First Nations will award 20 to 25 US$1,000 to US$1,500 scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic school year to Native American college students majoring in agriculture and agriculture-related fields, including but not limited to agribusiness management, agriscience technologies, agronomy, animal husbandry, aquaponics, environmental studies, fisheries and wildlife, food production and safety, food-related policy and legislation, food science and technology, horticulture, irrigation science, and sustainable agriculture or food systems.
Applicants must:
1) be full-time undergraduate or graduate students majoring in an agricultural-related field, or be able to demonstrate how their degree program relates to Native food systems
2) be tribally-affiliated and able to provide documentation
3) have at least a 2.75 grade point average (GPA)
4) submit a letter of recommendation from faculty member
5) demonstrate a commitment to helping his/her community reclaim local food-system control.
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Purpose of the Program: to encourage more Native American college students to enter agriculture and agriculture-related fields so that they can better assist their communities with these efforts.
Application deadline: 30 September 2019 at 5:00 pm MDT.
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Friendly reminders:
1. Study similar calls (open and closed ones) that interest you to discover what they have in common and how you can think ahead/plan to apply = increase your chances of success!
2. Prepare/update paperwork (certificates and atests usually required from an organization like yours);
3. Write (baby steps...!) and discuss a project draft - to validate the priorities within your group and to train your grant writing skills;
4. Do not wait to find a call and then start writing your oroposal/project. Start now!!!
5. Visit the World Pulse website >>> My Pulse >>> Resources and then use its filters (right upper corner) to find what may really suit you;
6; Share the opportunities that may not apply to you but can interest others;
7. Spread the word about your failures and achievements in grant requests; yes, tell these storiies too... - they will enlighten and inspire your network.
Thanks, Ana.