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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

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Found 71 of 222 scholarships:

NZPPS Research Scholarship

Closing Date: 11 Oct 2024

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.

Dan Watkins Scholarship in Weed Science

Closing Date: 11 Oct 2024

Open to postgraduate students in NZ, undertaking research into the biology and control of weeds in New Zealand.

Food Transitions 2050 PhD Scholarships

Closing Date: 13 Oct 2024

Open to postgraduate students interested in food sustainability research. 

Audrey Reid Grant

Closing Date: 30 Oct 2024

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.

GoHort Internship program

Closing Date: 30 Oct 2024

Open to university students and career changers who are keen to gain hands-on experience of various horticultural career opportunities.

John R.Templin Scholarship 

Closing Date: 31 Oct 2024

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.

Lincoln University Centennial Trust Travel Awards

Closing Date: 31 Oct 2024

Open to students who are studying an agricultural or land based degree at Lincoln University and wish to undertake a recognised exchange or study abroad programme. 

Sinclair Cummings Veterinary and Animal Sciences Scholarship

Closing Date: 1 Nov 2024

Open to postgraduate students undertaking postgraduate research within the School of Veterinary Science or the School of Agriculture and Environment.

Owen Browning Scholarships in Forestry

Closing Date: 1 Nov 2024

Open to postgraduate students who have been admitted or who are eligible for admission to postgraduate studies in Forestry at the University of Canterbury.

T W Adams Scholarship in Forestry

Closing Date: 1 Nov 2024

Open to postgraduate students accepted for enrolment in the MForSc or PhD in Forestry programmes at the University of Canterbury

John W & Carrie McLean Trust Scholarship

Closing Date: 1 Nov 2024

Open to postgraduate students from Lincoln Unversity planning to undertake sheep research.

Westland Milk Products University Scholarship - Master's

Closing Date: 13 Nov 2024

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 Postgraduate study (Doctoral) Scholarships

Closing Date: 15 Nov 2024

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 2024

Open to students from the Taranaki region intending to complete Masters study in the fields of agriculture or veterinary sciences.

Meat Industry Postgraduate Scholarships

Closing Date: 27 Nov 2024

Open to postgraduate students at a tertiary institution who are looking to contribute their skills to the red meat sector in the future.

Patrick Shannon Scholarship

Closing Date: 28 Nov 2024

Open to students in their final year of study (fourth year Honours, or Masters) who intend on enrolling in a PhD programme.

Awarua Trust Scholarship

Closing Date: 30 Nov 2024

Open to students from the Morrinsville area wishing to study agricultural related courses at a tertiary institution.

Clark Fletcher Memorial Citrus Bursary

Closing Date: 30 Nov 2024

Open to tertiary students with specific interest in the citrus industry.

Horticulture NZ Postgraduate Scholarship

Closing Date: 1 Dec 2024

Open to people undertaking postgraduate study in horticulture or related fields. 

Every year Horticulture New Zealand and the New Zealand Fruitgrowers Charitable Trust each offer one scholarship to a postgraduate student studying in New Zealand. These scholarships are offered to students undertaking postgraduate study because innovation and tackling challenges head-on is critical to the horticulture industry's future success.

Onion Industry Postgraduate Scholarship

Closing Date: 15 Dec 2024

Open to students who wish to undertake postgraduate research that is of relevance to the New Zealand Onion industry. 

Wood Industry Research and Education Trust - Postgraduate Studies

Closing Date: 31 Jan 2025

Open to students studying towards a postgraduate tertiary qualification that has relevance to a career in the forestry or wood sectors.

Students who are commencing study (either full or part-time) towards a postgraduate qualification that has relevance to an intended career in the forestry or wood sectors OR continuing study (either full or part-time) towards a postgraduate qualification that has relevance to an intended career in the forestry and wood sectors,

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. 

Bee Nilson Scholarships in Human Nutrition and Food Science

Closing Date: 15 Feb 2025

Open to students enrolling in either a one year Honours Degree or in the papers year of a Masters degree in either Human Nutrition or Food Science/Consumer Food Science.

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.

Bragato Post Graduate Scholarship

Closing Date: 28 Feb 2025

Open to postgraduate students enrolled in a Postgraduate course of study in a course of relevence to the viticulture and wine industry.

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).

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).

Les Batkin Bursary

Closing Date: 10 Mar 2025

Open to students specialising in poultry husbandry at Massey University.

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.

Murray Richards Bursary

Closing Date: 10 Mar 2025

Open to students at Massey University majoring in Horticulture at undergraduate or postgraduate level.

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.

Helen E. Akers Postgraduate Scholarship

Closing Date: 10 Mar 2025

Open to students who want to or are studying a postgraduate diploma, postgraduate degree, or a doctoral degree with a focus on agriculture or horticulture.

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.

C V Fife Memorial Scholarship

Closing Date: 10 Mar 2025

Open to students enrolled full time for a postgraduate degree or postgraduate diploma in soil science at Massey University.

Bowler Ravensdown Scholarship in Soil Science

Closing Date: 10 Mar 2025

Open to postgraduate students at Massey University studying soil science full time.

Noeleen Olson Horticulture Masters Scholarship

Closing Date: 10 Mar 2025

Open to students enrolled in a master's degree in horticultural science at Massey University.

