Brayden Fitzpatrick: Horticulture

Proudly Supported by Mayfield Garden

Hopefully, with further exposure and education, one day I will be able to open a tissue culture lab alongside my nursery. 

Ellen Goodwin: Horticulture

Proudly Supported by NGINA

I aim to inspire other young women that horticulture is a creative and fulfilling career.

Tyler Howard: Horticulture

I want to focus my professional career on bringing sustainable ornamental horticulture to the common urban domain.

Mitchell Cassimatis: Sustainable Building

My niche interest in construction is green sustainable architecture.

Mitchell Cross: Landscape Construction

I am a mechanically minded person, and I thoroughly enjoy the process of creating a structure from organic material, into something that is a far more complex work of art.

Kevin Dirks: Cabinet Making

This experience will help me create a high end, competitive business, right here in Australia.

Jarrard Martin: Cookery

I am interested in learning about regional foods and appropriate cooking and preparation methods. I am also interested in staff sustainability.

Marcello Galuppo: Green Infrastructure

Innovation Scholarship

† 2021

Ruby Grace Canning: Livestock

I feel privileged to have grown up in such a thriving industry. I have seen society change immensely, especially consumers changing their preference to produce that has been raised sustainably via the utilisation of efficient practices.

George Chapman: Agribusiness

My objective is to learn from leaders in this field about science-driven, regenerative agriculture practices which can be adopted to increase soil fertility, on-farm biodiversity and importantly, achieve carbon sequestration.  

Matthew Champness: Agribusiness

I have one simple ambition in life; to live in a world where everyone has access to sustainably produced, safe, nutritious and affordable food.

Thomas Gleeson-Stanley: Protected Cropping

I have found that protected cropping is a much more sustainable cultivation method compared to conventional farming. I see this as the only method of growing food in the future, as we battle climate change and the necessity of reducing water, energy, transport, waste and nutrient run-off. 

Jack Johns: Agronomy

I have always been interested in farming and new technology, I believe that the future is being able to supply the world more sustainably, especially in agriculture.

Tom Loane: Livestock

Through meeting these industry leaders, I look forward to the opportunity to improve my interpersonal skills, particularly my communication skills, as well as learning from their wealth of knowledge. 

Tiarne Mallaby: Livestock

I hope that in the future the number of young people in agriculture starts to grow, and I plan to join this movement.

Edwina Warby: Agribusiness

I believe that education is power, I constantly like to be challenged and increase my knowledge whilst helping further my career and enhancing my own personal growth.

Michael Young: Agribusiness

I am most passionate about the use of farm models and simulations as methods to improve agriculture.

Pearl Arrowsmith: Ballet

I want to work with, and learn from, the world’s greatest dance teachers. I want to study the latest dance techniques and methods so I can incorporate them into my own dancing.

Leisel Rose: Ballet

I can only imagine the amount of knowledge I could take from this experience and I know it will be cherished for the rest of my career.

Makeely Foster: Ballet

This scholarship will expose me to many companies overseas for possible employment, which is something that is part of my long-term goals.

Justice Jones: Drama

I will, ideally, bridge the gap between the European and Australian industry and encourage a new generation of opera audiences to get inspired by the art form that changed my life. 

Mabel Li: Drama

 I am not only an actor but also a writer and theatre maker and meeting a wide variety of people working in different sectors will shed a lot of insight on how to balance my interdisciplinary practice.  

Katherine Allen: Music, Classical Singing

I believe that Australia has an incredibly bright artistic future, and I am proud to be a part of a young generation of Australians passionate about maintaining and enhancing our cultural landscape.

Alfred Carslake: Music, Trumpet

Teaching for me is also an important aspect of being a professional musician, as it is imperative to the future of music culture in Australia to pass on knowledge to the younger generations.

Joshua Meader: Jazz, Guitar

Since I can remember my goal has been to become a professional musician and touring performer. I’ve worked hard since beginning this journey when I was 7 years old, trying to make that goal a reality.

Kate Waller: Music, Oboe

It intrigues me that music is an international language, yet it can also speak with such strong heritage. It is my joy and my responsibility to explore this further and bring home new skills to train and inspire the next generation of Australian talent. 

Thomas Waller: Music, Marimba

The ever-increasing standard of musicianship will inevitably push the use of marimba in new directions, and my passion for the instrument has led me to feel a sense of responsibility to be a part of this process.

Jackson Lake, PESA

I belief that my purpose in the world is to help guide the world towards a more synchronised method of coexisting with the planet. The world is currently in a dysfunctional state and to alleviate this struggle it needs multidisciplinary teams of experts to band together.