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National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food and Agriculture Research: Elizabeth Ainsworth 

Year Awarded  2019

Total award amount   $100,000

Location   Washington, D.C.

Matching Funders   Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Grantee Institution   USDA-ARS

Dr. Elizabeth Ainsworth, a U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service researcher and adjunct professor at the School of Integrative Biology at the University of Illinois, is the 2019 recipient of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences. Ainsworth’s pioneering research focuses on how the world will eat in the face of climate change and other threats.  

National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food & Agriculture Research: Rodolphe Barrangou 

Year Awarded  2018

Total award amount   $100,000

Location   Raleigh, NC

Matching Funders   Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Grantee Institution   NC State University

Dr. Rodolphe Barrangou was awarded the 2018 National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food & Agriculture Research for pioneering research establishing CRISPR as the adaptive immune system of bacteria, a discovery which promoted the practical use of CRISPR-Cas systems for genome editing.

Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research Congratulates Edward Buckler, First Recipient of the National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences 

In the Lab with NAS Prize Winner Ed Buckler 

Portrait of Edward Buckler.

Dr. Ed Buckler

FFAR Congratulates Edward Buckler, First Recipient of Prestigious NAS Prize for Extraordinary Contribution to Food and Agriculture 

FFAR at the Borlaug Dialogue: Celebrating the New NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences 

Portrait of Sally Rockey.

Sally Rockey, Ph.D.

Executive Director Emeritus

FFAR and Borlaug Dialogue Attendees Celebrate New $100,000 National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences 

Honoring & Inspiring Future Breakthroughs: New Prize 

Portrait of Sally Rockey.

Sally Rockey, Ph.D.

Executive Director Emeritus

Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research Establishes National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food & Agriculture Sciences with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Support