EP116864 1994 NATIONAL NEEDS GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP - PROGRAM SUMMARY
FY 1994 USDA Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate Fellowship
Grants Program Annual Program Summary
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Initiated in FY 1984, the USDA Food and Agricultural Sciences National
Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants Program is designed to help meet the Nation's
ongoing need for food and agricultural scientific and professional expertise.
The fellowships are intended to encourage outstanding students to pursue and
complete graduate degrees in critical areas of national need. The national
need areas supported in even-numbered fiscal years include: Biotechnology --
Animal; Human Nutrition and/or Food Science; and Marketing or Management --
Food, Forest Products, or Agribusiness. In odd-numbered fiscal years, the
national need areas supported include: Biotechnology -- Plant; Engineering --
Food, Forest, Biological, or Agricultural; and Water Science. Prior to FY 1994,
the program has supported the graduate degree programs of approximately 700
graduate students in these national need areas.
In FY 1994, approximately $3.4 million were available to fund the program.
All U.S. colleges and universities that confer a doctoral degree in one or more
of the food and agricultural sciences areas targeted for national need
fellowships were eligible to apply. In FY 1994, available funds were
distributed almost evenly across three national need areas: Biotechnology --
Animal; Human Nutrition and/or Food Science, and Marketing or Management --
Food, Forest Products, or Agribusiness.
A total of 40 different institutions from 33 States and U.S.
Territories submitted 97 proposals for consideration for funding.
A summary of the number of proposals received, the number of graduate
fellowships requested, and the total funds requested in each national
need area is presented in Table 1.
Based on peer review, 30 proposals (30.9 percent of those received) were
selected for funding. These 30 grants will support the recruitment and three
years of education for 63 doctoral fellows at 19 institutions in 16 States.
A summary of the number of proposals funded, the number of graduate fellowships
granted, and the funds awarded in each national need area is presented in
Table 2.
Specific information on the FY 1994 Fellowships grants, by national need
area, including universities and departments, principal project directors,
number of fellows supported, and the funds awarded in each grant are presented
in Tables 3.a., 3.b., 3.c., and 3.d. Table 4 presents the institutional
summary data by State.
Questions or comments about the USDA Food and Agricultural Sciences
National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants Program should be directed to:
Office of Higher Education Programs; U.S. Department of Agriculture; Room
3438, South Building; 14th and Independence Avenue, S.W.; Washington, D.C.
20250-2251. The telephone number is (202) 720-1973; the fax number is
(202) 720-2030.
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Table 1. Funding Requests by National Need Area
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No. Proposals No. Fellows Funds
National Need Area Received Requested Requested
Biotechnology --
Animal 33 126 $6,804,000
Food Science 17 61 $3,294,000
Food Science and
Human Nutrition 4 12 $ 648,000
Human Nutrition 21 69 $3,726,000
Marketing or
Management 22 75 $4,050,000
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Total 97 343 $18,522,000
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Table 2. Funding Decisions by National Need Area
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No. Proposals No. Fellows Funds
National Need Area Funded Granted Awarded
Biotechnology --
Animal 9 21 $1,134,000
Food Science 5 11 $ 594,000
Human Nutrition 5 10 $ 540,000
Marketing or
Management 11 21 $1,134,000
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Total 30 63 $3,402,000/1/
/1/ $25,480 of the FY 1994 National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants Program
appropriation was awarded to Dr. R. Wayne Skaggs at North Carolina State
University to complete a partially funded FY 1993 grant that was awarded
in the national need area of water science (Grant Number: 93-38420-8739).
Therefore, the total amount awarded in FY 1994 was $3,427,480. Of this
total amount awarded in FY 1994, $43,021 was drawn from unspent funds from
the FY 1987 National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants Program appropriation.
