First Nations Development Institute believes that reclaiming control over local food systems is an important step toward ensuring the long-lasting health and economic well-being of Native people and communities. Native food system control has the potential to increase food production, improve health and nutrition, and eliminate food insecurity in rural and reservation-based communities, while also promoting entrepreneurship and economic development.
The Native Agriculture and Food Systems Scholarship encourages more Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian college students to enter agriculture and food systems fields so that they can better assist their communities with their food systems efforts.
First Nations will award 20 to 25 scholarships of $1,000 to $1,500 for the 2023–2024 academic school year to Native college students majoring in agriculture and agriculture-related fields, including but not limited to agribusiness management, agri-science 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.
Application deadline: Thursday August 10, 2023, at 5 p.m. MDT
Please see our website for additional information or to apply.
Scholarship Award Timeline
- Application Open: Monday, July 10, 2023
- Application Close: Thursday, August 10, 2023, 5 p.m. MDT
- Applicant Notifications: September 25–29, 2023
- Scholars Awarded: November 2023
Questions?
Please contact A.J. Garcia at agarcia@firstnations.org or (720) 883-3450.
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This article was written by Hanali Lopez-Tapia on behalf of First Nations Development Institute.