Three years after the scholarship program was revitalized, an effort to expand the program stalled in the Oklahoma ...

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A miyah Buan was sure she’d be starting her Ph.D. this fall after applying to eight graduate programs in biochemistry.

The USDA scholars program gave $19.2 million to scholarships for HBCU students in the 2024 fiscal year to provide them with full tuition, fees, books, room and board. FAMU gets $39,000 per student ...

Nineteen 1890 land grant colleges, all Historically Black Colleges and Universities, are part of the program. "The scholarship may also include work experience at USDA.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A decades-old federal scholarship program available to students at 19 historically black colleges and universities has been restored. The 1890 Scholars program was ...

The 1890 National Scholarship pays the full tuition of selected students from underserved communities to study sciences, such as agriculture and food safety. The 1890 scholar program is accepting ...

The program supports students at 19 historically black land-grant colleges and universities plus Tuskegee University in Alabama and in 2024 supported 94 students at a cost of $19 million. Florida A&M ...

After briefly suspending its 1890 National Scholars Program last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reopened it and is accepting applications for student participation through March 15.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reopened applications to the 1890 Scholars Program, which provides federal scholarships to agriculture students at historically Black land-grant ...

“I’m pleased the Secretary has lifted the suspension of and reopened the application for the USDA 1890 National Scholars Program,” Rep. Alma Adams (D-N.C.) said in a statement on the reversal.

The 1890 National Scholars Program “is aimed at increasing the number of students from rural and underserved communities who study food, agriculture, natural resource and other related sciences.