Monsanto will award scholarships totaling $250,000 to 10 students this fall through the Monsanto Graduate Student Scholarship program. Additionally, through its Monsanto STEM Fellowship program, the company will award scholarships totaling $200,000 to four doctoral candidates.
One student from each scholarship category is studying at Saint Louis University. Pruthi Protha who is studying Bioinformatics & Computational Biology at SLU, will receive a $25,000 scholarship from Monsanto. Elizabeth Walker, a doctoral candidate in Biology at SLU, will receive a $50,000 fellowship.
The other 2016 Monsanto Graduate Student Scholarship recipients are: Condrad Brendel, Iowa State University, Ag/Biosystems Engineering; Edeoba Edobor, Texas A&M University, Agribusiness Management; Jonathan Galsurkar, Columbia University, Data Science; Amonjot Kaur, University of California-Davis, Biotechnology; Naeem Khan, George Mason University, Data Analytics Engineering; Meredith Myers, Ohio State University, Food Science; Xavier Price, Florida A&M University, Agribusiness; Kayley Wall, Texas A&M University, Animal Science; and Maria Williams, Prairie View A&M University, Chemical Engineering.
The other Monsanto STEM Fellowship recipients are: Heather Pasley, Purdue University, Ecological Science & Engineering; Santiago Tamagno, Kansas State University, Agronomy; Stephanie Zullo, University of California-Davis, Horticulture & Agronomy.
Monsanto awards these scholarships and fellowships to encourage the pursuit of careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) and agriculture. Each year, approximately 25,000 agricultural jobs go unfilled due to a lack of qualified applicants, according to Monsanto. Modern agriculture encompasses more than farming – and represents a convergence that demands a variety of skills, including STEM.
“Many graduate and undergraduate students, especially high achievers from underrepresented communities, are unaware that their career paths could include jobs in agriculture or related industries,” said Steve Mizell, executive vice president of human resources for Monsanto. “These scholarships reinforce Monsanto’s commitment to building an innovative workforce that is able to meet the demands of feeding a growing global population of nine billion people by 2050.”
Applications for the Monsanto Graduate Student Scholarship Program and the Monsanto STEM Fellowship are accepted from April 1 to May 1. For more information, visit the Student Scholarships section at www.monsanto.com.
