International Programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources

What is IPAN?

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MISSION: IPAN's mission is to promote and facilitate international activities in the College through collaboration with educational institutions, organizations and agencies throughout the world.

BACKGROUND: International Programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources was established in 1998 when the dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources recognized the importance of international involvement and sought to encourage and facilitate research, outreach,and education efforts across the globe.

Faculty in the College have a long history of helping colleagues in other countries improve their crop production, animal rearing, conservation practices and policy understanding. We have extended knowledge gained from our own experiences and, in turn, benefited from our involvement with colleagues abroad.

Programs and projects range from distance education, curriculum development, establishing extension services, food safety, soil remediation, aquaculture, to crop production and veterinary medicine. Countries with on-going projects include India, China, Russia, and the Republic of Georgia.

Finally, IPAN coordinates and develops international agriculture and natural resource programs for the College and University.

STUDY ABROAD programs in AGNR can be found under Academics or clicking on Study Abroad.

AGNR's Study Abroad brochure is here.

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For more information, contact Ann Leger

Last updated: 06/30/2009

June 2009: Scholarships for study in China:

The 'Confucius Institute Scholarship' is a new scholarship this year established by the Confucius Institute Headquarters in Beijing, with the goal of encouraging outstanding students, who study or teach Chinese as a second language, to study Chinese language and culture in China.

Contact the UM Confucius Institute (listed below) immediately with your names, field of interest, and desired term for study abroad, and we will forward their names to Hanban, and get relevant application materials to them.

Categories and Specific Criteria:

1. Scholarships for Short-term Study

There are several options for these scholarships:

-4 weeks

-1 semester

-1 academic year

2. Scholarships for Degrees

-Bachelors Degree Scholarship4-5 academic years.

-Masters Degree Scholarship: 2-3 academic years.

-Doctorate Degree Scholarship: 3-4 academic years.

Contact:

Rebecca McGinnis, Coordinator

Confucius Institute at the University of Maryland (CIM)

0134 Holzapfel Hall

University of Maryland

College Park, MD 20742

tel: 301-405-0213

fax: 301-405-1407

e-mail: rmcginni@umd.edu

web: www.international.umd.edu/cim

UM SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH TECRO, WILL BEGIN CO-TAUGHT CLASSES.

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, Washington, DC, signed an agreement involving National Taiwan University and Tunghai University, Taiwan, and UM. The first classes offered will be Nutrigenomics and Environmental Science, which are through UM's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. We anticipate expanding the program to other subject areas in Agriculture, and to other colleges at UM. (April 29, 2009)

FAVORITE LINKS

International Food Policy Research Institute

Science and Development Network

Fulbright Program

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