Nuffield Scholarship deadline looming: Cultivate your potential!

Ottawa, ON – Farmers are very familiar with the saying, “You reap what you sow.” This applies to everything from crops to personal development. Cultivate your potential with a 2026 Nuffield Canada Scholarship. Applications close June 30.
 
The Nuffield Canada Scholarship is a prestigious rural thought-leadership program available to Canadian citizens who are involved in any aspect of agriculture. Its goal is to attract mid-career men and women who are ready to challenge themselves by doing 10 weeks of self-directed international travel study to examine and research an agricultural topic they are passionate about. Once travel is completed, Scholars sum up their findings in a written report (approx. 10,000 words) and presentation to the Nuffield Canada at their annual general meeting.  
 
Nuffield Canada Scholarships, selected through a written and one-way video application process, are awarded to enterprising Canadians between the ages of 25 – 50(ish) with a passion for agriculture. Scholarship recipients can come from all areas of primary production including food, fibre, health care, biofuels, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture. Recipients can represent any aspect of the value chain such as primary production, processing, governance, communications, safety, mental health, and others. Nuffield Canada values diversity and encourages applicants from all production philosophies such as commercial, organic, cottage, medicinal, Indigenous, Halal, Kosher and others. Anyone interested in learning more about Nuffield Canada and the application process please visit www.nuffield.ca.
 
This $20,000 scholarship provides individuals with a unique opportunity to: access the world’s most extensive peer-to-peer network in food and farming; achieve personal development through travel and study; and deliver long-term benefits to Canadian farmers and growers, and to their industry as a whole. The experience results in personal and professional benefits, fast-tracking the scholar’s expertise, networking and personal development in a way that might otherwise take a lifetime to achieve. Scholars also add value to Canadian agriculture as many assume positions of greater influence in their field.