An ad hoc committee (blue ribbon panel) appointed by NAS will study the value of collaborative research, education, and extension activities among land-grant universities and colleges, including the…

The National Academy of Sciences will receive $300,000 through a cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The funding supports the Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants program (CFDA 10.200).

Under this cooperative agreement, NAS will convene a blue ribbon panel to study the value of collaborative research, education, and extension activities among land-grant universities and colleges, including 1890s Institutions, in addressing national challenges and global food security. The panel will deliver its findings and recommendations by September 29, 2022, the completion date for the one-year award period beginning July 12, 2021. The funding will facilitate the panel's work to assess ongoing and promising multi-institutional collaboration efforts focused on critical issues in the food and agriculture sciences of national importance.

An ad hoc committee (blue ribbon panel) appointed by NAS will study the value of collaborative research, education, and extension activities among land-grant universities and colleges, including the 1890S institutions, in addressing national challenges and global food security