ESP Scholarship

Awards Information

Lifetime Member Outstanding Service Award Recipients

• Description of Award Categories & Online Application Links 
  Scholarships & Grants Award Description Handbook
  Complete online by February 15 unless noted otherwise

Service Awards

• Ruby Distinguished Service (National)
• Distinguished Service Award                                            
• Continued Excellence
• Early-Career Service
• Mid-Career Service
• International Service
• Meritorious Support Service
• Retiree Service

Leadership Awards

• Administration Leadership
• Visionary Leadership 

Other Recognition

• Distinguished Team Recognition
• Excellence in Outreach & Engagement Individual
• Excellence in Outreach & Engagement Team
• 25 Year Tenure
• Friend of Extension (Wilderness Trail, Ft Harrod, & Northern KY)

Alpha Kappa Chapter Awards

Alpha Kappa Chapter Awards Application

• Individual Achievement Award
• Team Achievement Award - County
• Team Achievement Award - Multi-County or Area
• Team Achievement Award - Multi-Area or State
• Team Award - National Initiative or Issue Related
• 30 and 35 Year Tenure Recognition
• Chapter Scholarships Award
  This award is designed for professional development activities including Special course (up to 3 weeks in duration); Summer or winter short course (3-6 weeks); Sabbatical leave at half pay; Study leave while working; Leave without pay for professional improvement.
• Lifetime    Lifetime Committee Chair:  Kay Denniston
  • Outstanding Retiree Service Award  (application) 
    Complete and email to Kay Denniston by February 15.  
    The Outstanding Retiree Service Award recognizes a retiree who has contributed significantly to their community or chapter since their retirement.  This award is intended for living persons rather than as a memorial to those deceased.  The nominee must be a lifetime member. One award per chapter.  The recipient will receive a certificate from the National ESP office.

• Undergraduate Scholarship 

  Beginning in 2018, thanks to a successful fundraising effort, the Extension Retirees scholarship will be a part of the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Current and Transfer Student Scholarship Program.  Current students and those transferring in are able to apply for all college scholarships by completing one online application.  College employees will screen applicants and sort them based on individual scholarship criteria.  A committee of ESP retirees will choose the winning application from the group of applications selected by college employees.  The ESP Retirees Scholarship will be awarded based on the following criteria:

  1.      Currently are enrolled in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (including Human Environmental Sciences and Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering)

  2.      Are residents of Kentucky

  3.      Are dependents of Cooperative Extension supporting families (employee families  and volunteer families)

  A link to the application and further information is available at the college website http://students.ca.uky.edu/scholarships. The application period is Feb. 1 through April 1. The student selected to receive the 2026 scholarship will be recognized at the ESP 2027 March Annual meeting.