The Scientific Exchanges Program (SEP) supports USDA’s agricultural research goals of promoting collaborative programs among agricultural professionals of eligible countries, agricultural professionals of the United States, the international agricultural research system, and U.S. entities conducting research. SEP is implemented by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service, Global Programs, Fellowship Programs.
The SEP leverages the latest developments in cross-cutting agricultural science priorities, and advances in research and technologies to train a new generation of agricultural scientists in trade, trade policy, trade capacity building, and food security. The collaborative nature of the SEP training and research programs benefits multiple parties: fellows, their home institutions and partner countries; the U.S. host institutions, their faculty, researchers, and students; and the global agricultural sectors, by improving agricultural
productivity, ecosystems health, and food security in partnering nations through the transfer of the latest
science and technologies.
The program is specifically intended for applicants from West Africa to travel to a U.S. based institution for a 10-week research residency program in the thematic area of Biopesticide solutions to control invasive pests in West Africa: Agricultural research and regulatory tools to build resiliency in a changing climate. The Fellowship Program is anticipated to start in June 2024. Deadline: 28/02/2024 (11:59PM,EST)