WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue Center for Global Food Security announced 23 research grants for student projects in 18 countries as part of the U.S. Borlaug Fellows in Global Food Security Program. The funding is through a five-year, $5 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The grants for students at the 14 universities, including Purdue, range from $7,000 to $40,000 and are intended to provide support for overseas research projects leading to a master's or doctorate degree, according to Purdue.
"We are excited to be partnering with these exceptional graduate students who have a passion to address hunger problems in these developing countries," said Gary Burniske, managing director of the Purdue Center for Global Food Security. "This is a major step toward laying a foundation to launch long-term international research collaborations for students and their affiliated faculty advisers and mentors and to support tomorrow's leaders across an array of disciplines related to food security."
A full list of the grant recipients can be found here.