National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Education Programs:

Opportunities to Contributeby

Charlotte Kirk Baer 

NIFA’s Education Programs

• Learning and Engagement Programs

* Non Formal* Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program (SPECA)* Higher Education Challenge (HEC) Grants Program* Grants for Non Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program (NLGCA) * Ag in the Classroom

• Scientific and Technical Workforce Development (Scholarships and Fellowships )

* Multicultural Scholars Program (MSP)* National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship (NNF) * AFRI NIFA Pre and Post Doctoral Fellowship Program (NIFA FELLOWS)* Women and Minorities in STEM (WAMS)

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Scientific and Technical Workforce Development (Contd…)

Agriculture Food Research Initiative (AFRI)

Supports Training and Education as a part of Competitively funded Research, Education or Extension Projects

In 2010, AFRI Supported 596 Undergraduate students; 811 Graduate Students; and 351

post-doctoral students.

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Capacity Building for Minority Serving Institutions

Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions, Insular Areas

1890 Land Grant Programs1994 Land Grant Tribal ProgramsHispanic Serving Institutions (HSI)

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Special Programs

National Awards Program for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences

The Food and Agricultural Education Information System (FAEIS)

Bill Richardson (VA TECH)

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Youth and 4-H

Programs

– 4-H National Headquarters– The primary federal government leader in

youth development– A program and an organization

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INPUT IS ALWAYS WELCOME!

As we work to address training needs of the next generation of agricultural workforce to produce the innovations, technology, and products for the future…..

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