The AW Howard Memorial Trust aims to promote and support pasture research.
Pasture Research Grants
- AW Howard Memorial Trust Early-Career Research Grant (up to $15,000).
- AW Howard Memorial Trust Grants-in-aid (up to $5,000 each).
- AW Howard Memorial Trust Honours Scholarship ($5,000 stipend plus $3,000 operating).
- AW Howard Memorial Trust Postgrad Research fellowships ($10,000 per annum up to 3.5 years).
- AW Howard Memorial Trust Study awards (up to $5,000 each).
Pastoral Industry Extension Study Awards
On alternate years, or at its discretion, the Trust will grant a study award worth up to $20,000.
Apply for an extension study award.
Australian Graziers or Rangeland Pastoralists Study Award
On alternate years, or at its discretion, the Trust will grant a study award worth up to $20,000.
Apply for a Graziers or Pastoralists study award.
Tim Healey Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship ($10,000 per annum up to 3.5 years) will be awarded annually to a deserving post-graduate student studying in a field that benefits the future of Australian farming.
Study areas include:
- pastures
- livestock management
- farming systems
- agronomy
- farm business management
- woody crops
- on-farm biodiversity
- socio-economic aspects of farming.
Apply for the Tim Healey Memorial Scholarship.
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 about AW Howard and the Trust:
- About the AW Howard Memorial Trust ()
- Early production of subterranean clover seed by AW Howard ()
- AW Howard Trust Constitution ()
- 2017 AW Howard Annual Report ()
- 2016 AW Howard Annual Report ()
- 2015 AW Howard Annual Report ()
Trust's medallists and orations
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. The awardees and their Orations have been:
- 2017 Dr Mike Ewing ()
- Mike Ewing Agronomy Conference 2017: https://youtu.be/4J_2lRRsriQ
- 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 ()
Enquiries
The Executive Officer
A W Howard Memorial Trust Inc.
C/- South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)
GPO Box 397
ADELAIDE SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8303 9400
Email: howard.trust@sa.gov.au
Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA) supports the AW Howard Memorial Trust Inc.