Scholarships to help you fund your future
We have gathered information about a wide range of scholarships to help you fund your study or training in areas relevant to our food & fibre sectors.
Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to ensure that information is current and correct. But please contact the appropriate scholarship provider before making an application, as details change frequently.
Any amendments or additions please contact Suzy Newman, Agricultural and Horticultural Science Advisor, email: s.newman@stpauls.school.nz
Don Scott Agricultural Education Trust Grants
Closing Date: 19 Dec 2024
Open to students from the Manawatu/Rangitikei and Wanganui Federated Farmers Provinces, to pursue agricultural related studies or group learning initiatives.
Craig Scholarship
Closing Date: 31 Jan 2025
Open to current and former students of Stratford High School undertaking a tertiary agricultural or horticultural course.
James and Evelyn Gane Scholarship
Closing Date: 31 Jan 2025
Open to rural students about to enrol in their first year of an undergraduate degree or diploma at Lincoln University, intending to study a degree or diploma that will allow them to take up farming, horticulture or similar as a career.
C. Alma Baker Trust - Postgraduate Scholarships
Closing Date: 1 Feb 2025
Open to students enrolled or intending to enrol in masterate or doctoral programmes in the fields of agriculture, agriculture-related technologies or the study of rural society.
Northland On-Farm Residential Programme
Closing Date: 12 Feb 2025
Open to students aged between 18-24years who are looking to kick start their career in the dairy or sheep & beef sectors.
Alex C P Chu Trade for Training Scholarship
Closing Date: 25 Feb 2025
Open to students enrolled in either a postgraduate or undergraduate course in agriculture or horticulture at Massey University, who intend to study overseas as part of their programme.
Alexander and Gladys Shepherd Scholarships Trust
Closing Date: 27 Feb 2025
Open to students under the age of 21 years from Taranaki for the further continuation of tertiary education or training in the agricultural/farming sector.
Jersey New Zealand Scholarship
Closing Date: 28 Feb 2025
Open to students who have completed the first year of study who are members of Jersey New Zealand.
L.A. Alexander Tertiary Scholarship
Closing Date: 28 Feb 2025
Open to students from Taranaki/Waverley studying subjects relating to the primary industries, including agriculture, horticulture and veterinary programmes.
L.A. Alexander Postgraduate Scholarship
Closing Date: 28 Feb 2025
Open to students from Taranaki who have completed a degree and intend to pursue further post-graduate study.
L.A. Alexander Teaching Scholarship
Closing Date: 28 Feb 2025
Open to graduates who are New Zealand citizens or permanent residents and have completed an Undergraduate or Postgraduate Degree in agriculture/horticulture or related subjects and wish to proceed to a Diploma in Teaching (Secondary).
Diamond Jubilee Agricultural Tertiary Bursary
Closing Date: 1 Mar 2025
Open to students undertaking a full-time course of at least one year in an agricultural or other related subject. This includes related studies such as horticulture, veterinary, bee keeping, aqua farming and viticulture.
Edmund Sanderson Jeff Farm Training Award - Telford - Southern Institute of Technology.
Closing Date: 1 Mar 2025
Open to students with an interest in farming, and studying towards a degree, diploma or certificate at Telford, and require assistance on account of their financial situation, existing environment, or state of health.
Edmund Sanderson Jeff Farm Training Award - Lincoln University
Closing Date: 1 Mar 2025
Open to students with an interest in farming, and studying towards a degree, diploma or certificate at Lincoln University, and require assistance on account of their financial situation, existing environment, or state of health.
Allan Kay Undergraduate Memorial Scholarship
Closing Date: 3 Mar 2025
Open to students enrolled full-time in agriculture, horticulture or animal science at Massey University who are facing financial hardship.
Hawkes Bay Farm Improvement Club Trust Scholarships
Closing Date: 3 Mar 2025
Open to students who have successfully completed the first year of an agriculture degree and normally reside in the Hawke's Bay region.
Rongotea Lions Club Student Assistance Fund
Closing Date: 3 Mar 2025
Open to Manawatu students studying towards a degree in agriculture, horticulture, agribusiness or veterinary science at Massey University.
Sir John Logan Campbell Agricultural Scholarship
Closing Date: 3 Mar 2025
Open to students from an urban area wishing to undertake a degree in agriculture
Thornton Memorial Dairy Bursary
Closing Date: 3 Mar 2025
Open to students enrolled in an undergraduate degree with a focus on agriculture.