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Table 3.a. Fellowship Grants: Biotechnology -- Animal
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Principal Number of
University and Project Fellows Funds
Department Director Supported Awarded
University of Minnesota
Coll of Vet Med Thomas W. Molitor 2 $108,000
Washington State University
College of Vet Med Guy H. Palmer 3 $162,000
University of Wisconsin
School of Vet Med Kevin T. Schultz 2 $108,000
University of Missouri
Dept of Animal Science R. Michael Roberts 3 $162,000
Colorado State University
College of Vet Med
and Biomedical Sci Gordon D. Niswender 3 $162,000
Univ. of California, Davis
Dept of Animal Science James D. Murray 3 $162,000
Washington State University
Dept of Biochemistry and
Biophysics Michael D. Griswold 1 $ 54,000
Oregon State University
Dept of Animal Sciences Ching Y. Hu 2 $108,000
Michigan State University
Dept of Animal Science Paul M. Coussens 2 $108,000
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Total 21 $1,134,000
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Table 3.b. Fellowship Grants: Food Science
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Principal Number of
University and Project Fellows Funds
Department Director Supported Awarded
University of Minnesota
Dept of Food Science
and Nutrition Francis F. Busta 2 $108,000
University of Nebraska
Dept of Food Science
and Technology Stephen L. Taylor 2 $108,000
Purdue University
Dept of Food Science Maribeth A. Cousin 3 $162,000
University of Wisconsin
Dept of Food Science Owen R. Fennema 2 $108,000
University of Massachusetts
Dept of Food Science Robert E. Levin 2 $108,000
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Total 11 $594,000
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Table 3.c. Fellowship Grants: Human Nutrition
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Principal Number of
University and Project Fellows Funds
Department Director Supported Awarded
Univ. of California, Davis
Dept of Nutrition Robert B. Rucker 2 $108,000
Tufts University
Human Nutrition Research
Center on Aging Richard J. Wood 2 $108,000
University of Chicago
Committee on Human Nutrition
and Nutritional Biology Dale A. Schoeller 2 $108,000
Univ. of California, Berkeley
Dept of Nutritional Sci Janet C. King 2 $108,000
University of Wisconsin
Dept of Nutritional Sci John W. Suttie 2 $108,000
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Total 10 $540,000
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Table 3.d. Fellowship Grants: Marketing or Management
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Principal Number of
University and Project Fellows Funds
Department Director Supported Awarded
Purdue University
Dept of Agri Economics William A. Schiek 3 $162,000
University of Minnesota
Dept of Agricultural and
Applied Economics Robert P. King 2 $108,000
University of Illinois
Dept of Agri Economics Raymond M. Leuthold 2 $108,000
Pennsylvania State University
Sch of Forest Resources Paul M. Smith 3 $162,000
Virginia Tech
Dept of Agricultural and
Applied Economics Everett B. Peterson 2 $108,000
Washington State University
Dept of Agri Economics Ron C. Mittelhammer 2 $108,000
University of Nebraska
Dept of Agri Economics Dennis M. Conley 2 $108,000
Michigan State University
Dept of Agri Economics H. C. Peterson 2 $108,000
Univ. of California, Davis
Dept of Agri Economics Hoy F. Carman 1 $ 54,000
North Carolina State University
Dept of Agricultural and
Resource Economics Barry K. Goodwin 1 $ 54,000
Oklahoma State University
Dept of Agri Economics Dean F. Schreiner 1 $ 54,000
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Total 21 $1,134,000
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Table 4. Institutions Awarded Fellowship Grants by State
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Number of
Fellows Funds
State Institution Awarded Awarded
CA University of California, Davis 6 $324,000
CA University of California, Berkeley 2 $108,000
CO Colorado State University 3 $162,000
IL University of Illinois 2 $108,000
IL University of Chicago 2 $108,000
IN Purdue University 6 $324,000
MA University of Massachusetts 2 $108,000
MA Tufts University 2 $108,000
MI Michigan State University 4 $216,000
MN University of Minnesota 6 $324,000
MO University of Missouri 3 $162,000
NC North Carolina State University 1 $ 54,000
NE University of Nebraska 4 $216,000
OK Oklahoma State University 1 $ 54,000
OR Oregon State University 2 $108,000
PA Pennsylvania State University 3 $162,000
VA Virginia Tech 2 $108,000
WA Washington State University 6 $324,000
WI University of Wisconsin 6 $324,000
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Total 63 $3,402,000/1/
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/1/ $25,480 of the FY 1994 National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants Program
appropriation was awarded to Dr. R. Wayne Skaggs at North Carolina State
University to complete a partially funded FY 1993 grant that was awarded
in the national need area of water science (Grant Number: 93-38420-8739).
Therefore, the total amount awarded in FY 1994 was $3,427,480. Of this
total amount awarded in FY 1994, $43,021 was drawn from unspent funds from
the FY 1987 National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants Program appropriation.
HEP CFD Code: 10.210
Source: Higher Education Programs / Cooperative State Research, Education and
Extension Service / Science and Education Resources Development /
U.S. Department of Agriculture