Scholarships on offer for research farming and agri-food projects

PROGRESSIVE individuals are being sought to apply for the 2012 Irish Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust bursaries to travel and research farming and agri-food projects.

The objective of the €10,000 scholarship is to identify future leaders of Irish agriculture and facilitate their quest to bring about meaningful change to benefit their community.

Trust chairman Derek McCabe said: “Successful applicants will first receive some training with fellow-Nuffield Scholars from around the world.

“After this initial stage, they will travel to research their topic of choice, and will be expected to prepare a comprehensive report, to be presented to the Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust, as well as various other Irish and international agricultural forums,” Mr McCabe added.

“A Nuffield scholarship is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel, make firm friendships, discover cultures and how the business of agriculture is run the world over, and return personally enriched for the benefit of one’s community,” Mr McCabe said.

- Application forms can downloaded from www.nuffield.ie; or by email: [e-mail]; forms must be returned by December 2, either by email or posted to the Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust, c/o Matt Ryan executive secretary, Rathmartin Road, Nenagh, Co Tipperary.