The Department of Agriculture recently announced $12 million for Hispanic-serving Institutions of higher education. The announcement last week was part of a launch of the first in a series of virtual roundtable engagement sessions with Minority-serving Institutions and Land-grant Universities serving those students.
The funding is part of USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Hispanic-serving Institutions Education Grants Program. It includes investments in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Puerto Rico, and Texas.
As part of the funding, California State University, Long Beach, will use $975,000 for its “Leveraging Interdisciplinary Nutritional Knowledge” Program. The program aims to support undergraduate and graduate students in the food and human sciences professional and scientific workforce.
Texas A&M, Kingsville, will use its $975,000 grant to support its Getting Occupational Student Training in Agricultural Research Through Novel Workshops project. Through this project, students are exposed to experiential-based learning and partnerships with USDA researchers.
