Project Grant 201338413205981

This $247,500 project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Higher Education - Multicultural Scholars Grant Program (CFDA 10.220) will support scholarships, mentoring, and experiential learning opportunities for underrepresented minority students pursuing STEM-focused bachelor's degrees in Oregon State University's (OSU) College of Agricultural Sciences. The program aims to increase the pipeline of diverse, highly skilled...

This $200,000 five-year Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Higher Education - Multicultural Scholars Grant Program aims to increase participation of Latinx students from migrant and seasonal farmworking backgrounds in food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences careers. Oregon State University will provide scholarships and academic support services to Latinx students with family histories in migrant or seasonal...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, awarded on September 1, 2023, supports the "New Beginning for Tribal Students" program. The project aims to increase retention, graduation, and workforce success rates for Native American students attending Oregon State University (OSU) and Southwestern Oregon Community College (SWOCC) through experiential learning, internships, and financial support. Key project...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Higher Education National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants program (CFDA 10.210) will provide $262,500 to Oregon State University (OSU) over a 5-year period beginning December 1, 2023. The grant will support a program to recruit and train three outstanding Ph.D. fellows, with a focus on attracting underrepresented minority candidates, in the area of forest resources...

This $247,500 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Higher Education - Multicultural Scholars Grant Program (CFDA 10.220) aims to expand and sustain long-term professional training to equip underrepresented minority (URM) students with the skills to become leaders and stewards in sustainable forest management. The key objectives of this 5-year award to Michigan State University include: 1) increasing enrollment of URM students in the forestry program, 2) establishing a...

The Florida International University was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Higher Education - Multicultural Scholars Grant Program (CFDA 10.220). The grant funds the Multicultural Scholars Program, which will recruit and train five undergraduate scholars from underrepresented minority communities. The scholars will receive training in big data applications in agriculture and natural resources...

This Project Grant award, valued at $1,000,000.00 and issued by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the New Beginnings for Tribal Students program (CFDA 10.527), supports experiential learning, internships, and financial assistance for Native American pre-college and college students attending Oregon State University (OSU) and Chemeketa Community College. The key objectives are to: 1) strengthen relationships between the...

The Colorado State University System was awarded a $140,860 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Higher Education - Multicultural Scholars Grant Program. The grant will provide five $6,500 annual scholarships for up to four years to students from underrepresented groups in food, agriculture, human sciences, conservation, natural resources, and water sciences. The Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, CSU ACCESS...

This federal Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Higher Education - Multicultural Scholars Grant Program (CFDA 10.220) provides $213,532 to the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas to expand diversity and support underrepresented minority (URM) first-generation transfer students in the Bumpers College at the UA-Fayetteville. The 5-year program, titled "Arkansas...

The Ohio State University will train four students in integration and translation of omics data to support trans-omics-assisted plant breeding for enhanced nutrition, under a $262,500 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The grant falls under the Higher Education National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants program (CFDA 10.210), which aims to train students for advanced degrees to address national needs in food and agricultural sciences....