Hudson and McGowan Scholarship

Closing Date: 10 Mar 2025

Open to Massey University graduates who want to or currently be studying a postgraduate degree or diploma with a focus on agriculture or horticulture.

Taranaki Tree Crops Scholarship

Closing Date: 10 Mar 2025

Open to a postgraduate student undertaking a research project relevant to tree crop culture in New Zealand.

Johannes August Anderson Postgraduate Scholarship

Closing Date: 10 Mar 2025

Open to students enrolled in a postgraduate diploma, postgraduate degree, or doctoral degree with a focus on agriculture or horticulture at Massey University.

John Hodgson Pastoral Science Scholarship

Closing Date: 10 Mar 2025

Open to candidates who want to or are undertaking research in the field of or related to pastoral science at postgraduate level.

MPI Postgraduate Science Scholarship

Closing Date: 11 Mar 2025

Open to postgraduate students undertaking Masters or PhD degrees, in a research area relevant to, and meeting capability needs of MPI or the primary industries.

FAR Postgraduate Scholarship (Massey)

Closing Date: 15 Mar 2025

Open to students undertaking postgraduate research with a topic in an area relating to the New Zealand arable farming sector.

FAR Postgraduate Scholarship (Lincoln)

Closing Date: 15 Mar 2025

Open to students undertaking postgraduate research with a topic in an area relating to the New Zealand arable farming sector.

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.

Robert C Bruce Charitable Trust Research Grants

Closing Date: 29 Mar 2025

Open to postgraduate research directly related to forests and afforestation.

Don Linklater Memorial Bursary

Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025

Open to students from the Horizons Region studying in areas relevant to Horizons Regional Council's work.

Murray King Montford Trimble Foundation Scholarship

Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025

Open to Wairarapa students currently undertaking a degree in soil conservation, sustainable land management, integrated catchment, or natural ecosystem management at a New Zealand university.

RDK Agricultural Engineering Scholarship

Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025

Open to students in their final year of study (Bachelor's or Honours), with at least one course in agricultural engineering

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.

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.

Kathleen Ann Stevens Scholarship

Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025

Open to graduates of Lincoln University to undertake postgraduate study into Animal or Wool Science.

Margaret Watling Scholarship

Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025

Open to students from the South Island to further their studies or obtain practical experience in a horticulture-related field at Lincoln University.

Frank Sydenham Scholarship

Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025

Open to former students from schools within the statutory boundary of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council studying towards a post-graduate horticulture, agriculture, or forestry degree.

Burnett Research Scholarship

Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025

Open to students at Lincoln University undertaking research with a science focus that would benefit agricultural science in New Zealand.

John Reeves Memorial Scholarship

Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025

Open to students entering their final year of study towards a Bachelor of Agricultural Science with Honours degree at Lincoln University.

MacMillan Brown Agricultural Research Scholarship

Closing Date: 31 Mar 2025

Open to candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy who wish to undertake research work in some problem bearing on agriculture or horticulture.

Sustainable Land Use (SLU) Advanced Scholarship for postgraduate students

Closing Date: 13 Apr 2025

Open to honours, postgraduate and masters students at Massey University, studying at post graduate level to research topics of relevance to Horizons Regional Councils SLUI programme.

Sustainable Land Use (SLU) Advanced Scholarship for Year 3 and postgraduate students

Closing Date: 13 Apr 2025

Open to students in their third year, honours year, or Masters at Massey University, specialising in soil science, land use mapping, and land management.

The John Perrin Scholarship

Closing Date: 30 Apr 2025

Open to students studying agriculture or related science at either Lincoln, Massey or Waikato University.

Norman Cunningham Scholarship

Closing Date: 1 May 2025

Open to undergraduate or postgraduate veterinary students with a passion for animal breeding, welfare, and disease prevention and treatment.

Graham Chalmers Allen Memorial Scholarship in Veterinary Science

Closing Date: 1 May 2025

Open to undergraduate or postgraduate veterinary science students with a passion for horses.

Frank Hutchinson Postgraduate Scholarship

Closing Date: 17 May 2025

Open to students enrolled for a forestry or forestry related postgraduate degree at a New Zealand University.

Sparling Environmental Travel Award

Closing Date: 31 May 2025

Open to post graduate students at the University of Waikato undertaking research in the areas of environmental studies, natural sciences, or agricultural sciences.

Otago-Southland (Forestry) Award

Closing Date: 27 Jun 2025

Open to students undertaking a research project of relevance to forestry in the Otago-Southland region.

Colliers Rural and Agribusiness Valuation Scholarship

Closing Date: 26 Aug 2025

Open to students at Lincoln University entering their third or fourth year of study towards a degree specialising in Valuation.

Tonganui Scholarship

Closing Date: 9 Sep 2025

Open to Māori professionals seeking to pursue excellence in the Oceans sector.

Alistair Betts Scholarship

Closing Date: 10 Sep 2025

Open to postgraduate students studying agribusiness and researching a topic related to New Zealand exports.

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.

Pukehou Poutū Scholarship

Closing Date: 1 Oct 2025

Open to New Zealand university graduates to undertake postgraduate study in either agricultural or silvicultural science.