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Dear colleagues,

The Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center is in the final week of accepting PhD student applications for our second AgBioFEWS fellowship cohort, an interdisciplinary, NSF-funded program focused on Agricultural Biotechnology in our evolving Food, Energy, and Water Systems. Applicants from a wide range of disciplines—including the humanities, natural, and social sciences—are encouraged to apply.

To get a feel for the program click on the 3-minute video below or go to our website, go.ncsu.edu/agbiofews, where you can also check out the profiles of our first cohort. The fellowship includes a $34,000/year stipend and covers tuition and health insurance for the first two years. Our deadline is fast approaching --February 1, 2020 (11:59PM ET)! 

If you or anyone you know may be interested in applying, please forward this email over to them and/or contact the AgBioFEWS Program Coordinator, Dawn Rodriguez-Ward (dtward2@ncsu.edu).

Warmest regards,
Fred

Fred Gould
University Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Entomology & Plant Path.
Co-director of Genetic Engineering and Society Center
NC State University
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Agricultural Biotechnology In Our Evolving Food, Energy, and Water Systems

*Now accepting applications*
AgBioFEWS is a National Science Foundation funded graduate research training program offering PhD candidates across multidisciplinary fields of study the opportunity to examine the science, policy, and public engagement aspects and impacts of Agricultural Biotechnology on Food, Energy, and Water.
GO.NCSU.EDU/AGBIOFEWS

Grand Challenges

Agriculture constitutes the largest use of land and water on the planet and as currently practiced could threaten the sustainability of FEW systems.

While biotechnologies are often portrayed to the public as either solving or causing these challenges, the implications of these technologies are complex, requiring a convergence of scientific fields and insights from the humanities to understand them. 

Overview

Video: AgBioFEWS at NC State >
Watch our 3-minute AgBioFEWS video.
(Or, if you're short on time, watch the 30-second version instead.)

AgBioFEWS Fellows receive a PhD in a natural/social science, or humanities graduate program, and a graduate minor in Genetic Engineering and Society, and will:

  • Embark on their studies embedded with NC farms, with later opportunities for international internships
  • Collaborate on an interdisciplinary cohort project
  • Take advanced interdisciplinary graduate courses and incorporate AgBioFEWS into thesis
  • Receive $34,000 Fellowship stipends
 Download program flyer

Who Should Apply

The AgBioFEWS program is designed for students seeking diverse perspectives. AgBioFEWS Fellows work together with NC State's world-class faculty to discover how biotechnology can impact society through our food, energy, and water systems.

Deadline: February 1, 2020

AgBioFEWS News

Fusing Disciplines, Transforming Graduate Education

1/2/2020 - NC State News

For DeShae Dillard, a first-year graduate student in entomology, seeing the complexity of the farming industry was eye-opening. From choosing what to grow and when to grow it, to financing their farms, to choosing pesticides and coping with climate change, large and small stakeholders juggle a vast array of decisions.

“I didn’t really think about all the work that goes into farming and how intensive it is as a profession,” said Dillard, who grew up in the suburbs of Seattle. “This was a world that was completely different from anything I’d ever imagined.” Read more at news.ncsu.edu >

‘Changing the Landscape of Graduate Education’

9/6/2018 - Dee Shore, NC State CALS News

'Interdisciplinarity on Steroids'—AgBioFEWS aims to deepen students’ technical understanding of agriculture, ecology, and genetics while also integrating knowledge of other fields at play when it comes to building agricultural biotechnology solutions.

It’s not enough, Gould says, for a technology to work. It also has to avoid unintended consequences that can occur when ecological, social, economic, ethical and political issues aren’t considered. Read more at cals.ncsu.edu/news >

Meet Our First Cohort

AgBioFEWS students with Margaret Atwood
Our first cohort of AgBioFEWS Fellows is made up of nine students (including two international) from seven programs in four colleges. Click here to watch their colloquium presentation on the 2-week summer course that launched the program.
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