Australian Scholarship - AW Howard Memorial Trust

The AW Howard Memorial Trust was established by the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (now AIAST) in 1964 to commemorate the unique contribution of Amos Howard in the use of subterranean clover as a pasture plant in Australia.
In 1889 Amos William Howard found subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum) growing. He recognised its great promise and was the pioneer of its use in sown pastures.
Through Amos Howard's foresight, devotion and tireless effort, the value of subterranean clover was firmly established and has become the most important pasture plant in Australia. It has multiplied flocks and herds by transforming millions of acres of infertile soils into productive pasture land and increased our harvests by restoring the fertility of large tracts of worn out wheat lands.
The aim of the Trust is to encourage and promote research and investigation in the fields of natural science and social science, including economics which relate to the development, management and use of pastures.

The Trust annually awards the following three grants relating to pasture research:

• Travel grants are allocated to allow participation in international conferences (noting that the 22nd International Grasslands Congress will be held in Sydney in September 2013). Up to $3,500 each may be provided for travel grants to assist scientists to undertake overseas study tours and attend conferences
• Research fellowships in the form of top-up postgraduate stipends of $5,000 per annum for up to 3 years
• Grants-in-aid up to $5,000 to Australian organisations, associations, communities or persons that seek financial aid for projects relating to pasture research.

Two specialist study awards are made biennially or at a frequency determined by the Trust

• Study awards up to $20,000 for Australian Pastoral Industry Extension Specialists, Consultants and Agribusiness staff. 

The Australian Grazing or Rangeland Extension Consultants, Advisers and Agribusiness Specialists Award; and Australian Graziers or Rangeland Pastoralists Award are aimed at study tours either in Australia or overseas to examine successful grazing systems and practices that are perceived to have economic, social and environmental benefits to Australian pastoral industries and rural communities.  They are aimed at promoting producer and adviser excellence and leadership.  The value of each Award may be up to $20,000.
The Amos W Howard Medal and Oration is also awarded biennially by the Trust

Applications open 3 January 2013 and close on 28 March 2013, and should be sent to:

The Executive Secretary
A W Howard Memorial Trust Inc.
C/- South Australian Research and Development Institute
GPO Box 397
ADELAIDE SA 5001
Telephone: (08) 8303 9401
E-mail: jenny.harvy@sa.gov.au

Applicants will be notified of the outcome by the end of May 2013.

Past Howard Trust Medallists and Orations

• 2010 – Dr James Ridsdill-Smith Medallist and Oration

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