The University of Arizona, through its Arizona Board of Regents, has been awarded a $247,500 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Higher Education - Multicultural Scholars Grant Program (CFDA 10.220). The grant, effective December 1, 2023 through November 30, 2027, will fund the "NOURISH Scholarship Program," a combined Multicultural Scholars Program and experiential learning initiative.
The program aims to address two key challenges in the healthcare field: 1) Providing nutrition, health, and food systems professionals with experiential learning in agriculture and food systems, and 2) Increasing access to graduate/professional school preparation and culturally responsive mentoring for minority students in nutritional sciences. The grant will support cohorts of 4-10 NOURISH Scholars per year who will receive scholarship funding, ongoing mentoring, leadership workshops, and 8 credits of food systems-focused experiential learning curriculum. This innovative educational model seeks to address minority students' barriers to awareness, opportunity, and achievement in these fields.
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