Grants, scholarships and awards from the AW Howard Memorial Trust
SARDI facilitates the AW Howard Memorial Trust in its promotion and support of pasture research.
Pasture research grants
- Early-Career Research Grants – up to $30,000
- Grants-in-aid – up to $5,000 each
- Honours and Masters Scholarships – $7,000 stipend plus $3,000 operating
- Postgraduate Research Fellowships – $40,000 per annum up to 3.5 years
- Study Awards – up to $7,500 each
Study awards
On alternate years, or at its discretion, the Trust will grant a study award worth up to $20,000 in 2 categories:
Tim Healey Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship worth $10,000 per annum for up to 3.5 years is awarded annually to a deserving postgraduate student in a field that benefits the future of Australian farming.
Find out more about the Tim Healey Memorial Scholarship.
AW Howard Medal
The AW Howard Medal is awarded biennially to a person who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of pastures in Australia.
After the medal presentation ceremony, the awardee is invited to give an oration to recognise their efforts.
Awardees and orations
- 2024 – Dr Richard Simpson
- 2022 – Associate Professor Max Shelton
Leucaena: seven decades of research, development and extension – what have we achieved, and what’s next? ( ) - 2019 – Mr Charles de Fegely
The enduring role of AW Howard’s sub clover in a productive livestock system ( ) - 2017 – Dr Mike Ewing
Domestication of pasture and forage legumes for Australian Farming Systems; a personal
perspective ( ) – watch the presentation on YouTube - 2015 – Mr Bob Reid
50 years of pasture genetic resources and their utilisation in Australian grazing systems ( ) - 2013 – Emeritus Professor Ted Wolfe
Legumes, livestock and livelihood in the Australian mixed farming system ( ) - 2011 – Dr James Ridsdill-Smith
Insects in pastures: a hidden force ( )
About the Trust
The Australian Institute of Agricultural Science – now Ag Institute Australia (AIAST) – established the trust in 1964.
The Trust commemorates the contribution of Amos William Howard to the adoption and use of subterranean clover as a pasture plant in Australia. Thanks to Howard’s pioneering efforts, the subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) has:
- become one of the most important pasture plants in Australia
- transformed millions of acres of infertile soil into productive pasture land
- increased our harvests by restoring land fertility and worn out wheat lands.
More information
- Early production of subterranean clover seed by AW Howard ( )
- Constitution of the AW Howard Memorial Trust ( )
Annual report
- AW Howard Memorial Trust Annual Report 2023 ()
- AW Howard Memorial Trust Annual Report 2022 ()
- AW Howard Memorial Trust Annual Report 2021 ()
- AW Howard Memorial Trust Annual Report 2020 ()
- AW Howard Memorial Trust Annual Report 2019 ()
- AW Howard Memorial Trust Annual Report 2018 ()
- AW Howard Memorial Trust Annual Report 2017 ()
- AW Howard Memorial Trust Annual Report 2016 ()
- AW Howard Memorial Trust Annual Report 2015 ()