Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Grants New Innovator Award to Nine Early Career Scientists

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, a nonprofit organization that supports innovative science addressing food and agriculture challenges, today announced the first New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award recipients.  The nine New Innovators will receive a total of $4.8 million over five years. Matching funds from each awardee’s respective institution will leverage the Foundation’s investment of up to $300,000 per recipient. Meeting and sustaining the growing global demand for food will require a scientific workforce committed to innovating the way food is grown, processed, and distributed. The Foundation’s New Innovator program invests in new university faculty, their creative and potentially transformative research projects, and the students and post-doctoral scholars who work on those projects.