William Reed Scholarships
Closing Date: 3 Mar 2025
Open to students who once attended Palmerston North Boys High School studying a bachelor's degree, postgraduate diploma, or postgraduate degree with a focus on agriculture or horticulture.
Waitawhiti Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship
Closing Date: 3 Mar 2025
Open to students from the Wairarapa enrolled in a Bachelor's degree programme in agriculture or horticulture full-time at Massy University.
QEII Athol Patterson Bursary
Closing Date: 3 Mar 2025
Open to students in their first year of study, and be enrolled in an undergraduate degree at Massey University either in agriculture or environmental management.
Charles W R Smith Memorial Scholarship
Closing Date: 3 Mar 2025
Open to students who have completed the first year for an undergraduate degree in agriculture at Massey University.
Brian Aspin Memorial Scholarship
Closing Date: 9 Mar 2025
Open to students at Massey or Lincoln Universities at Honours or Masters Level, studying in an area of Agriculture, Agriculture Science, or Science (majoring in areas such as, Agricultural Biotechnology, Biochemistry or Animal Science).
Lois Turnbull Postgraduate Scholarship
Closing Date: 10 Mar 2025
Open to postgraduate female students enrolled for a Masters or PhD programme at Massey University, and studying a topic that will benefit horticulture or agriculture industries.
Professor Ren Jizhou Scholarship
Closing Date: 10 Mar 2025
Open to Chinese students enrolled in either a first degree or a postgraduate degree or diploma in Applied Academic Programme disciplines relevant to agriculture.
Colin Holmes Dairy Scholarships
Closing Date: 10 Mar 2025
Open to students of Massey University enrolled at postgraduate level in studies on farm production topics beneficial to the dairy industry.
Lawson Robinson Hawke's Bay A&P Society Scholarship
Closing Date: 23 Mar 2025
Open to Hawke's Bay students currently enrolled in a full time land based production industries programme, either graduate or post-graduate, at a New Zealand University.
New Zealand Grassland Trust Levy Student Scholarship - Lincoln
Closing Date: 30 Mar 2025
Open to students from Lincoln University embarking on the second year of a Bachelor of Agriculture Degree or a Bachelor of Applied Science Degree in the agricultural area.
New Zealand Grassland Trust Levy Student Scholarship - Massey
Closing Date: 30 Mar 2025
Open to students from Massey University embarking on the second year of a Bachelor of Agriculture Degree or a Bachelor of Applied Science Degree in the agricultural area.
Mangatu Blocks Incorporation-Ravensdown Scholarship
Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025
Open to children of Mangatu Blocks shareholders to undertake an agricultural or horticultural degree.
Tahora-Ravensdown Scholarship
Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025
Open to children of Tahora shareholders to undertake an agricultural or horticultural degree at either Lincoln, Waikato, or Massey University.
Animal & Plant Health NZ (formerly AGCARM) Agricultural Scholarship
Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025
This is an undergraduate scholarship for a student that is studying full-time, who wants to pursue a career in sustainable crop and animal production or related agribusiness sectors.
You will be studying one of these programmes:
- Bachelor of Agricultural Science
- Bachelor of Horticultural Science
- Bachelor of Agribusiness
FMG Agriculture Scholarship
Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025
Each year we help two promising agriculture students starting their first year at university. FMG's agriculture scholarship provides.
If you're passionate about starting your career in the agriculture industry, can maintain a B- average, and are looking to study one of the following areas (or something similar) with an agriculture focus, apply now.
Henry Marfell Trust Scholarship
Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025
Open to students from New Plymouth Boys High School who have completed at least one year at University in a course leading to a degree or diploma in agriculture or veterinary science
Charles and Ella Elgar Trust Bursaries
Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025
Open to students who are discharged servicemen, or the children of discharged servicemen, studying agriculture.
Craigmore Sustainables Postgraduate Scholarship
Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025
Open to postgraduate students (Honours/Masters, PhD) enrolled at Lincoln University, with an agriculture or agricultural area research project.
E.P. Parcell Memorial Scholarship
Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025
Open to students from the Southland region, undertaking agricultural qualifications at Lincoln University.
Hine Rangi Trust (Northland) Scholarship
Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025
Open to students usually resident in Northland, who are in their final year of study at Lincoln University involving research that could be of benefit to Northland farmers and growers.
