The Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural
Science and Technology Fellowship Program was
established in 2004 to honor Nobel Laureate
Norman E. Borlaug. The program promotes food
security and economic growth by providing
research and training opportunities to early-
and mid-career agricultural researchers and
policymakers from developing and middle-income
countries. USDA partners with U.S. land grant
universities, international research centers,
and other institutions to provide up to 12 weeks
of U.S.-based training each year. Fellows may
also attend the annual World Food Prize
Symposium, held in October in Des Moines, Iowa.
Since its inception in 2004, the program has
provided research opportunities for more than
500 fellows from 64 countries worldwide.
The Cochran Fellowship Program provides participants from middle-income
countries, emerging markets, and emerging
democracies with high-quality training to
improve their local agricultural systems and
strengthen and enhance trade links with the
United States. Participants are mid- and
senior-level professionals from both the public
and private sectors who are concerned with
agricultural trade, agribusiness development,
management, policy, and marketing. Since its
start in 1984, the Cochran Fellowship Program
has provided training for more than 14,300
participants from 123 countries.
Embassy Science
Fellows Program
The Embassy Science Fellows Program places U.S. scientists at American
embassies overseas to provide expertise, advice,
and assistance with issues relating to the
environment, science, technology, and health.
Since the program’s inception in 2002, USDA has
sponsored more than 40 fellows in 25 countries
to work in areas of strategic importance to
USDA, including trade capacity building,
biotechnology, food safety, animal health, and
sanitary/phytosanitary issues.
The Faculty Exchange Program enhances the
teaching ability of agricultural educators from
institutions of higher learning in developing
countries. Participants come to the United
States for one academic semester (4-5 months) to
increase their knowledge of, and ability to
teach, agricultural economics and marketing,
agribusiness, and agrarian law in a market-based
economy. Since 1995,
the program has provided training opportunities
for 310 agricultural educators from 23
countries.
International Graduate Studies Program
The International Graduate Studies Program
assists developing and post-conflict countries
in building prosperous, market-oriented
agricultural sectors that are fully integrated
into the global economy. Participating students
complete English language training and then are
placed in Master’s degree programs at U.S. land
grant universities. Areas of study include
agricultural economics, plant pathology,
horticulture, plant breeding, animal breeding,
and dairy science.
The Scientific Cooperation Exchange Program
supports collaborative relationships between
teams of scientific and technical experts from
the United States and the People’s Republic of
China. Since 1979, the program has facilitated
exchanges for more than 2,100
participants on topics including food safety and
security, animal and plant health, and
agricultural biotechnology and emerging
technologies. The program helps to
promote U.S.
agricultural priorities, encourage long-term
cooperation in agricultural science and
technology, create a positive atmosphere for
agricultural trade, and enhance overall
relations between the United States and China.
The Scientific Cooperation Research Program supports joint research,
extension, and education projects—lasting up to
two years—among domestic and international
agricultural professionals. These projects
address issues including agricultural trade and
market access, animal and plant health,
biotechnology, food safety and security, and
sustainable natural resource management in the
United States and internationally. Since 1980,
the program has supported more than 400 projects
with approximately 95 partnering countries,
enhancing the technical skills of more than
1,000 agricultural professionals.
Visiting
Scientists Program
The Visiting Scientist Program provides opportunities to foreign
researchers to engage in collaborative research
with scientists from the Agricultural Research
Service and other USDA agencies. Foreign
researchers have the opportunity to participate
in both short-term (1-2 weeks) and long-term (up
to 5 years) visits, as well as to participate in
technical workshops, meetings, and conferences.
In 2010, the program enabled more than 40
scientists from 21 countries to share their
expertise in U.S. laboratories.
FAS Trade and Scientific Exchanges
Division
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Vacant |
Director |
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Karina Ramos-Hides |
Deputy Director |
202-720 3736 |
karina.ramos@fas.usda.gov |
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Scott Lewis |
Cochran Fellowship |
202-690-1734 |
scott.lewis@fas.usda.gov
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