Cooperative Agreement 5901013006

This five-year, four hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred seventy-six dollar Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) will support the Southern Connecticut State University Summer Undergraduate Fellows in Plant Health and Protection program. The program aims to provide ten undergraduate students per year from underrepresented groups with...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), provides $520,450 to Chapman University to implement the "Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Food Science for Underrepresented Populations (SURFFS-UP)" program over a 5-year period from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2029. The goal of this program is to provide 30 underrepresented undergraduate students with hands-on...

The University of Maryland, College Park will provide research and extension experiences for undergraduates through its Summer Opportunities in Agricultural Research and the Environment (SOARE) program. Funded by a $500,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive grants program, SOARE aims to recruit underrepresented minorities, first-generation, and women students...

The University of Minnesota will receive $750,000 over five years from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive federal grants program (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) to implement their SOAR summer research program. The program aims to increase underrepresented minority student participation in sustainable agriculture careers through a mentored research experience and workshops connecting students to advocacy...

The University of Maryland Extension (UME) will create a summer internship program providing meaningful technical skills training to 35 undergraduate students from underserved institutions, community colleges, or non-land grant institutions to develop the future agricultural workforce. Funded by a $499,855 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program, UME will...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310 - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative) provides $750,000 over 5 years to Penn State University to implement an 8-week summer research and career development program. The program will engage 10 undergraduate students annually from non-land grant institutions across the U.S. in experiential research, career exploration, and professional development activities...

The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $210,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), a non-profit organization, to support HACU's programs under the ARS Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001). The funding will be used to facilitate internship opportunities, cultural exchanges, and capacity building efforts focused on increasing Hispanic representation and success in STEM fields and other federal...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310), will fund a $657,689 initiative to provide 50 undergraduate students with 10-week internships combining applied agricultural research and county extension programming over a five-year period. The "Extension/Plant Sciences Initiative Internship Program" is a collaborative effort between...

The federal Project Grant award of $749,590.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310). The purpose of the award is to train 100 upper-level undergraduate students from Texas A&M University (TAMU) and partnering universities over a 5-year period in hypothesis-driven scientific research and extension projects at the interface of plant,...

The University of Rhode Island will receive $749,950 under a Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) to fund the Rhode Island Agriculture and Food Systems Fellowship Program (AFSFP) from January 15, 2022 to January 14, 2027. The AFSFP will provide year-long experiential learning opportunities in sustainable agricultural intensification, food and...