Sir Eric Smart bequeathed funds to The University of Western Australia to provide scholarships to assist and encourage a high-achieving student to undertake a masters degree at the University with a dissertation relating to agricultural productivity in grain crops in the Perth to Geraldton coastal region. Sir Eric Smart was a pioneer cereal producer in light land around Mingenew and, at one point, was considered the worlds largest individual wheat grower.
To be eligible, applicants must be:
(a) enrolled—
(i) full-time
(ii) in a master’s degree by coursework and dissertation offered by the Faculty of Science and
(iii) in the research development and/or research project units for the applicable course and
(b) undertaking research related to agricultural productivity that benefits the light lands between Perth and Geraldton in Western Australia.
