Key Lime Festival Scholarship

Fall 2025

The Key Lime Festival Scholarship is awarded to students currently enrolled in and pursuing the AS in Culinary program or one of the Culinary certificates at CFK for the upcoming semester.

Eligible students must have a complete 2025-26 FAFSA, meet standards of satisfactory academic progress during each term, and have a minimum overall GPA of 2.5. The value of the scholarship is $1,000 ($500 in the fall and $500 in the spring) and funds may be used towards tuition and fees at The College of The Florida Keys.

Scholarship recipients are also required to:
1. Confirm registration in courses at The College of the Florida Keys in the term in which the scholarship is to be used.
2. Complete up to 4 hours of volunteer service to The College of the Florida Keys Foundation and/or approved charity if requested during the semester. (Details will be sent separately if/when applicable.)
3. Attend the Annual College of the Florida Keys Scholarship Recipient & Donor Social at the Tennessee Williams Theatre on the William A. Seeker Campus in Key West during the Fall semester. The event will occur on Tuesday, September 30th, 2025. Invitations will be distributed closer to the event.
4. Attend other scholarship recipient recognition event(s) and/or activities as requested by the scholarship donor if applicable.
5. Demonstrate and maintain the scholarship criteria and requirements.

The Foundation reserves the right to withdraw or modify the student’s award based on the student’s fulfillment of required scholarship criteria.

Donor
Key Lime Festival
Award
$1000
Deadline
06/01/2025
Supplemental Questions
  1. In approximately 500 words, clearly describe what inspired you to pursue Culinary, your future career goals and how this scholarship will help you achieve them. Please note spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and essay structure will be considered.
  2. Please describe your three favorite uses of Citrus in Baking or Cooking.