This holistic training program not only funds research, but also provides career guidance, explores professional development opportunities and offers mentorship from industry sponsors. The program pairs doctoral candidates with academic and industry mentors to foster professional development and critical workforce skills. Each industry sponsor matches FFAR’s funding to double the investment in early-career scientists workforce development.
The FFAR Fellowship program is led by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University. “The Fellows are passionate about their science and the potential impact they can have in the world,” said Dr. Rebecca Dunning, who manages the program at NCSU. “The Fellows program provides the leadership and communications training these impressive Ph.D. students need to fully realize that potential.”
The 2020 FFAR Fellows include:
- Felipe Alves Correa Carvalho da Silva, University of Florida
- Lauren Anderson, North Carolina State University
- Sarah Bennett, Pennsylvania State University
- Maria Chavez, Colorado State University
- Ekramul Ehite, University of Tennessee Knoxville
- Charles Farber, Texas A&M University
- Shane Hansen, University of Wisconsin- Madison
- Siwook Hwang, Colorado State University
- Nicholas Karavolias, University of California, Berkeley
- Sarah Kezar, Texas A&M University
- Alison Lui, University of California, Berkeley
- Jamila Mweta, Tuskegee University
- Echo Pan, North Carolina State University
- Daniela Pezzini, North Carolina State University
- Aaron Prairie, Colorado State University
- Abigail Roche, Case Western Reserve University
- Manuel Sabbagh, University of Minnesota
- Xiaonan Shi, North Carolina State University
- Simon Sretenovic, University of Maryland College Park
- Renan Stefanini Lopes, Washington State University
- Jeremy Sutherland, Pennsylvania State University
- Sara Tondini, University of Illinois
- Lauren Whitt, University of Missouri
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Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research
The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) builds public-private partnerships to fund bold research addressing big food and agriculture challenges. FFAR was established in the 2014 Farm Bill to increase public agriculture research investments, fill knowledge gaps and complement the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s research agenda. FFAR’s model matches federal funding from Congress with private funding, delivering a powerful return on taxpayer investment. Through collaboration and partnerships, FFAR advances actionable science benefiting farmers, consumers and the environment.
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