World Food Prize
Nebraska Youth Institute
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2024 World Food Prize Nebraska Youth Institute
Eastern Institute
March 25, 2024
University of Nebraska-Lincoln East Campus, Lincoln
Registration Due: February 25, 2024
Western Institute
April 15, 2024
Panhandle Research, Extension, and Education Center, Scottsbluff
Registration Due: March 15, 2024
Earn a $500 CASNR scholarship each year you submit a paper and attend the event!
High School freshmen through seniors are eligible.
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Participating students are eligible to apply for the $2,000 Maunder-Borlaug Food Security Scholarship toward tuition in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) at UNL.
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The top high school students from each Youth Institute will be competitively selected as delegates to the Global Youth Institute, held every October in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Borlaug Ruan International Internship and USDA Wallace-Carver Fellowship opportunities are available for students that have participated in the Nebraska Youth Institute.
Questions?
Contact Morgan Tranmer
Nebraska Youth Institute State Coordinator
mtranmer2@unl.edu ⎮ 402-472-9782
More information can also be found at worldfoodprize.org/Nebraska.
Our Sponsors
The Nebraska Youth Institute is made possible with the generous support of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR); the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication (ALEC); the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR), Bruce and Kathy Maunder with the Maunder-Borlaug scholarship, The Malaika Foundation, the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) and Nebraska FFA.
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