Applications Are Open!
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Applications open: September 9th, 2024
Applications Close: January 17th, 2025 5 PM Central Time
Eligibility
TAF was designed to aid Native students in achieving their educational goals leading to careers in agriculture. The fellowship program provides a generous benefits package that can include up to four years of fellowship status, with funding to earn agricultural degrees or technical certifications.
- Rising and current technical, undergraduate, and graduate students
- Provide proof of Tribal enrollment or community connectedness
- Upon selection for TAF, provide acceptance/enrollment information for selected academic or certificate program
Upon selection for Tribal Agriculture Fellowship program, fellows will be required to:
- Sustain suitable academic progress
- Complete two (2) fellowship hours per month assigned by TAF staff
- Participate in all TAF required activities
- Provide semester updates to TAF Program Coordinator
- Serve as a peer mentor to upcoming Fellows
Have questions about the application?
Reach out to April, our program coordinator. Her email is [email protected] or phone is 479-871-2135.
Supporters
In recognition of the need for more agriculture education opportunities specifically geared toward Native students, the Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) established the Tribal Agriculture Fellowship (TAF) with additional support provided by John Deere, Farmer Mac and the Farm Credit.