CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
U.S. Borlaug Summer Institute on Global Food Security
Application Deadline: Monday, March 10, 2014
The U.S. Borlaug Fellows in Global Food Security
Program will hold its third annual Summer
Institute on Global Food Security Sunday, June 8
Saturday, June 21, 2014 on the campus of
Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. This
two-week learning program is for graduate
students who are interested in developing a
holistic understanding of the conceptual
challenges around global food security with a
focus on cross-disciplinary problem solving of
real-world development challenges. Applicants
must have completed at least one semester of
graduate study and be enrolled in a U.S.
institution at the time of application. U.S.
citizenship is not required. Information about
previous Summer Institutes on Global Food
Security is available
<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/food/borlaugfellows/summer-institute/index.php>here.
Applications are available at the
<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/food/borlaugfellows/summer-institute/index.php>program
website.
U.S. Borlaug Graduate Research Grant
Application Deadline: Monday, April 14, 2014
The U.S. Borlaug Fellows in Global Food Security
graduate research grant supports exceptional
graduate students who are interested in
developing a component of their graduate
research in a developing country setting and in
collaboration with a mentor from an
International Agricultural Research Center
(IARC) or a qualifying National Agricultural
Research System (NARS) unit. U.S. citizenship is
required, and applicants must be enrolled in an
accredited U.S. graduate program at the time of
application. A list of previous recipients is
<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/food/borlaugfellows/Fellows/index.php>here.
Applications are available at the
<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/food/borlaugfellows/research-fellowship/index.php>program
website.
Questions may be sent to
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected].
