John Alexander Milne Scholarship

John Milne trained to be a veterinarian in Australia. He later moved to Dunedin, New Zealand where he successfully worked as a veterinary surgeon. Upon his death, John left a bequest of $100,000 to Massey University to be invested, with the interest being used to financially support master’s research students in the field of sheep reproduction.

What you'll be studying:

This is a postgraduate scholarship. You will be enrolled in a 90 or 120 credit research course as part of a master's degree with the School of Agriculture and Environment.

Your research will be related to sheep reproduction either directly or indirectly (i.e. this might include systems modelling or farmer survey research which is focused on reproduction without doing a reproductive in-situ (i.e. with animals) study.

These studies should be aimed at either understanding the underlying reproductive biology sheep, the economic impacts of impaired reproductive performance or improving the reproductive performance in NZ sheep flocks.

You will be a New Zealand citizen who is enrolled or is intending to enrol in the research component of a master's degree.

Application checklist:

Include the following with your application:

• a brief research proposal highlighting the alignment of your research to the scholarship purpose. Please refer to the scholarship regulations for more information.

Selection considerations:

When choosing our recipient we will consider your academic achievement in your taught postgraduate courses. We will also take into consideration the research topic and alignment with the scholarship intent.