USDA Awards More Than $2 Million to Enhance International Science and Education
Jennifer Martin, (202) 720-8188
WASHINGTON, September 8, 2008 - Agriculture Under Secretary Gale Buchanan announced today that USDA has awarded more than $2.2 million in grants to 23 institutions in 18 states to enhance their capabilities to conduct international collaborative research, extension and teaching.
"Agriculture is a global industry, and the science of agriculture depends on international partnerships to advance domestic priorities," said Buchanan, under secretary for Research, Education and Economics. "These grants will support influential innovations in agriculture-related programs that help prepare world class students, faculty, staff, community members and business people for the 21st century."
USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education and Economics Service (CSREES) administers the funds through the competitively awarded International Science and Education Grants program. The projects will enhance the international content of curricula, provide faculty with the opportunity to work outside the United States to bring lessons learned back to the classroom, promote international research partnerships, enhance the use and application of foreign technologies in the United States and strengthen the role that colleges and universities play in maintaining U.S. competitiveness.
The overarching goal of the grant program is to strengthen the global competitiveness of students, faculty and staff in agriculture and related areas and enhance business performance in international agriculture. The fiscal year 2008 grants recipients are:
Recipient |
State |
Amount |
Tuskegee University |
AL |
$100,000 |
University of Delaware |
DE |
$100,000 |
Florida International University |
FL |
$99,911 |
University of Florida |
FL |
$100,000 |
University of Georgia |
GA |
$99,999 |
University of Illinois |
IL |
$100,000 |
Purdue University |
IN |
$99,718 |
University of Kentucky |
KY |
$100,000 |
University of Nebraska |
NE |
$99,981 |
Rutgers University |
NJ |
$100,000 |
Cornell University |
NY |
$99,109 |
North Carolina State University |
NC |
$100,000 |
Western Carolina University |
NC |
$99,612 |
The Ohio State University |
OH |
$99,979 |
Pennsylvania State University |
PA |
$100,000 |
University of Pennsylvania |
PA |
$100,000 |
South Dakota State University |
SD |
$99,988 |
University of Tennessee |
TN |
$99,602 |
University of Tennessee at Martin |
TN |
$99,999 |
Sam Houston State University |
TX |
$100,000 |
Virginia Tech University |
VA |
$98,281 |
Washington State University |
WA |
$98,955 |
University of Wisconsin |
WI |
$66,788 |
Through federal funding and leadership for research, education and extension programs, CSREES focuses on investing in science and solving critical issues impacting people's daily lives and the nation's future. For more information, visit www.csrees.usda.gov.
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Last Updated: 09/08/2008
