Celebrating a decade of involvement: Crawford Fund QLD scholarships now open for TropAg 2025

April 4, 2025

Are you a higher degree researcher from a developing country studying at a Queensland university? Passionate about food, fibre, and nutrition security or agricultural research and development?

You can attend and present your science at the TropAg 2025 international agriculture conference! Thanks to The Crawford Fund’s Queensland Committee, 10 scholars from developing countries will have the opportunity to engage with global experts, share their research, and expand their networks.

“These scholarships shine a light on the expertise being developed in Queensland universities amongst the next generation of researchers from developing countries,” said Professor Bob Lawn, Coordinator of the Queensland Committee.

“The Crawford Fund is very proud to have been supporting TropAg scholarships since the first TropAg conference in 2015. This opportunity to support students across commodities and scientific disciplines, from a number of countries, is a very important capacity building initiative for the Crawford Fund, and we look forward to it each year,” he added.

To be eligible for a Crawford-in-QLD TropAg 2025 Conference Scholarship, applicants must:

• Be an Honours or Postgraduate student from a developing country who is currently studying at a Queensland tertiary institute
• Be an author/co-author on a submitted TropAg 2025 Conference abstract
• Have access to other funds to cover their accommodation and travel expenses to the Conference.

The closing date for submissions is Friday 10 October 2025.

Check your eligibility and the selection criteria and apply now.

Abstracts will be assessed on their innovation, alignment with the themes of the TropAg 2025 conference, and the perceived potential of the research for scientific and/or on-the- ground impact in developing countries and in Australia.

If you are successful, a short blog (~250 words with photo/s) about your research will be featured on the Crawford Fund website leading up to the event.

The TropAg conference is hosted by The University of Queensland with support from the Queensland Government via the Department of Primary Industries.