The Gary Sansom Scholarship aims to uncover future chicken meat industry supporters and leaders, providing funding and a wealth of support to help students make their mark on the industry right from the beginning.
Worth up to $35,000 (over three years or the length of the degree), the prestigious Gary Sansom Scholarship will seek to identify high quality students, foster a career pathway in the chicken meat industry and support industry relevant research.
This Scholarship was established in honour of former AgriFutures Chicken Meat Advisory Panel Chair and Australian Chicken Meat Federation President, Gary Sansom, who himself was a great leader of the chicken meat industry. Mr Sansom was a long-standing supporter of programs encouraging new people into the chicken meat industry and championed several communication and training initiatives vital to the industry. This Scholarship in his name aims to do just that, encourage new people into the chicken meat industry and support them to build a thriving career in the industry.
Each scholar is provided with support and opportunities:
- Attendance at poultry industry conferences
- An industry supervisor (coordinated by AgriFutures Australia)who will provide study and career pathway support
- Career pathway assistance post-scholarship and studies; AgriFutures Chicken meat Program will assist the scholar in making contact with industry members in areas where the scholar is interested in pursuing a career, as well as providing networking opportunities throughout the scholarship period.
The Scholarship will support Mr Sansom’s vision for the industry – to ensure it is valued and respected by all sectors and the Australian community and aims to develop leadership in the research community.
The successful candidate will be a broad thinker; someone who wants to contribute to the Australian chicken meat industry long term. We are looking for people who want to make a difference to the chicken meat industry by conducting research which can be readily applied by the industry. We are also looking for people who want to contribute to the industry by providing leadership in the future.
Applicants must be an Australian citizen or resident and enrolled or eligible to enrol at an Australian University undertaking postgraduate study (PhD, Masters or Honours degree or equivalent). In addition, students must be willing to have a member of the Australian chicken meat industry as a supervisor and have a desire to contribute to the Australian chicken meat industry in the long term.
Students and industry professionals with an interest in, and commitment to, the chicken meat industry are encouraged to apply.
