Media Advisory 09-007
Media Teleconference: NSF and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Address Worldwide Agricultural Challenges
Teleconference on Monday, March 30, 11:30 a.m. ET
BREAD will support research that addresses smallholder agriculture in the developing world.
March 26, 2009
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will discuss a nearly $50 million partnership to support innovative solutions to critical agricultural challenges in developing countries.
The new award program, called BREAD--Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development--will support a competitive award program for scientific research projects that address serious constraints to smallholder agriculture in the developing world.
| Who: | James Collins, NSF assistant director for biological sciences |
| Rob Horsch, deputy director of the agricultural development initiative at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | |
| Jane Silverthorne, NSF deputy division director for biological infrastructure | |
| Deborah Delmer, NSF program director for BREAD | |
| What: | Media teleconference to discuss the new BREAD program |
| When: | Monday, March 30, 2009, 11:30 a.m. ET |
To participate in the teleconference, reporters in the United States should call 1 (866) 617-1526, passcode BREAD.
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Dana Topousis, National Science Foundation, (703) 292-7750, email: dtopousi@nsf.gov
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