Sask Wheat announces 2021-2022 scholarship and award recipients
Six undergraduate students and six graduate students from the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) College of Agriculture and Bioresources received a Sask Wheat scholarship or award in the 2021-2022 academic year. The students received a combined $165,000 in awards from Sask Wheat.
Enhancing the capacity of wheat breeding and research is a focus of the Board of Directors of Sask Wheat. From 2015 to 2019, Sask Wheat provided $10,000 annually in undergraduate awards and scholarships and $100,000 annually in graduate awards. In 2020, the Board of Directors increased those amounts to $15,000 in undergraduate awards and scholarships and $150,000 in graduate scholarships.
Undergraduate Awards
The objectives of the Sask Wheat undergraduate awards are to provide student assistance and to encourage students to learn about the production of wheat in Saskatchewan and its importance to the agriculture sector and provincial economy.
The following USask Agriculture and Bioresources students were selected to receive a Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission Essay Award:
As well, the following USask Agriculture and Bioresources students received Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission Scholarships:
Graduate Awards
The Sask Wheat graduate scholarships have helped the USask’s Crop Development Centre (CDC) support master’s and Ph.D. graduate students, strengthening the CDC’s wheat research and development program while training the next generation of researchers and wheat breeders.
The following USask Agriculture and Bioresources students received a Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission Graduate Scholarship: