• Help students gain their early qualifications in preference to those striving for higher academic achievements (Masters degrees and PhDs are therefore not usually supported by the Trust).
  
  
• Provide needed support for those with satisfactory performance throughout the course to its completion, but not in excess of three college years.
  
  
• Not to fund students on industrial experience periods of more than six weeks.

Applicants must be:

• British or Irish Nationals who are enrolled as students of a College or University.
  
  
• Committed to a UK land-based career which would normally fit into one of the supported categories listed in the note below.
  
  
• Aged 18 to 30 years (except cases of genuine career change).
  
  
• Have relevant practical experience and/or from a strong rural background.
  
  
• Having their career progress obstructed by lack of funds, having utilised available allowances, loans and other financial support.
  
  
• Following a land-based course which will advance their career and benefit the UK industry.
  
  

Eligible expenditure could be:

A contribution towards course fees:

• Accommodation costs (college accommodation, off-campus lodgings or rent)
• Food
• Transport
• Books and study materials
• Protective clothing where this is for necessary parts of the curriculum
• External test/examination fees
• Course study trips between £500 and up to a maximum of £2,000

It is not to cover:

• Hire purchase payments
• Overdraft and loan repayments
  
• Support for dependants
  
• Long term housing costs