The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust Centenary Award 2025

The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust is running the scheme to help create a long-standing legacy for the future. The award aims to champion research and innovation for UK agriculture, whilst also supporting promising individuals who are passionate about making a difference to the industry.
The Centenary Award aims to give a number of selected postgraduate students in agriculture financial assistance for their studies.

For successful students the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust will pay up to 75% of annual course fees who start their course during the 2025/26 academic year.

The bursary for the course fee will be paid directly to the college or university upon confirmation that the awarded student has paid their 25% to their college/university.


  • Applications should be made from students who have been offered, or have applied for, a place on a Masters or PhD postgraduate course in Agriculture, commencing the 2025/2026 academic year, at an institution in the British Islands*.
  • Applicants must have gained (or be expected to gain at the time of application) at least a 2:1 or first-class degree in agriculture, or a related degree subject.
  • Programmes eligible for this bursary include:
  • MSc Food Security

 

*British Islands: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey (including Alderney, Herm and Sark), and the Isle of Man.


  • Applicants must study at least one of the following four areas of interest as the main part of their course:
  • The application of science and innovative technologies to enhance productivity, efficiency, and profitability for UK farming businesses
  • Building resilience and safeguarding the physical and mental wellbeing of those living and working in the UK agricultural industry 
  • Tackling the risks of climate change, whilst maintaining food security, to improve the sustainability of UK agriculture
  • Identifying opportunities for supporting nature and biodiversity in the development of farming and land management practices in the UK

If you’re successful in receiving a bursary you will be asked to write a report at the end of your study course. This will help to tell us how your work will benefit the agricultural industry at large.

For further details regarding your application, please review the Centenary Award application guidelines.


The closing date for applications is midnight 30th June 2025.

Applicants must submit an application form to the following email: centenary_award@nfumutual.co.uk


All applicants will receive a notification to confirm if they have been short-listed for the award by 11 August 2025.

The award’s judging panel will assess applications in July, after the 30 June 2025 closing date.

 


To discuss your application further, please contact the Programme Director for MSc Food Security, Dr. Montse Costa-Font, Montse.CostaFont@sruc.ac.uk.

If you have an queries regarding your eligibility, or your application, please contact centenary_award@nfumutual.co.uk.


Please visit NFU Mutual Charitable Trust Centenary Award 2025 for further information.


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