AW Howard Memorial Trust: Research Fellowship Grant

AW Howard Memorial Trust: Research Fellowship Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: AW Howard Memorial Trust
Amount: Up to US $10,000
Last Updated: September 13, 2025

Summary

The AW Howard Memorial Trust offers a prestigious Research Fellowship for candidates pursuing post-graduate pasture research. This fellowship provides a stipend of $10,000 per year for up to 3.5 years, dependent on annual evaluations. Eligible recipients must hold a base scholarship, be accepted in a Higher Degree by Research program at an Australian university, and meet specific criteria. The Trust encourages applications from students in agricultural science, resource management, economics, and social science.

Overview

The trust awards the research fellowship to an outstanding candidate currently undertaking or intending to undertake post-graduate pasture research. The research fellowship is: paid as a stipend of $10,000 annually for a period of up to 3.5 years dependent on an annual evaluation of continued satisfactory performance.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The trust awards the research fellowship to an outstanding candidate currently undertaking or intending to undertake post-graduate pasture research.The recipient must:currently hold, or been approved for, an existing base scholarship (such as an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (RTPS), formerly Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)), or an industry-based fund of similar merithave been accepted in an appropriate full-time Higher Degree by Research program at a recognised Australian universitymeet the selection criteriabe an Australian citizen or have had continuous residency in Australia for a minimum of three yearsproduce a short summary of their studies signed by them and their supervisor each yearproduce annual certification of satisfactory performance from their supervisorpresent to the trust a report summarising the outcomes of their study at its completion.The trust encourages applications from students with qualifications in:agricultural sciencenatural resource managementagricultural economicssocial science.The recipient will be encouraged to apply for a travel grant to raise the profile of AW Howard’s legacy and the trust at an international forum.