Description:
This program awards grants to train students for master's &/or doctoral degrees & provide additional postdoctoral training for Fellows who have completed their doctoral degrees at colleges and universities that have demonstrable teaching and research competencies in the food & agricultural sciences. Grants are specifically intended to support fellowship programs that encourage outstanding students to pursue & complete their degrees or obtain postdoctoral training in areas where there is a national need for the development of scientific & professional expertise.
Post-doctoral Fellowships will not be awarded in FY 2005. In FY 2005, applications are being solicited in the following national need areas: (1) animal, microbial, or plant molecular biology, including genomics & bioinformatics; (2) natural resources & the environment; (3) agricultural systems & natural resource engineering; (4) marketing & management; (5) food science & human nutrition; (6) human or family science &consumer sciences; & (7) multidisciplinary &/or multi-institutional programs.
Who can apply:
Anyone/General Public
Other Private Institution/Organization
Private Institutions Of Higher Education
Public And State Controlled Institutions Of Higher Education
Eligible functional categories:
Funding Sources:
Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants
More Information:
For the entire Request for Applications document, which includes mailing addresses, contact information, and forms, click here.
If you have problems accessing the full announcement, please contact:
CSREES, USDA
Address Info:
Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Office of Extramural Programs