Sir Turi Carroll Centennial Scholarship
Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025
Open to students of Maori descent who have completed the first year of a land-based degree at Lincoln University
William John Cartwright Trust Scholarship
Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025
Open to students who are enrolling for the first time in the first year of a Diploma in Farm Management or Horticultural Management at Lincoln University, and have resided in the South Canterbury region
PKW-Ballance Agri-Nutrients Undergraduate Scholarship
Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025
Open to whakapapa of at least one of the eight iwi of Taranaki.
Haane Manahi Memorial Scholarship
Closing Date: 7 Apr 2025
Open to Ngati Whakaue descendents wishing to further their education in forestry, farming or trades at any tertiary provider.
The John Perrin Scholarship
Closing Date: 30 Apr 2025
Open to students studying agriculture or related science at either Lincoln, Massey or Waikato University.
Lone Star Farms Scholarship
Closing Date: 2 May 2025
Open to students studying towards a Diploma in Farm Management or an Agricultural degree at Lincoln University.
Regina Rudland Memorial Scholarship
Closing Date: 31 May 2025
Open to a full-time Māori student of Ngāti Porou descent, undertaking study in the field of Agriculture or Apiculture at Level 3 or higher.
John Mowbray Howard Tripp Agricultural Scholarship
Closing Date: 31 May 2025
Open to students from the Canterbury region who are enrolled in a degree related to the land-based industries at Lincoln University.
David Levene Foundation Bursaries
Closing Date: 1 Jun 2025
Open to students undertaking full-time study towards a Bachelors of AgriScience, AgriCommerce, Science, Information Science or Technology at Massey University, and who would otherwise be unable to study due to financial hardship.
Smedley Station & Cadet Training Farm
Closing Date: 19 Jul 2025
Open to students between 16 and 20 years of age and studying in at least their third year of secondary education, who aspire to a career in farming and agribusiness.
Jeff Farm Cadetship
Closing Date: 1 Sep 2025
Open to students aged 16-20 years, in at least their 3rd year of secondary school, who wish to undertake a career in farming.
Helen Graham Charitable Trust (in conjunction with The Thomas Bevan Family Charitable Trust)
Closing Date: 1 Sep 2025
Open to current students of Horowhenua College, Waiopehu College, Manawatu College or Otaki College intending to study towards a career in either horticulture, forestry, fishing, veterinary or environmental science.
Andrew Turnbull Scholarship
Closing Date: 10 Sep 2025
Open to students enrolled in the 1st Year of an undergraduate degree in agriculture at Massey University, who were enrolled in the intermediate veterinary programme in Semester 1.
Whangarei Agricultural & Pastoral Society Scholarship
Closing Date: 16 Sep 2025
Open to students from within the boundaries of the Northland Regional Council area, contemplating or who are already participating in agricultural-related tertiary study.
North Otago Irrigation Company scholarship
Closing Date: 28 Sep 2025
Open to students from, or attending a high school in North Otago, who plan on studying Agriculture at a tertiary institute.
Doris Swadling Trust Agriculture Scholarship
Closing Date: 30 Sep 2025
Open to Taranaki students under the age of 21 for the continuation of tertiary education in the agriculture/farming sector.
Argyle Award
Closing Date: 30 Sep 2025
Open to students from the Marlborough region (either attending secondary school, or resident in), intending to study agriculture or environmental management at Lincoln University.
Lincoln University Young Farmers TeenAg Scholarship
Closing Date: 30 Sep 2025
Open to competitors in the TeenAg competition in the year immediately prior to commencing study, or in the year that they commence study at Lincoln University.
W.T. Scott Lincoln Scholarship
Closing Date: 30 Sep 2025
Open to Roncalli College graduates who intend to study at Lincoln University in the area of Agriculture or Horticulture.
Sydney Campbell Undergraduate Scholarship
Closing Date: 1 Oct 2025
Open to students from the Wairarapa taking courses in Agriculture or Horticulture.
Don Hulston Foundation Scholarship
Closing Date: 1 Oct 2025
Open to postgraduate students from Lincoln University, who plan to undertake research related to practical and applied research in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, aquaculture, or other areas of benefit to the New Zealand economy.
Align Scholarships
Closing Date: 1 Oct 2025
Open to full time undergraduate students enrolled in a Food and Fibre-related undergraduate programme at either Massey or Lincoln University.
NZPPS Research Scholarship
Closing Date: 11 Oct 2025
Open to postgraduate students undertaking research in relevant disciplines, on topics relating to the control of pests, pathogens and/or weeds in primary production or the natural or human environments.
