National Academy of Sciences to award $100,000 ag and food prize

Backed by two foundations, the National Academy of Sciences said it will begin annual awards in 2017 of a $100,000 NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences. The prize, to recognize “a mid-career scientist at a U.S. institution who has made contribution” to the fields, would join the $250,000 World Food Prize as a prestigious… » Read More

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