March 1, 2024 Building New Partnerships Session 2024 APLU APS/NARRU Joint Winter Meeting Convening Event 8:00 am - 11:00 am ET Washington, D.C.
Dr. Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra Awarded the 2024 NAS Prize in Food & Agriculture Sciences Year Awarded 2024 Total award amount $1,000,000 Location Washington, D.C. Matching Funders National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Grantee Institution University of California Davis The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is awarding Dr. Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra of the University of California, Davis the 2024 NAS Prize in Food & Agriculture Sciences for pioneering studies on the evolutionary genetics of maize, a key crop species for global food production, to advance our understanding of the evolution of all crops.