George Powell Trust
Closing Date: 21 Oct 2025
Open to students from the wider Whanganui region who aspire to a career in farming, agriculture or horticulture.
Audrey Reid Grant
Closing Date: 30 Oct 2025
Open to people over 25 years of age who wish to extend their education or training focusing on subjects that will benefit rural communities, for example agriculture or horticulture.
John R.Templin Scholarship
Closing Date: 31 Oct 2025
Open to students from Lincoln University, who have undertaken a degree broadly related to Horticulture, and intend on continuing on to postgraduate study, work experience, or research in the USA or Canada.
Ann Sinclair Charitable Trust
Closing Date: 31 Oct 2025
Open to students from the Presbyterian Support Central area, wishing to study farming, agriculture or horticulture.
LW Nelson Agricultural Scholarship
Closing Date: 31 Oct 2025
Open to Northland high school students who wish to further their education at an agricultural institution, and intend to take a course for a minimum of three years.
John Chaytor Memorial Scholarship
Closing Date: 31 Oct 2025
Open to students from the Marlborough District to take a diploma or degree course in agriculture or horticulture at Lincoln University.
South Island Agricultural Field Days Inc. Scholarships
Closing Date: 31 Oct 2025
Open to Young Farmers Club members, who are currently, or will shortly be commencing, full time study at Lincoln University to improve their skills and knowledge in relation to farming.
Peter Laing Memorial Trust Grants
Closing Date: 8 Nov 2025
Open to students from the Wairarapa region with intentions to follow a practical agriculture career, with a focus on pastoral farming.
Holstein Friesian New Zealand Scholarship
Closing Date: 8 Nov 2025
Open to members of Holstein Friesian New Zealand undertaking tertiary education in a study area related toHolstein Friesian New Zealand and/or the dairy sector.
Westland Milk Products University Scholarship - Undergraduate
Closing Date: 13 Nov 2025
Open to students from the West Coast region who intend undertaking or completing a Bachelor's or Honours Degree in study areas relevant to Westland Milk Products.
Westland Milk Products University Scholarship - Master's
Closing Date: 13 Nov 2025
Open to students from the West Coast region who intend to undertake a Master's Degree in study areas relevant to Westland Milk Products.
Bashford-Nicholls Charitable Trust Undergraduate Scholarships
Closing Date: 15 Nov 2025
Open to students from the Taranaki region intending to study agriculture or veterinary sciences.
Bashford-Nicholls Charitable Trust Postgraduate study (Doctoral) Scholarships
Closing Date: 15 Nov 2025
Open to students from the Taranaki region intending to complete Doctoral study in the fields of agriculture or veterinary sciences.
Bashford-Nicholls Charitable Trust Postgraduate study (Masters) Scholarships
Closing Date: 15 Nov 2025
Open to students from the Taranaki region intending to complete Masters study in the fields of agriculture or veterinary sciences.
Robert Gibson Methodist Trust Board Bursary
Closing Date: 20 Nov 2025
Open to any young person attending University, Polytechnic, or other approved educational institutions, who desires to follow an agricultural course
Harwood Farm Trust Scholarship
Closing Date: 25 Nov 2025
Open to students with a connection to the East Coast of the North Island, with an interest in training/education in farming and its related disciplines.
Awarua Trust Scholarship
Closing Date: 30 Nov 2025
Open to students from the Morrinsville area wishing to study agricultural related courses at a tertiary institution.
Winton A & P Association Research Farm Scholarship
Closing Date: 1 Dec 2025
Open to members of the Winton A & P Association or their immediate family, intending to study agricultural-related courses through a Tertiary Institute course, either full or part-time.
Poverty Bay A&P Scholarship
Closing Date: 5 Dec 2025
Open to full time students from the Gisborne or East Coast region who wish to be involved in the primary sectors.
Hugh Williams Memorial Scholarship
Closing Date: 6 Dec 2025
Open to children of Ravensdown shareholders to undertake an agricultural or horticultural degree at either Lincoln, Waikato, or Massey University.
Central Plateau Vet Society Inc. Undergraduate Scholarship
Closing Date: 6 Dec 2025
Open to current and former students of the wider Taupo District area Colleges, or family members of the Central Plateau Vet Society Inc members, intending to study Veterinary Science or an Agricultural related degree at either Massey or Lincoln University.