2024 Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- USDA-FAS-10777-0700-10-24-0002
- Agency
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Foreign Agricultural Service
Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $75,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Agriculture
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This federal grant opportunity is the 2024 Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program offered through the Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service. Up to $1,650,000 total will be awarded to eligible state cooperative institutions or other colleges and universities in the United States to host international fellows for 12-week training programs under faculty mentors. The goal is to promote food security and economic growth in eligible countries by educating agricultural professionals, increasing scientific knowledge, and facilitating collaborative research. Fellows will be identified based on country-specific topics and placed with U.S. research institutions. Applications are due April 8, 2024 with anticipated award date of May 6, 2024.
Individual awards are available up to $75,000 each to support 12-week intensive programs where fellows will study under the tutelage of faculty mentors at matched U.S. research institutions. The places of performance for the work will be at the facilities of the awarded state cooperative institutions or universities in the United States that are selected to host the international fellows for their training programs.
Synopsis
Since 2004, the U.S. Congress has made funds available to the Borlaug Fellowship Program to advance USDA/FAS's agricultural research goals of promoting collaborative programs among agricultural professionals of eligible countries, agricultural professionals of the United States, the international agricultural research system, and United States entities conducting research by providing Fellowships to individuals from eligible countries who specialize or have experience in agricultural education, research, extension, or other related fields.
USDA identifies Borlaug Fellows based on country-specific topics of importance to international agricultural trade. USDA then places Fellows with U.S. research institutions for 12-week intensive programs, where Fellows will study under the tutelage of a faculty Mentor at the matched U.S. research institution.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| FY24 BFP NOFO FINAL.pdf |
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