Scholarship Applications

The Edna Lewis Foundation issues grants of $5,000 to qualified candidates who identify as Black and are at least 21 years old, within the categories of Agriculture & Farming, Culinary Arts, and Storytelling.

The deadline for our 2023 cohort is July 31, 2023.

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Meet our scholars

We are proud to introduce the recipients of the 2023/2024 Edna Lewis scholarship program.We believe that they will grow to become invaluable with-in the fields of storytelling, agriculture and culinary.

Meet the scholars

The Edna Lewis Foundation

"Over the years since I left home, I have kept thinking about the people I grew up with and about our way of life. I realize how much the bond that held us had to do with food.”
– Edna Lewis

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