From the Purdue Center for Global Food Security - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
U.S. Borlaug Summer Institute on Global Food Security
Application Deadline: Monday, March 9, 2015
The U.S. Borlaug Fellows in Global Food Security Program will hold its fourth annual Summer Institute on Global Food Security Sunday, June 7- Saturday, June 20, 2015 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.
Applications and information on previous Summer Institutes are available at the program website.
U.S. Borlaug Fellows Graduate Research Grant
Application Deadline: Monday, April 13, 2015
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 here.
Applications are available at the program website.
Questions may be sent to borlaugfellows@purdue.edu.
