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The AFRI Education and Workforce Development Program focuses on developing the next generation of research, education, and extension professionals in the food and agricultural sciences. The program educates professionals to lead agriculture into the future by solving current and future challenges facing our society.

The AFRI Education and Workforce Development Program (EWD) addresses projected shortfalls of qualified graduates in the agricultural, food, and renewable natural resources sectors of the U.S. economy. Thus, the AFRI EWD has three overarching goals:
                  - Enhancing Agricultural Literacy and Workforce Training  offers institutional grants for in-service training, in order to provide K-14 educators increased knowledge of food and agricultural science disciplines and career opportunities, and help them develop improved curricula to train agricultural workforce for the future.                     - Professional Development for Agricultural Literacy  (formerly Professional Development for Secondary School Teachers and Educational Professionals)
                    - Agricultural Workforce Training Grants   
                  - Developing Pathways  via grant mechanism that provide formal or non-formal education experiential learning for students to enter or gain skills applicable to the food and agriculture fields. This goal offers undergraduates in food, agriculture, or allied disciplines, the technical and leadership skills required for employment in the food and agricultural sectors or in graduate programs. NIFA will award institutional grants that offer experiential learning opportunities, beyond traditional classroom experience or course work that include but are not limited to internships, externships, practicums, global leadership, and study abroad, in research and extension. These opportunities must be designed to help students develop the critical thinking, problem solving, digital competency, international experiences, and communication skills needed for future employment and/or higher education.                     - Food and Agricultural Non-formal Education
                    - Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates
                    - Special Workforce Development Topics   
                  - Advancing Science  supports graduate and post-graduate education in agriculture and related disciplines. NIFA Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowship program areas will continue to support predoctoral candidates and postdoctoral trainees respectively. These Fellowship awards can also enable interested predoctoral candidates and postdoctoral trainees to obtain training in industry and international research on issues relevant to U.S. agriculture.                     - Predoctoral Fellowships
                    - Postdoctoral Fellowships

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## Request for Applications Links

Current AFRI Education and Workforce Development RFAAFRI RFA Resources (Part IV, C Content and Form of Application Submission; EWD Review Criteria; etc.) 

Carlos Ortiz, PhD

AFRI Fellowships Fact Sheet(pdf - 193.83 KB)

FY 2020 REEU FAQ.pdf(pdf - 192.12 KB)

FY 2020 EWD FAQ Predocs Postdocs(pdf - 152.55 KB)

FY2022 FAQs YEA A7703 June 3 Webinar(pdf - 211.41 KB)

AFRI Request for Applications

AFRI Annual Review

AFRI Deadlines

AFRI Education and Workforce Development FY23 RFA Technical Assistance Webinars

FY 2023 AFRI Postdoctoral Fellowships RFA Technical Assistance Webinar

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