Fast Buds’

External
Scholarships.

An additional way to cover education-related expenses for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Fast Buds is an international seed breeding company involved in enriching and preserving the genetic diversity of the Cannabis Sativa L. plant. You can read more about our work and mission here.

The Fast Buds team perfectly understands the financial hardships of many young people on their way to getting a quality education. We want to help talented and driven students pay for some of their tuition and living expenses by awarding €1000 scholarships to 4 successful applicants. The peculiarity of the project is targeted use of money - the grant amount is transferred directly to the university's account. This approach ensures that the student spends it for the benefit of his further development.

Who Can Apply For a Scholarship?

Applicants must be 21 years of age or older and currently enrolled at an officially recognized and accredited higher-education institution within Europe.

Submission form

Scholarships’ Objectives

To relieve the financial burden of talented young people as they study for their Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

To give students an opportunity of improving on their research and essay-writing skills

To increase the awareness of the new and fast-growing legal cannabis sector

Essay Requirements and Topics

Please write and submit a well-researched 1,500+ word essay in English in the following subjects:

Legal (Cannabis Laws and Legalization Efforts) Example topics

Cannabis in the EU and the UK: Current status of legalization, forecasts, opportunities
Cannabis in the EU and the UK: Legalization and/or decriminalization of home growing and recreational cannabis use
The landscape for cannabis legalization in the EU and the UK
Legal developments in the EU and the UK in the field of medical and recreational cannabis

Health (Medical Cannabis, Nutrition, Benefits & Risks) Example topics

The case for the benefits of medical cannabis use (current state and outlook)
Medical cannabis landscape across the EU and the UK
Proven medical benefits of cannabis use
Health claims and research on cannabis use
Public health monitoring of cannabis use in the EU and the UK

Genetics (Botany, Taxonomy, Breeding) Example topics

Innovation in the field of cannabis genetics
Cannabis strain genotyping & breeding
Possibilities to improve cannabis genetics
How do you stabilize and create a new strain?
What are the different techniques to cross and breed cannabis?
How to create a genetic tree?
How to document the process of creating a new strain?

Agriculture (Cannabis Cultivation) Example topics

Regenerative agriculture in the cannabis industry
Using new technologies in cannabis cultivation
What are the main methods of growing crops?
The main differences between vegetable crops and cannabis?
What are the most efficient ways to grow crops outdoors and indoors?
Pros and cons of organic vs inorganic growing outdoors and indoors?
How to grow cannabis outdoors or indoors more efficiently?

How Will Fast Buds Assess Your Application?

Is your text unique or does it only provide previously available information?

Is the treatment of the subject exhaustive? There is no upper limit on the text’s length.

Have you used charts and tables?

Have you included references to external resources?

Is the text competently written and grammatically correct?

Is your essay interesting and useful to readers?

What Personal Information Do You Need to Provide?

Full name
Address
Email
College/university name
Acceptance date
Expected graduation date

Disclaimer: All personal information provided by students as part of the application will not be used in any way other than as part of the scholarship selection process. The information will remain confidential and after a recipient has been selected, it will be destroyed. In addition, Fast Buds will own the rights to all texts submitted for the scholarship.

Submission Deadline and Winner Announcement 20th June 2022 at 12:00 CEST.

Submit your completed application to [email protected]. You can either attach your essay as a document or include it in the body of the email. Alternatively, you can use the submission form on this page

Fast Buds expert writers will review your essays and select scholarship recipients after the entry deadline. The winners will be announced and notified by email on or prior to July 30, 2022. Please make sure to provide an accurate email address if using an online submission form below.

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