The Center of Excellence program partners ARS with 1890 Land Grant Universities and Tuskegee University, in the campus environment, to collaborate in agricultural research of national and regional significance. Student participants in this research gain experience and exposure to potential scientific career paths. ARS currently funds the following Centers of Excellence:

Swine Production and Marketing	Alcorn State University
Aquaculture and Food Safety	Delaware State University
Food Safety and Animal Health	University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
Biological Control	Florida A&M University
Ornamental Nursery Crops and Landscape Horticulture	Tennessee State University
Grazinglands	Langston University
Aquaculture/Fisheries	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff