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Kirchner Food Fellowship HBCU 2023-2024 Cohort 

Year Awarded  2023

Location   Jacksonville, FL & Washington, D.C.

Matching Funders   Kirchner Group, the Burroughs-Wellcome Fund and individual donors.

The Kirchner Fellowship HBCU cohort is part of a $1 million five-year collaboration between the Kirchner Impact Foundation and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research to increase diversity within the venture capital industry by training HBCU students to become agriculture technology venture capitalists. Kirchner HBCU fellows invest capital in early-stage food and agriculture companies applying ground-breaking technologies to provide sustainable solutions to address global food challenges.

Kirchner Fellowship HBCU 2023-24 Cohort Announced 

FFAR Vet Fellows Fifth Cohort 

Year Awarded  2023

Total award amount   $10,000 per student

Location   Washington, D.C.

Matching Funders   American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC)

The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) announced the 13 recipients of the 2023 Veterinary Student Research Fellowships (Vet Fellows) in partnership with the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC). This fellowship creates opportunities for veterinary students to pursue research on global food security and sustainable animal production.

FFAR Awards Fifth Cohort of Vet Fellows 

National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food & Agriculture Research: Huaijun Zhou 

Year Awarded  2023

Total award amount   $100,000

Location   Davis, CA

Matching Funders   Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Grantee Institution   University of California Davis

Dr. Huaijun Zhou was awarded the 2023 National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food & Agriculture Research for his multidisciplinary approach to animal and poultry genome research, which supports improved global food security through genetic enhancement of poultry health and production efficiencies.

FFAR-OCP Disruptive Fertilizer Technology Fellowship Informational Webinar 

Informational Session Virtual

Long arm of tractor sprays fertilizer on. Rows of young corn.

FFAR-OCP Disruptive Fertilizer Technology Fellowship Program 

Applications Due

FFAR & OCP North America Announce Fertilizer Fellowship Awardees & 2023 Opportunities 

FFAR Announces New Innovator in Food & Agriculture Research Awardees 

The Revitalization of Indigenous Crops in the Southwest 

Year Awarded  2023

Total award amount   $450,000

Location   Tempe, AZ

Grantee Institution   University of Arizona

Climate change is compromising highly nutritious, localized food grown by Indigenous societies, which has led to detrimental health disparities for American Indians, including higher rates of diabetes, heart disease and obesity. Dr. Michael Kotutwa Johnson aims to ensure crop biodiversity and increase access to nutritious food through partnerships with tribal communities. Kotutwa Johnson is examining water conservation practices that increase Indigenous food production, analyzing Indigenous foods’ nutritional value to integrate these foods into USDA and other food programs and developing safeguards to protect Indigenous groups data rights.