in this behavior that allow us to most effectively control them.