First Nations: Native Agriculture And Food Systems Initiative

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 purpose of the Native Agriculture and Food Systems Scholarship Program is to encourage more Native American college students to enter these fields so that they can better assist their communities with these efforts. First Nations will award scholarships to Native American college students majoring in agriculture and agriculture-related fields, including but not limited to agribusiness management, agriscience 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.

Amount: First Nations will award 20-25 $1,000-$1,500 scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic school year.

Eligibility: Applicants must:

• Be full-time undergraduate or graduate students majoring in an agricultural-related field, or be able to demonstrate how their degree program relates to Native food systems
• Be tribally-affiliated and able to provide documentation
• Have at least a 2.75 grade point average (GPA)
• Demonstrate a commitment to helping their community reclaim local food-system control

Link: https://www.firstnations.org/grantmaking-scholarship/

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