USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded $7.4 million in funding to support 49 predoctoral scholars prepare for careers in the research, education, and/or Extension fields within the food and agricultural sciences in the private sector, government, or academia. The aim of the Predoctoral Fellowships Program Area Priority is to cultivate future leaders who can solve emerging agricultural challenges of the 21st century.
2024 Awardees: Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona (2); Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois; Boise State University; Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research; Colorado State University (3); Cornell University (6); Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Kansas State University; New Mexico State University (2); North Carolina State University; Oregon State University; Pennsylvania State University-University Park (5); The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System; The Curators of the University of Missouri; The Ohio State University; The Regents of the University of California; The Regents of the University of California Davis (3); The Regents of the University of California Riverside (4); The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (2); University of Florida; University of Georgia (2); University of Massachusetts Amherst; University of North Carolina at Greensboro; University of Washington; Vanderbilt University; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (3); and Washington State University.