ACT Committee
The Fund’s Australian Capital Territory Program was established in 2006. Its location in Canberra provides a great opportunity to work with several Departments and Agencies of the Australian Government including ACIAR and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade – and with a number of the peak bodies that are part of the Australian agricultural, forestry and fisheries industries. The organisation also has access to eminent researchers in scientific organisations and universities based in the nation’s capital, including the Australian National University (ANU), the University of Canberra (UC) and CSIRO.
The Program focuses across the Indo-Pacific in line with Australia’s development policy. Travel and training activities are supported on a case-by-case basis. These activities reflect the ACT’s strength in technical, economic, resource management and policy research that has national and international implication and impact. A brochure summarising our activities is available here.
2025 Crawford Fund Student Awards – ACT
As part of our efforts to support and encourage the next generation in study, careers and volunteering in international agricultural research, the Crawford Fund proudly supports our Student Awards. These awards have been developed specifically to enable university students to gain valuable experience and expertise by bringing an international component to their studies and research.
The Crawford Fund 2025 Student Awards are now open!
In the ACT, applications are invited from honours and postgraduate students interested in gaining international agricultural research experience in developing countries, with a maximum of $5,000 awarded. We strongly recommend you read this general background information before you start your online application and we encourage you to contact the Coordinator (listed in the background document) for any clarification you may need. The short online application form will require you to attach a brief CV, the signatures of, or a supporting note from, the authorised officers approving your application, and details of at least one referee.
Apply online here, and take a look at the suggested reporting guidelines for an idea of what is expected once the experience is over.
PLEASE NOTE THAT APPROVED AWARDEES’ TRAVEL WILL NEED TO COMPLY WITH DFAT TRAVEL ADVICE FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH PURPOSES.
The closing date for the 2025 Student Awards is COB 12 May 2025.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2024 STUDENT AWARD RECIPIENTS!
Congratulations to the 3 successful applicants from the ACT, who received 2024 awards to gain experience in international agricultural research and development first hand.
2025 Crawford Fund Henzell Awards
The Crawford Fund is offering travel awards, thanks to support from Ted and Frances Henzell and their family, designed specifically for undergraduate students who are in their second or subsequent year of undergraduate study at an Australian university, and are Australian citizens or permanent residents. The awards are for brief visits to a specific but broad range of tropical countries where there is work underway for food and nutrition security.
All the details are available here.
The closing date for the 2025 Henzell Awards is also COB 12 May 2025.
ACT Crawford Fund Scholars: 2024 Annual Conference
Each year, the Crawford Fund Committees offer Conference Scholarships for students and young researchers to attend the annual conference. The Scholarship provides funds to cover expenses such as travel, accommodation and registration.
In 2024, we had a bumper crop of 40 2024 Annual Conference scholarship winners from universities and organisations across Australia! This took our conference scholar alumni to almost 500 young students and researchers and industry representatives with an interest in reshaping agriculture to better address food security, the nutritional needs of a growing population, and the environment.
ACT Committee in the News
- Empowering farmers through citizen science: insights from the Indus Basin, Pakistan
- “The 2024 Crawford Fund Conference feels like my first big step towards the career I’ve been dreaming of, and I couldn’t be more grateful” – Our Scholar Reflections from the ACT
- Drone pilot training to boost digital agriculture skills
- Exploring Brassica carinata as a biofuel crop
- Beyond the pumps: multilayered realities of irrigation for Nepal’s small farmers
Events
- Your invitation to: Food Security, Climate Resilience and Innovation
- Crawford Fund at ABARES Outlook Conference
- Celebrating Australians in International Agricultural Research