CAPRCBM sponsors three scholarships each year, CAPRCBM Annual Scholarship, Richard and Betty Teague Memorial Scholarship and the Charles Kaufman Family Scholarship.  The California Foundation for Parks and Recreation coordinates these efforts in promoting the education of noteworthy students wishing to enter the field of service throughout the state.  The selections committee consists of twelve members including professionals, educators from the northern and southern regions of the state, a representative from the California Park and Recreation Society Board of Directors, a member of the California Parks & Recreation Commissioners and Board Members, and the Executive Director of California Park and Recreation Society sits as an ex-officio member. These individuals solicit financial support from the profession, establish criteria for the selection of recipients, review and select recipients, and administer the awards at the state conference. 
 
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The scholarships are awarded to junior, senior and graduate level students majoring in recreation, parks, and leisure studies throughout the state of California. Students apply during October; they are selected in December; notified of their awards in January; and are awarded their scholarship at our banquet at the annual conference in March. Award amounts are generally between $1000 and $2000. On occasion, an outstanding student has been the recipient of more than one award. Awards are available for student majoring in all aspects of recreation, parks, parks operations, natural resources management, recreation therapy, commercial recreation, tourism, community recreation, recreation/aquatic management, recreational sports management and recreation leadership.

The Committee annually reviews and approves criteria for selection of the recipients.  It includes a strong scholastic GPA (2.5 or above), paid and or/volunteer experience in recreation and park agencies, involvement in campus organizations and leadership activities, community and professional organization membership activity (such as CPRS), strong professional and faculty references, and career orientation and objectives.  The Committee evaluates each individual applicant on the criteria without regard to gender, age, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual identity, or religious preference. Some scholarships are made available to students based on their racial and/or ethnic backgrounds. The application provides students an opportunity to identify their race and/or ethnicity if they would like to be considered for these scholarships.