Borlaug Fellowship Program 2020, United States Department of Agriculture, USA

Publish Date: Feb 06, 2020

Deadline: Feb 18, 2020

Borlaug Fellowship Program

The Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program promotes food security and economic growth by providing training and collaborative research opportunities to fellows from developing and middle-income countries.

Borlaug fellows are generally scientists, researchers, or policymakers who are in the early or middle stages of their careers. Each fellow works one-on-one with a mentor at a U.S. university, research center or government agency, usually for 8-12 weeks. The U.S. mentor will later visit the fellow’s home institution to continue collaboration. Fellows may also attend professional conferences and events within their field, such as the annual World Food Prize Symposium.

The Borlaug Fellowship Program honors Norman E. Borlaug, the American agronomist, humanitarian and Nobel laureate known as the “father of the Green Revolution.” Since the program’s inception in 2004, approximately 800 fellows from 64 countries have participated in research and training focused on a wide array of agriculture-related topics, including agronomy, veterinary science, nutrition, food safety, sanitary and phytosanitary issues, natural resource management, agricultural biotechnology, agricultural economics, and agricultural policy. By improving participants' understanding of agricultural science, the program helps foster science-based trade policies that improve international market access for U.S. agricultural products. 

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Disciplines

Agriculture

Biotechnology

Food Science

Science

Technology

Zoology

Study Levels

Research

Opportunity Types

Fellowships

Financial aid

Scholarships

Eligible Countries

Algeria

Bangladesh

Cambodia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Ethiopia

Georgia

Ghana

Guatemala

Guinea

Honduras

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Liberia

Malawi

Malaysia

Mongolia

Morocco

Peru

Phillipines

Rwanda

Senegal

South Africa

Sri Lanka

Tanzania

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

Vietnam

Host Countries

United States