Crawford Fund International Agricultural Award 2017 (Semester 2)

The Western Australian Committee of the Crawford Fund offers a small number of competitive travel awards for tertiary students. The purpose of the awards is to facilitate active student participation in international agricultural projects, in order to help them gain valuable experience in developing countries.

The awards are open to Western Australian Honours and Postgraduate Students interested in gaining international agricultural research experience and expertise. Applicants should be in a relevant biophysical or socio‐economic aspect of agriculture, animal production, fisheries, forestry, natural resource management or food security.

The award takes the form of a bursary (up to $3000) and is designed to augment funding from other sources—for example, agricultural research and development assistance projects being undertaken in overseas countries where the students intend to work and gain experience. The projects that the students plan to link with can be governmental, non‐governmental (NGO), commercial, or in association with a university.

Student type

• Current Students

Faculty

• Curtin Business School
• Science
• Health Sciences
• Engineering
• Centre for Aboriginal Studies
• Humanities

Course type

• Undergraduate
• Postgraduate Research
• Postgraduate Coursework

Specifically for

• Curtin students wanting to study overseas

Gender

Non-gender specific

Nationality

• Australian Citizen
• Australian Permanent Resident

Scholarship base

• Merit Based

Value

The award takes the form of a bursary to a maximum value of $3000 per awardee, and can be used for airfares, other travel costs, accommodation and subsistence, and/or operational research costs.

Eligible courses

• Applicants must be enrolled at a recognised WA tertiary institute in a relevant disciplinary area in agriculture, animal production, fisheries, forestry, natural resource management or food security.
• Applicants must be enrolled either at Honours level (3-year degree) or fourth year (4-year degree), or in a research degree at postgraduate level (Masters or PhD).
• Approvals are required from Authorised Officers representing both the Host University where the applicant is enrolled, and the Host Country Project or Activity with which the applicant proposes to link.
• The proposal should include comprehensive details of OHS (Operational Health and Safety) plans and the support being provided by the Host Institute (e.g. university) or the Host Country Project or Activity. Please indicate if this includes insurance cover.

Eligibility criteria

The awards are open to Honours and Postgraduate Students. Applicants to be eligible should already be enrolled at a recognised WA tertiary institute and engaged in a relevant biophysical or socio‐economic aspect of agriculture, animal production, fisheries, forestry, natural resource management or food security.

Status: Closed
Applications open: CLOSED
Applications close: CLOSED