Tribal Agriculture Fellowship (United States)

The mission of the Tribal Agriculture Fellowship is to create opportunities for students to advance their education in agriculture, increase specialized knowledge and preserve and promote the legacy of agriculture in tribal communities.

In recognition of the need for more agriculture education opportunities geared explicitly 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.

Benefits

• 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.
• Tribal Agriculture Fellowship resources can be utilized for:
  • tuition & fees,
  • housing,
  • meal plans,
  • equipment fees and testing costs,
  • professional development

Eligibility Criteria

• College students who are Native American, Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian
• Member or descendant of a Tribe or Indigenous community.
• Rising and current technical, undergraduate, and graduate students.
• Provide proof of Tribal enrollment or community connectedness
• 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.

For more information, visit TAF.