SCHOLARSHIPS
Eligibility/Obligations
Applications
Introduction
A Nuffield Farming Scholarship is one of New Zealand's most valuable and prestigious agricultural awards.
Nuffield scholarships have been awarded to progressive New Zealand farmers since 1952 and give successful applicants the opportunity to travel overseas to study the latest agricultural developments, and meet leaders and decision makers not accessible to the ordinary traveller.
For more than 50 Years New Zealand Nuffield Scholars have been travelling to the United Kingdom and other countries to experience agriculture as others practice it.
They have returned with new knowledge and wide contacts and many have become prominent in the farming community and in other walks of New Zealand life.
They are, and have been, represented in government, on agricultural producer boards and in agricultural organisations, as well as taking leading roles within their communities.
In each case Nuffield Scholars have acknowledged that a considerable part of their later success has stemmed from the scholarship and the knowledge, experience, friendships and associations which followed.
Eligibility
The criteria for Scholarships are that applicants must have proven experience in farm management and demonstrate an ability and desire to participate in leadership in agriculture and the wider rural community.
Scholarships are for four to six months, and include participation in an international group tour through either Asia, Europe, North and South America for approximately three weeks.
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Normally two or three scholarships are awarded each year. If scholars wish, they may elect, with the concurrence of the Trust, to spend a lesser time away, i.e. between four and six months.
The monetary allowance provided is generally sufficient to meet scholars’ normal needs, i.e. an economy round the world ticket. It does not of course cover the costs of any replacement labour on the farm during the scholars absence.
Applicants for scholarships are invited to submit to the selection panel a programme of the subject they wish to study following the organised collective programme.
Subject to approval by the Trust this may be undertaken within the United Kingdom and Europe or any other place in the world if that is seen as more appropriate both for the benefit of the scholar and for New Zealand agriculture generally.
At the conclusion of the tour, each Nuffield Scholar is required to write and submit before 31st January the following year, a full report on the trip and on their observations and conclusions.
The scholarship is open to farmers from all sectors of agriculture within New Zealand.
How to Apply
Applications close in August each year, with final interviews taking place in October in Wellington.
The Selection Panel comprises the NZ Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust Trustees together with representatives from the major funders of the awards.
For further information please contact:
NZ Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust
P O Box 715
Wellington
Ph: 04 494 9192
Fax: 04 473 1081
Email: nuffield@fedfarm.org.nz
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