The Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology received two of only nine grants awarded nationwide from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
The college received nearly $900,000 of the $4 million in Capacity Building Grants for Non-land Grant Colleges of Agriculture. The goal is to help these colleges develop the infrastructure to do agricultural research and to teach and conduct outreach activities while also increasing professional development opportunities for faculty and increasing the number and diversity of qualified graduates entering the industry.
“These two grants represent the hard work of grant writing by Drs. Carmen Licon, Susan Pheasant and Luca Brillante, along with our pre-award grant research administrators, Maral Kismetian and Director Doug Carey,” said Dr. Joy Goto, interim dean of the Division of Research and Graduate Studies. “Research infrastructure is absolutely critical for the success of our grants because it supports not only the faculty and student researchers but the administration of grant activity, pre- and post-award.”
The grants were awarded to the following Fresno State faculty:
- $750,000 to Dr. Carmen Licon, assistant professor of food science and nutrition
- $149,943 to Dr. Luca Brillante, assistant professor of viticulture, and Bronco Wine Company Viticulture Chair
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