For the first time, Farmers for Climate Action is offering a career-defining Climate Smart Farming Scholarship to 20 leading farmers across Australia.

The scholarship will provide you with an opportunity to learn from internationally-recognised climate experts, including Nobel Prize winners, who will equip you with the tools needed to deal with a changing climate in your business, become a climate leader in your industry and be able to discuss impacts, adaptation and mitigation with your peers. It will provide you with the most up-to-date information available in Australia around building on-farm resilience to climate impacts. It will also give you the skills needed to have a positive impact on the future of your industry.

The scholarship will cover: 

• Carbon accounting on farm, delivered by the University of Melbourne
  • GHG emissions and sequestration on farm
  • Carbon neutral agriculture
  • Soil carbon benefits, limitations and options
  • Opportunities to ask questions of globally recognised experts
• Accounting for Nature workshop 
  • Gain an understanding of a scientifically-rigorous methodology for measuring environmental conditions
  • Get a foot up in the growing ecosystem services market
• Agriculture and climate change course delivered by the Australian National University
  • Access to world leading professors and Nobel Prize winners with the topics tailored to your interests
  • Covering the latest climate science and adaptation options
  • Learn about the implications for Australian agriculture and rural communities
  • Direct focus on the industries represented by our scholars
• Media and advocacy training, which will equip you with the skills you need to tell your story and have a wider impact.
• Regular virtual catch-ups with fellow scholars to talk about farming and leadership challenges 

The scholarship will run over 5 months from 28 November 2022 to 31 March 2023.

Applications close Midnight 24 October 2022

For more information or to apply Click Here.