PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: JO BRITT-RANKINSUBMITTING ORGANIZATION: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURIOTHER ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED: THE PROJECT WILL COLLABORATE WITH OTHER EDUCATIONALINSTITUTIONS TO ENSURE A DIVERSE POOL OF INTERNS, INCLUDING OTHER CAMPUSES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM, MISSOURI COMMUNITY COLLEGE ASSOCIATION, AND HARRIS STOWE STATE UNIVERSITY (HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY).LOCATION(S) WHERE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND/OR EXTENSION WILL OCCUR: RESEARCH EXPERIENCES WILL OCCUR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AND EXTENSION EXPERIENCES WILL OCCUR IN COUNTY-BASED FIELD SETTINGS THROUGHOUT MISSOURI.MAIN FIELD(S) AND SUB-FIELD(S) OF THE RESEARCH AND/OR EXTENSION: PRIMARY MENTORS REPRESENT THE FOLLOWING FIELDS AND SUB-FIELDS: AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS/FINANCIAL STRESS TEST MODELS AND AGRICULTURAL MARKET CONDITIONS; PLANT SCIENCES/PEST MANAGEMENT; EXERCISE, NUTRITION &AMP; HEALTH/FALLS RISK REDUCTION; ANIMAL HEALTH/ANIMAL NUTRITION AND ANTIBIOTIC USE. IF A STUDENT HAS DIFFERENTINTERESTS, THE MU ISIP LEADERSHIP TEAM WILL PAIR HER WITH AN ALTERNATIVE MENTOR/PROJECT.NUMBER OF MENTORS: 8 MENTORS INCLUDING 4 PRIMARY RESEARCH MENTORS AND FOUR COUNTY-BASED EXTENSION MENTORSMENTOR TO PARTICIPANT RATIO: 2 MENTORS TO 1 STUDENTNUMBER OF UNDERGRADUATE PARTICIPANTS PER YEAR: 8 STUDENTSPERCENTAGE OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM THE HOST INSTITUTION: 50%SUMMER SITE/LOCATION, OR ACADEMIC YEAR SITE/LOCATION: ACADEMIC YEAR - UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI; SUMMER - FIELD-BASED LOCATIONS IN COUNTIES IN MISSOURI.XIV. NUMBER OF WEEKS PER YEAR THAT THE STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE: 9 WEEKS