The TNQ Drought Hub has recently offered 2024 scholarship opportunities for JCU students who are undertaking innovative Honours projects that align with the hub’s mission to drive long-term resilience in North Queensland’s agricultural landscape. This year’s projects are:

• Rural Access to Mental Health Services; Where are we lacking? Renee Blackmore
• Faecal seeding: the effect of rumen digestion on hard or scarified legume seeds. Abby Glasser
• Mental health professionals weathering climate and environmental challenge. Alice Journo
• The effect of drought on public mental health and depression rates in rural Queensland. Blake Lovely
• How is carbon dioxide removal via enhanced weathering affected by soil acidity? Sarah Sletten

Each student will receive funding to support their research and deliver project milestones. 

Learn more about current and past scholarship recipients.