National Needs Fellows: Grants for Graduate Fellowships in Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resources Sciences

The National Needs Fellows in Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Sciences at Florida International University is an interdisciplinary and integrative educational approach. This forty-two-month project will recruit and train six outstanding graduate students from underrepresented and minority communities.

The project has multiple objectives:
• Provide training to six master’s level students in Targeted Expertise Shortage Areas – Integrative Biosciences for Sustainable Food and Agricultural Systems – with a focus on agroecology and sustainable urban agriculture
• Provide these graduate students with opportunities for research, internship and urban agriculture outreach at area research and conservation organizations, urban community gardens and sub-urban small farms
• Enhance multicultural diversity in the skilled agricultural workforce by recruiting from traditionally underrepresented groups.

Students will be trained in cutting-edge lab and field techniques: soil and nutrient management, integrated pest management, agro-biodiversity conservation, economic and geospatial resource analysis and urban agriculture outreach.

Contact us at:
https://earthenvironment.fiu.edu/academics/degrees-and-programs/agroecol...

Department of Earth and Environment
11200 SW 8th Street, AHC-5 360
Miami, FL 33199
Tel: 305-348-1930
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