FY 2006 HIGHER EDUCATION MULTICULTURAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM PROGRAM SUMMARY and PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS Higher Education Programs Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service U.S. Department of Agriculture December 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS...2 LIST OF TABLES...2 HIGHER EDUCATION MULTICULTURAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM FY 2006 PROGRAM SUMMARY...3 HIGHER EDUCATION MULTICULTURAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM FY 2006 PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS...8 HIGHER EDUCATION MULTICULTURAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2006 RECIPIENTS (IN DOLLARS)..13 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 AWARDS GRANTED BY DISCIPLINE...4 Table 2 SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS: Environmental and Natural Resources...6 Table 3 SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS: Veterinary Medicine...7 Table 4 SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS: Family and Consumer Sciences...8 Table 5 SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS: General Food & Agricultural Sciences...9 Table 6 SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS: Agroecology & Urban Landscapes...10 Table 7 SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS: Natural Resource Management, Environmental Resource Engineering...11 Table 8 SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS: Agricultural Marketing and Management...12 Table 9 FISCAL YEAR 2006 RECIPIENTS...13 Table 10 FISCAL YEAR 2006 FUNDING AND EXPENSES SUMMARY...14 2
FY 2006 PROGRAM SUMMARY Launched in July 1994, the Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program is a competitive grants program enabling colleges and universities to award scholarships to outstanding students from groups traditionally underrepresented in the food and agricultural sciences and to encourage these students to pursue and complete their education at the postsecondary level. The expectation is that the racial and ethnic diversity of the food and agricultural scientific and professional workforce will increase, the educational achievement of minority Americans will advance, and the goals for workforce diversity within the Federal government will be achieved, particularly the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For the FY 2006 program, proposals could be submitted by any U.S. college or university offering baccalaureate degree programs in at least one discipline of the food and agricultural sciences, or offering a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) degree. Scholarship grants were not made directly to students; rather, scholarship recipients are to be selected by the colleges and universities receiving grant awards. Where an articulation or bridging agreement exists with an eligible four year institution, students attending two year institutions also may be able to participate in the program. Scholarship recipients must be citizens or nationals of the United States or citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau and newly recruited to a course of study leading to a baccalaureate degree in the food and agricultural sciences or to a D.V.M. degree. For the FY 2006 program, $988,020 was appropriated for FY 2006 and $283,980 was carried over from previous years. Of that amount, $1,207,425 was available for project grant awards after subtracting administrative costs (see page 14 for breakdown). These funds were used to support multicultural scholarships grants in the following categories: Environment and Natural Resources (1); Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (1); Family and Consumer Sciences (1); General Food and Agricultural Sciences (2); Agroecology and Urban Landscapes (1); Natural Resource Management, Environmental Resource Engineering (1); Agricultural Marketing and Management (l). A total of 14 proposals, requesting $1,713,468 million were received for funding consideration. In August 2006, the grant applications were evaluated by a 6 member peer review panel. Based on the FY 2006 deliberations of the panel, eight (8) awards, for a total of $1,041,000 supporting 54 undergraduate scholarships, were made. The FY 2006 grant recipients list was comprised of 8 different institutions. The following charts present information on the grants awarded under the FY 2006 Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program. 3
Table 1 AWARDS GRANTED BY DISCIPLINE Discipline No. of Proposals No. of Scholarships and Student Experiential Learning Awards (SEL) Funds Requested Environmental and Natural Resources 1 5 $120,000 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine 1 4 $64,000 Family and Consumer Sciences 1 5 $120,000 General Food and Agricultural Sciences 2 11 $257,000 Agroecology and Urban Landscapes 1 5 $120,000 Natural Resources Management, Environmental Resource Engineering 1 8 $192,000 Agricultural Marketing and Management 1 16 $120,000 TOTAL 8 54 $1,041,000 4
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FY 2006 PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS Table 2 SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS: Environmental and Natural Resources University and Department Principal Project Director Funds Number of Scholarships/Student Experiential Learning (SEL) Supported University of Vermont The Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources Donald H. DeHayes $120,000 5 TOTAL $120,000 5 6
FY 2006 PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS Table 3 SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS: Veterinary Medicine University and Department Principal Project Director Funds Number of Scholarships/Student Experiential Learning (SEL) Supported University of Georgia Veterinary Medicine Sheila W. Allen $64,000 4 TOTAL $64,000 4 7
FY 2006 PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS Table 4 SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS: Family and Consumer Sciences University and Department Principal Project Director Funds Number of Scholarships/Student Experiential Learning (SEL) Supported Kentucky State University Child Development & Family Relations Herman E. Walston $120,000 5 TOTAL $120,000 5 8
FY 2006 PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS Table 5 SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS: General Food & Agricultural Sciences University and Department Principal Project Director Funds Number of Scholarships/Student Experiential Learning (SEL) Supported California Polytechnic State University College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences Mary Pedersen $113,000 5 The Curators of the University of Missouri Cecilia Leslie $144,000 6 TOTAL $257,000 11 9
FY 2006 PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS Table 6 SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS: Agroecology & Urban Landscapes University and Department Principal Project Director Funds Number of Scholarships/Student Experiential Learning (SEL) Supported Florida International University Environmental Studies SERC Honors College Krish Jayachandran $120,000 5 TOTAL $120,000 5 10
FY 2006 PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS Table 7 SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS: Natural Resource Management, Environmental Resource Engineering University and Department Principal Project Director Funds Number of Scholarships/Student Experiential Learning (SEL) Supported State University of New York, Syracuse Environmental Science & Forest Biology Robin Kimmerer $192,000 8 TOTAL $192,000 8 11
FY 2006 PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS Table 8 SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS: Agricultural Marketing and Management University and Department Principal Project Director Funds Number of Scholarships/Student Experiential Learning (SEL) Supported Portland State University Food Industry Leadership Center Thomas Gillpatirick $168,000 16 TOTAL $168,000 16 12
FISCAL YEAR 2006 RECIPIENTS (IN DOLLARS) Table 9 FISCAL YEAR 2006 RECIPIENTS Recipients Actual Number of Scholars State California Polytechnic State University $113,000 5 CA University of Vermont $120,000 5 VT Portland State University $168,000 16 OR State University of New York, Syracuse $192,000 8 NY University of Georgia $64,000 4 GA University of Missouri $144,000 6 MO Kentucky State University $120,000 5 KY Florida International University $120,000 5 FL Subtotal $1,041,000 54 13
Table 10 FISCAL YEAR 2006 FUNDING AND EXPENSES SUMMARY Funds Appropriated (FY 2006) $988,020 Funds Carried Forward to Fiscal Year 2006 $283,980 Total Funds Available $1,207,425 Deductions Awards to States $1,041,000 Federal Administration FY04 (4%) $39,521 Food and Agricultural Education Information System (FAEIS) FY 06 $10,635 National Award Program for Excellence in College and University in the Food and Agricultural Sciences FY 06 3,734 Panel Costs $10,689 Total Funds Expended $1,105,579 Number of Proposals 14 Amount Requested $1,713.468 Number of Awards 8 Number of Scholarships Supported 54 Tables 2 through 10 FUNDED PROJECT INFORMATION AND DESCRIPTIONS FY 2006 Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Grants Access the following link: FY 2006 HEMS Funded Projects* to display project information. Data is from the CSREES Current Research Information System database. http://cris.csrees.usda.gov/cgibin/starfinder/0?path=fastlink1.txt&id=anon&pass=&search=cg=*38413*%20not%20ps=term*&format=webtitlesg 14