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Source: USDA, 6/11/21
The U.S. Department
of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
announced today an investment of over $19 million in 1890 Land-grant Institutions scholarships for undergraduate students to
stimulate interest in food and agricultural careers.“As we work to increase the talent pipeline for the agricultural innovation workforce and the next generation of agricultural scientists, we need the brightest minds from across all areas and cultures in our society to be represented,” said NIFA director Dr. Carrie Castille. “NIFA’s 1890 Scholarships Program helps us move closer to that goal by providing scholarships to support recruitment, engagement, retention, mentoring, and training of undergraduate students at 1890 Land-grant Institutions, the Historically Black Colleges and Universities that are partners in the U.S. Land-grant University System.” These scholarships are
intended to encourage outstanding students at 1890 Land-grant Institutions to
pursue and complete baccalaureate degrees in food and agricultural sciences and
related fields that would lead to a highly skilled food and agricultural
systems workforce. Learn more about 1890
Land-grant Institutions programs. The following 19
institutions received scholarship funds as part of the 1890 Scholarships
Program:
- Alabama
A&M University, Normal, Alabama
- Tuskegee
University, Tuskegee, Alabama
- University of
Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- Delaware State
University, Dover, Delaware
- Florida
A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida
- Fort Valley
State University, Fort Valley, Georgia
- Kentucky State
University, Frankfort, Kentucky
- Southern
University and A & M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- University of
Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland
- Lincoln
University of Missouri, Jefferson City, Missouri
- Alcorn State
University, Lorman, Mississippi
- North Carolina
Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Central State
University, Wilberforce, Ohio
- Langston
University, Langston, Oklahoma
- South Carolina
State University, Orangeburg, South Carolina
- Tennessee
State University, Nashville, Tennessee
- Prairie View
A&M University, Prairie View, Texas
- Virginia State
University, Petersburg, Virginia
- West Virginia
State University, Institute, West Virginia
NIFA invests in and advances agricultural research, education, and Extension across the nation to make transformative discoveries that solve societal challenges. NIFA supports initiatives that ensure the long-term viability of agriculture and applies an integrated approach to ensure that groundbreaking discoveries in agriculture-related sciences and technologies reach the people who can put them into practice. In FY2020, NIFA’s total investment was $1.95 billion. Visit our
website: www.nifa.usda.gov; Twitter: @USDA_NIFA; LinkedIn: USDA-NIFA. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science (searchable by state or keyword), visit www.nifa.usda.gov/impacts.
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