Patterson Family Foundation Rural Community Improvement Scholarship

The Patterson Family Foundation Rural Community Improvement Scholarship is available through the University of Central Missouri Foundation for full-time students from rural counties in Kansas and Western Missouri who intend to return to a rural community after earning their UCM degree. Students can apply each year regardless of their class status and may receive the scholarship up to 4 years if they continue to meet the criteria and apply each year.

The Patterson Family Foundation Catchment includes the following counties:

In Kansas:
Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Brown, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley, Crawford, Decatur, Dickinson, Doniphan, Edwards, Elk, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford, Franklin, Geary, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Greenwood, Hamilton, Harper, Harvey, Haskell, Hodgeman, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell, Kearny, Kingman, Kiowa, Labette, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Logan, Lyon, Marion, Marshall, McPherson, Meade, Miami, Mitchell, Montgomery, Morris, Morton, Nemaha, Neosho, Ness, Norton, Osage, Osborne, Ottawa, Pawnee, Phillips, Pottawatomie, Pratt, Rawlins, Republic, Rice, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Scott, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, Sumner, Thomas, Trego, Wabaunsee, Wallace, Washington, Wichita, Wilson, Woodson

In Missouri:
Mercer, Grundy, Livingston, Carroll, Saline, Pettis, Benton, Saint Clair, Henry, Lafayette, Ray, Caldwell, Daviess, Harrison, Worth, Gentry, Dekalb, Clinton, Bates, Vernon, Nodaway, Andrew, Holt, Atchison