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Non-Federal Funding Opportunities
Selected opportunities from CALS’ extensive listing of non-federal funding opportunities in agriculture, life sciences and related fields. View and search the entire list (updated weekly!) […]
Federal Funding Opportunities
Federal funding opportunities from the week of June 17 – June 21 DOD DoD Prostate Cancer Collaborative Undergraduate HBCU Student Summer Training Program http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=236413 DoD […]
Beer and bioenergy: Hittinger wins NSF CAREER award to study yeasts
In a state rich with beer-making history, UW-Madison scientists are getting to the bottom of an age-old fermentation puzzle that could enlighten both brewers and […]
Logan Wells becomes Wisconsin FFA president
CALS forest and wildlife ecology student, Logan Wells was named president of the Wisconsin FFA. Wells, a native of Monroe, Wisc., was elected by his […]
CALS in the News for the Week of June 8-14
In the News: Wisconsin FFA membership hits 29-year high Fox11 News 6/10/2013 Quoted: Vicki Janisch, AgrAbility Cultivate careers in agribusiness Wisconsin State Journal 6/10/2013 Mentioned: […]
Non-Federal Funding Opportunities
Selected opportunities from CALS’ extensive listing of non-federal funding opportunities in agriculture, life sciences and related fields. View and search the entire list (updated weekly!) […]
Federal Funding Opportunities
Federal funding opportunities from the week of June 10 – June 14 DOD Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Investigator-Initiated Research Award http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=236015 Lung Cancer Concept Award http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=236016 […]
Keeping organic meat safe and tasty
When Jeff Sindelar talks about the ingredients he’s working with, you’d think he was making juice. Not quite. He’s adding things like cranberry concentrate, cherry […]
Jeff Endelman hired for new professorship to lead potato breeding program
Advances in biotechnology such as DNA sequencing have helped speed the pace of plant breeding in many food crops, but applying these tools to the […]
Ken Shapiro honored by Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development
Emeritus Agricultural & Applied Economics faculty member Ken Shapiro won the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development’s (AIARD) 2013 Distinguished Service Award. Shapiro was […]