The scholarship - which provides eligible university students with a $10,000 bursary over two years and plenty of opportunities to develop their leadership skills and expand their networks - is open to students studying agriculture-related or STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) degrees with major studies and/or subject selections that align to agriculture.
AgriFutures Australia managing director John Harvey said attracting people from non-traditional agricultural backgrounds will be crucial to solving the workforce challenges of the future.
He is excited to see the Horizon Scholarship Program evolve to meet this need.
“Our cohorts are no longer made up solely of ag students from traditional farming backgrounds,” he said.
“We now have scholars studying engineering, law, business and communications.
“We have scholars from the inner city in the same room as students from cattle stations in central Queensland, and this diversity in backgrounds and thinking is beginning to elevate the conversations beyond anything we’ve seen before.”
The scholarship is a collaboration between a number of research and development corporations, along with Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia, FMC Australasia, AgriProve and Kalyx.
As part of the program, students also attend an annual four-day professional development workshop and complete two weeks of industry work placements per year.
To be eligible to apply students must:
• Be an Australian citizen or permanent resident;
• Be studying an undergraduate degree at an Australian university; and
• Be entering the final two years of their degree in 2023.
Scholarship recipients will be selected on the basis of their commitment to a career in agriculture, as well as their leadership potential and tertiary academic record to date.
Applications close Friday, January 13, 2023 at 5pm.
Shortlisted applicants must be available for a telephone interview in February 2023, and scholarship winners will be announced in April 2023.
For more information and to apply, visit www.agrifutures.com.au/horizon.
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