2024 - Semester 2 - Global Voices World Food Forum Scholarship (Current Students)

Status: Open

Applications open: 1/08/2024
Applications close: 14/08/2024

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About this scholarship
Description/Applicant information

Disclaimer Information - This scholarship is offered and administered by our partner, Global Voices. The information and timeline will be updated in accordance with their updates / advice.

Curtin University, in partnership with Global Voices, is offering an exclusive scholarship for a participant to represent Australia and attend the World Food Forum (WFF) this October. 

About the World Food Forum

The world currently produces enough food to feed everyone, but in 2023, around 738 million chronically malnourished people went hungry. To provide fresh impetus for a transformed global food system, the United Nations (UN) launched the World Food Forum (WFF) in 2021.

As a youth-led initiative organised by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Forum brings together the next generation of students, farmers, scientists and entrepreneurs to discuss and enact change – from the global to the local level.

Participants attend workshops, events and roundtable discussions where they can foster connections, engage with industry leaders and gain the tools necessary to address today’s challenges on food insecurity and climate change.

The WFF serves as the premier global forum to harness the passion and power of youth to identify solutions and incite positive action for agrifood systems. It aligns with the 2021 United Nations (UN) Food Systems Summit, acts as a major youth platform in global food governance, and serves as a global think tank that fosters youth-led solutions in innovation, science and technology. The WFF aims to support and grow youth initiatives in the agrifood sector in line with global youth policy recommendations.

The Scholarship Program consists of the following components:

• Global Voices Policy Fellowship;
• Online Pre-Canberra Training Session (26 September 2024);
• Pre-Delegation Briefing Program in Canberra (1 – 3 October 2024); and
• World Food Forum in Rome, Italy (14 – 18 October 2024)

The successful applicant will participate in the Global Voices Scholarship Program and join youth representatives from around Australia to meet with leaders and experts in policy, sustainable agriculture, climate change issues and food waste.

The Policy Fellowship allows the successful applicant to develop research, analysis, and policy-writing skills through developing a policy paper related to the delegation agenda. This policy paper must include specific recommendations for domestic policy application.

 

Global Voices is a not-for profit organisation that is committed in nurturing the next generation of Australian leaders by providing practical experience in foreign policy and international relations. Since their establishment in 2011, over three-hundred young people have been supported by Global Voices to attend over fifty international summits to represent Australia.

Student type

• Current Students

Faculty

• Centre for Aboriginal Studies
• Faculty of Business and Law
• Faculty of Health Sciences
• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Science & Engineering
  • Science courses
  • Engineering courses
  • Western Australian School of Mines (WASM)

Course type

• Undergraduate
• Postgraduate coursework

Specifically for

• Curtin students wanting to study overseas

Citizenship

• Australian Citizen
• Australian Permanent Resident

Scholarship base

• Merit Based

Value

The scholarship place is fully funded by Curtin University and includes all domestic and international flights, accommodation, breakfasts, visas, insurance, and registration fees (you will need to cover the cost of other meals and some transfers).

Scholarship Details
Eligible courses

All undergraduate degrees and postgraduate coursework degrees

Eligibility criteria

Applicants must meet all the following criteria to be eligible to apply for the scholarship:

• An Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident;
• Aged 18 to 30 years;
• Living in Australia for the full fellowship;
• Have a valid passport (or the ability to acquire one at short notice) and be able to travel internationally without restriction
• Available to travel to Canberra and the international delegation for the specified dates;
• Able to commit 5 hours a week to complete the Policy Fellowship; and,
• Able to commit up to a further 5 hours a week to WFF pre-departure negotiations

This program is recommended for students with multidisciplinary interests in global food governance, sustainable agriculture, biodiversity in food systems, climate change and food waste.

Application process

Program Timeline

• Applications Open: 1 August 2024
• Applications Close: 11:59pm, 14 August 2024 (AEST)
• Applicants Informed of Outcome: 9 September 2024
• Online Pre-Canberra Training Session: 26 September 2024
• Canberra Briefings: 1 – 3 October 2024
• World Food Forum: 14 – 18 October 2024

The Application Process

Step 1: Access application form

• Applications must be lodged via the Global Voices - World Food Forum Scholarship website by 11.59pm 14 August 2024 AEST
• The above link will open when applications open on 1 August 2024
• Submit your Expression of Interest here. You will be notified when applications open

 

Step 2: Preparation and research

Attend the Global Voices info session webinar

5 August 2024 – Time TBA

Register for the webinar here.

 

Make yourself familiar with the delegation agenda

Before you apply, please read the information available at Global Voices' website and the agenda for the relevant international delegation.

 

Step 3: Submit

• Applications close 14 August 2024 at 11:59pm (AEST)

 

Step 4: Assessment

Applications will be assessed by an assessment panel using one or more of the following criteria:

• Responses to questions in application form
• Passion relating to the delegation agenda
• Policy proposal
• Professional and academic experience

In addition to providing information on your previous professional and academic experience, you are required to submit a personal statement and a policy proposal as part of your application. If successful, your proposal will become the basis of your final policy paper. For more information, please visit Global Voices website .

 

Step 5: Shortlist for interview

• Shortlisted applicants must be available for the designated interview time
  • Interviews will be between mid-August and early September
  • Undertake a phone or Skype interview with a member of the Global Voices Executive Team

 

Step 6: Outcome

• All successful and unsuccessful applicants notified of their outcome by Global Voices

 

Sttep 7: Acceptance

• Successful applicants must accept the terms and conditions provided by Global Voices by the deadline
• Successful applicants must attend the briefings
• Successful applicants must comply with Curtin’s Student Travel Procedure and submit a Fieldwork Risk Assessment (FRA) and a travel request via Travel Operations Portal (TOP ) and obtain approval prior to travel to Canberra and the international delegation
  • Separate FRA and TOP are required for each travel

 

Please note:

• Scholarship will be awarded if there are applicants of sufficient merit

Enquiries

Scholarships Office

E: [email protected]

T: 1300 222 888

Visit our Frequently Asked Questions

Further Information

For more information and learn about Global Voices, please visit:

W: www.globalvoices.org.au

The above website provides information regarding the program, application process, FAQ and contact via online portal.

If you have further enquiries which are not addressed within Global Voice's FAQ , please contact Global Voices by email: [email protected] .

Once the scholarship applications open, the 2024 policy prompt will become available.

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