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Meet Anh Tran, Ph.D., of ISK Biosciences, active volunteer at ESA, avid runner, and subject of our next "Standout Early Career Professionals" feature.
Meet Jacqueline Serrano, Ph.D., entomologist and chemical ecologist at the USDA-ARS and next in our "Standout Early Career Professionals" series.
School innovation grants available Compeer Financial, a member-owned Farm Credit cooperative based in the Upper Midwest, is partnering with the Rural Schools Collaborative to present the Rural Schools Innovation Grants program to support exemplary programs developed by rural schools during the pandemic. Grants of as much as $10,000 per school district are available through the one-time program. Rural public schools in Compeer Financialâ s 144-county territory in parts of Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin are eligible to apply. A total of $150,000 is available for the grant program. Grant...
AgLab, a new science-education website operated by USDAâs Agricultural Research Service, is now âopen for businessâ to student and educators at https://aglab.ars.usda. gov/. AgLab builds on the past successes of its predecessor, Sci4Kids, in educating students about the critical intersection of science and agriculture in their daily lives, such as wrinkle-free cotton, edible coatings that keep apple slices from turning brown, a low-glycemic sweetener, DEET insecticide, and a bounty of new varieties of fruits and vegetables. Geared toward K-12 students with an interest in food a...