Opportunities
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The Supervisory Agricultural Research Specialist: Serves as the agency expert and coordinator in agricultural research for development activities, providing intellectual leadership; generating policy recommendations, interventions, and agency mechanisms; and initiating new research partnerships within the international agricultural and food security development area, to include research on crop and animal improvement, agronomy, farming systems, sustainable intensification,…
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The Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa (PCHPA) and the Initiative for Global Development (IGD) invites you to a special Congressional Luncheon Discussion on “New Perspectives for Closing Africa’s Infrastructure Gap.” The discussion will focus on the impact that Africa’s infrastructure has on business growth and job creation, and explore new ways of…
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The Office of International Programs at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) is seeking a full-time Program Manager at the post-doctoral level to expand its international portfolio across the three missions of research, education and extension.
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Pan African Grain Legume Research Conference, Feb. 28-March 4 in Zambia Crop science graduate students: apply by Oct. 8, 2015 for ten CSSA-USAID Travel Grants, up to $3,500 each, to attend the 2016 Pan African Grain Legume Research Conference (PAGLRC), Livingston, Zambia, on Feb. 28-March 4, 2016. For the complete travel grant description including eligibility,…
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The Norman E. Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program (Borlaug LEAP) is currently accepting applications from sub-Saharan African students conducting research on topics related to the US Government’s global hunger initiative — Feed the Future. All topics related to agriculture (as defined by Title XII) and the Feed the Future initiative are admissible.
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USAID’s online training course on nutrition-sensitive agricultural programming, designed for USAID staff and external partners. It introduces the principles of nutrition-sensitive agriculture and how those principles can be applied to existing and future agriculture and food security programs. The course is intended for individuals that do not have a nutrition or health background who are…
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The Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Education and Human Resources Programs (EHR) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Human Resource Development (HRD), within the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR). The conference is aimed…
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