Ms Hobbins said the scholarship would help her to develop her confidence, both professionally and personally.

Ms Archer said she worked on the family farm at Westwood and was looking forward to using the skills she gained through the course to take a bigger role in the business as her father slowed down.

Tasmanian Women in Agriculture president Angela Saunders said the scholarships were established in 1995 and aimed to develop personal and leadership skills associated with rural industry and communities.

They give Tasmanian women an opportunity to attend an intensive, immersive six-day development course at the Marcus Oldham College campus in Victoria.

"The course attracts people from around Australia and creates opportunities for women involved in the industry to realise their full potential and further develop decision making skills in areas of agriculture beyond the farm gate," Ms Saunders said.

TWiA provides unsuccessful scholarship applicants with mentoring support and further skill development, and invites scholarship recipients to share their learning with the group upon completing the course.

TWiA describes itself as a voluntary, non-political, independent and grass roots organisation that recognises the needs and aspirations of people — women and their families in particular — involved in agriculture and business in rural communities.

It started with 140 members in 1994 and now has a membership base of more than 1000.

TWiA program manager Jo Nichols said the organisation had been sending women to the program for almost 20 years.

"Tasmanian Alkaloids has sponsored one scholarship for quite some time and we added another that we funded ourselves, so we're delighted that Bendigo Bank offered to assist us this year in part funding the second," she said.