Join us for FedByScience launch - April 18th

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 Sta

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