[Entm-beu] Fwd: Identifying undergrads - Digital Ag Fellowship program

[Rick Redak]

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From: Studentdeancnas <studentdeancnas at ucr.edu>
Date: Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 10:57 AM
Subject: Identifying undergrads - Digital Ag Fellowship program
To: Bpschair <bpschair at ucr.edu>, Patricia S Springer <
patricia.springer at ucr.edu>, Gordon Love <gordon.love at ucr.edu>, David Volz <
david.volz at ucr.edu>, Joel Sachs <joels at ucr.edu>, Rick Redak <
richard.redak at ucr.edu>, fred at math.ucr.edu <fred at math.ucr.edu>, Yehau Li <
yehuali at ucr.edu>
Cc: April Meinzer <april.meinzer at ucr.edu>, Deborah A Terao <
deborah.terao at ucr.edu>, Sherice Underwood <sherice.underwood at ucr.edu>,
Wendi Tapia <wendi.tapia at ucr.edu>, Melissa Gomez <melissa.gomez at ucr.edu>,
Studentdeancnas <studentdeancnas at ucr.edu>, Rachel Alvarez <
rachel.alvarez at ucr.edu>


*Dear Department Chairs/FAO’s: Please distribute the below message to your
faculty to disseminate to their students who may be interested in this
fellowship opportunity? Thank  you. Connie*



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Dear CNAS Faculty,



I’m writing to bring your attention to a great fellowship opportunity for
undergraduate students who are interested in environmental science,
agriculture, and sustainability. Please encourage eligible students to
apply!   (Details below in text of email sent to students a week ago.)





*Subject: You’re Invited to apply for $12000 - $20000 Digital Agricultural
Fellowship Program (Due 8/24/22)*



Dear UCR STEM Student,



You are invited to apply for a new and exciting fellowship opportunity
beginning Fall 2022 at UC Riverside. The Artificial Intelligence for
Sustainable Agriculture [AI4SA] program was established by a $10M USDA-NIFA
<https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/06/22/ucr-wins-10-million-develop-ai-sustainable-agriculture>
 grant and is looking for up to eight (8) highly motivated UCR STEM
undergraduates to accept in our *15-month Digital Agriculture Fellowship*
(DAF) program.

Deadline August 24, 2022 @ 1159pm.



Students will begin by participating in the DAF Program Fall 2022 ,
followed by paid research fellowship with their assigned Faculty-Mentors,
all while receiving professional development, seminars, career exploration,
graduate prep, additional paid research and/or externship opportunities
next summer. Students will also have the opportunity to attend and
participate in a prestigious all-expense paid trip to the sustainable
agriculture conference Fall 2023.



For more information:

 *AI4SA WEBSITE* <https://ai4sa.ucr.edu/>        *&*         *STEM DAF
WEBSITE* <https://stem.ucr.edu/digital-agriculture-fellowship>
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*Details 15-month fellowship:*



   - Paid academic year fellowship (9-months @ 12 hrs/wk)- $7020
   - Paid 10 Week Summer Research RISE Program (2023) - $5000
   - You will paired with one of eight UCR CO-PIs
   <https://ai4sa.ucr.edu/people> for this grant
   - Fellowship benefits include: professional development, seminars,
   career and grad prep
   - Also, you are eligible to apply to other PAID Summer Externship
   Opportunities w/Industry Partners - $7,000
   - Fully funded travel to Sustainable Agriculture Conference (November
   2023) valued - $1500-$2000



*Apply Now*: *https://bit.ly/NIFADAF2022-23* <https://bit.ly/NIFADAF2022-23>



*Eligibility Criteria:*

   - Undergraduate students should be in their sophomore, junior year or
   senior year (seniors must be graduating *not earlier than* Fall 2024) of
   their undergraduate degree and committed to the 15-month fellowship.
   - Minimum 3.0 GPA
   - Majors include:
      - Entomology, Plant Biology, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science,
      Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Geophysics, Computer Science,
      Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering *(focus on
environmental,
      agricultural, and sustainability)
   - Students should be in their sophomore or junior year of their
   undergraduate degree and committed to the 15-month fellowship
   - Must be U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident per USDA grant guidelines





*Connie Nugent*

Divisional Dean of Student Academic Affairs

Associate Professor of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology

Director of CNAS Science Ambassadors

College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences (CNAS)

University of California, Riverside



*studentdeancnas at ucr.edu <studentdeancnas at ucr.edu>*
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