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The well-deserved NCRA agInnovation Excellence in Leadership Award goes to Dr. Karen Plaut of Purdue University!
![Barbara Valent Innovator Award Winner](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4081a5_4296e50f469541faa6c917200973f5a1~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_49,h_28,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4081a5_4296e50f469541faa6c917200973f5a1~mv2.png)
The NCRA is excited to announce the selection of Dr. Valent as our inaugural winner of the North Central region’s agInnovation Research Innovation Award of Excellence! Well-deserved!
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The NCRA enjoyed a great visit to the Puerto Rico Ag Experiment Station during our 2016 spring meeting!
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The well-deserved NCRA agInnovation Excellence in Leadership Award goes to Dr. Karen Plaut of Purdue University!
Upcoming Events
(see also APLU's events: https://www.aplu.org/meetings-and-events/)
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2024 BAA Summer Leadership Meeting (formerly known as Joint COPs), July 16-18, 2024, Providence, RI.
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NC Mini LGU Meeting Information and Registration, Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center, East Lansing, MI, August 4-6, 2024.
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Fall 2024 agInnovation Conference, September 22-25, 2024, Raleigh, NC. Registration is now open!
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APLU Annual Meeting, November 10-12, 2024, Orlando, FL. Register now!
News and Updates
Congrats to Dr. Karen Plaut of Purdue University for being selected as our NCRA winner of the 2024 agInnovation Excellence in Leadership Award!
Dr. Barbara Valent of Kansas State University was selected as our NCRA winner of the 2024 agInnovation Research Innovation Award of Excellence! Congrats!
NCERA101, Controlled Environment Technology and Use, won our regional NC Excellence in Multistate Research 2024 Award!
The agInnovation MRF (Multistate Research Fund) Impacts social media monthly toolkits are available here. Please share and use the materials as you see fit.
The agInnovation/ESS rebranding informational webinar from 9/8 is available now at https://www.aginnovation.info/post/aginnovation-rebrand-webinar-available-for-playback
We now have a LinkedIn page! Please check it out and follow us at https://www.linkedin.com/company/ncra-saes
Strong work, NCERA137, Soybean Diseases! Congrats on being the 2023 winner of the National Experiment Station Section Excellence in Multistate Research Award!
Not sure how we all fit and work together? Check out the updated Association for Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) Commission on Food, Environment, and Renewable Resources organizational chart.
The national Experiment Station Section (ESS), of which the NCRA is one of five member associations, is now agInnovation! Read more about our brand and national impacts at https://www.aginnovation.info/. We do science that feeds the world! #agInnovation
Congrats to Dr. Jeff Jacobsen, retired NCRA Executive Director, on being selected for the 2023 NC Excellence in Leadership Award!
NCRA business meeting minutes from our 2023 meetings are available at https://www.ncra-saes.org/agendas-minutes
ESCOP (now agInnovation) Science Roadmap briefs are available for viewing and printing. Visit http://escop.info/roadmap/.
Science Breakthroughs to Advance Food and Agricultural Research by 2030 report released: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25059/science-breakthroughs-to-advance-food-and-agricultural-research-by-2030