In celebration of the FedByScience launch, please join us for Congressional briefings on Wednesday, April 18^th — Senate: Breakfast and House: Snacks.

FedByScience is a collaborative communications initiative to raise the visibility of the value of public investments in food and agricultural research. Participating universities are joining together to tell stories of compelling research with a goal of increasing funding for the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (capacity, extension, and competitive) as well as state-level research.  FedByScience is directed by its Advisory Committee. SoAR organizes FedByScience.

Please join us:

• 10:00 am – 11:00 am: Breakfast – Senate Visitor Center, Room 201
• 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Snack – 2203 Rayburn House Office Building

Presenters

• Ronnie Green, Chancellor, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
• Alan Leshner, Chief Executive Officer Emeritus, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Lisa Schulte Moore, Professor, Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University