Released September 8, 2008
WASHINGTON -- 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 -- Amount
Tuskegee University -- $100,000
University of Delaware -- $100,000
Florida International University -- $99,911
University of Florida -- $100,000
University of Georgia -- $99,999
University of Illinois -- $100,000
Purdue University -- $99,718
University of Kentucky -- $100,000
University of Nebraska -- $99,981
Rutgers University -- $100,000
Cornell University -- $99,109
North Carolina State University -- $100,000
Western Carolina University -- $99,612
The Ohio State University -- $99,979
Pennsylvania State University -- $100,000
University of Pennsylvania -- $100,000
South Dakota State University -- $99,988
University of Tennessee -- $99,602
University of Tennessee at Martin -- $99,999
Sam Houston State University -- $100,000
Virginia Tech University -- $98,281
Washington State University-- $98,955
University of Wisconsin -- $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 http://www.csrees.usda.gov.
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Contact: Jennifer Martin, (202) 720-8188
