(full-time in their first year of study in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences or School of Agriculture in one of the following programs:1)B.Sc.Agribusiness;2)B.Sc.Agriculture3)B.Sc.Agroecology

Scholarships will be offered to an undergraduate students who: (1) is enrolled full-time (minimum 80% course load) in their first year of study in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences or School of Agriculture in one of the following programs: (i) B.Sc. (Agribusiness); (ii) B.Sc. (Agriculture); (iii) B.Sc. (Agroecology); (iv) Diploma in Agriculture. (2) (i) as degree students, have achieved the required minimum entrance average based on those courses used for admission to the University of Manitoba or are being admitted via Advanced Entry with a minimum grade point average of 2.5; (ii) as diploma students, have achieved the required minimum entrance average of 60% based on their grade 12 high school courses; (3) demonstrates interest in pursuing a career in any of the following areas: agribusiness and agricultural economics, animal science, entomology, plant science, or soil science; (4) is from a non-farming family background*. * For the purpose of this scholarship a “non-farming family” will be defined as a person whose immediate family is not actively engaged in either the management or day to day activities of earning income from the business to be considered in the business of farming, as defined by the Canada Revenue Agency (Income Tax Folio - S4-F11-C1, Meaning of Farming and Farming Business).