** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY, THE HOST REEU SITE, IS KNOWN FOR THE MENTORING OF UNDERGRADUATES, INCORPORATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO TAKE PART IN CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH AND IS HOME TO THE FIRST EXTENSION AGENT, T.M. CAMPBELL, WHO STUDIED UNDER GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER. IN LINE WITH THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CYBERINFORMATICS AND TOOLS (FACT) INITIATIVE, TU RECOGNIZES THAT DATA IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IS USED TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS. MAJOR CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME (E.G. ENVIRONMENTAL AND AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY, NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH, ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, NATIONAL SECURITY AND MILITARY OPERATIONS) OFTEN HAVE A SPATIAL PATTERN AND, HENCE, CAN BE ADDRESSED USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS). LED BY A TEAM OF FOOD AGRICULTURE NATURAL RESOURCE HUMAN SCIENCE RESEARCHERS, DRS. CHASTITY BRADFORD (PI/BIOLOGY/NUTRITION), OLGA BOLDEN-TILLER (CO-PI/AGRICULTURE) AND WILLARD COLLIER (CO-PI/CHEMISTRY), RESEARCH MENTORS WILL CONDUCT RESEARCH PROJECTS IN AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS ANDTECHNOLOGY. ALL OF THE PROJECTS WILL SHARE GIS AS A COMMON THEME. THE GOAL OF THIS 5 YEAR REEU SITE PROJECT WILL BE TO PAIR STUDENTS WITH AN ENERGETIC AND PRODUCTIVE FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENT MENTOR TEAM. THE MENTOR TEAMS ARE COMPRISED OF FACULTY WHO SERVE AS MINORITY SCIENCE MENTORS. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, WE WILL ENGAGE 8 UNDERGRADUATES PER SUMMER WITH NO MORE THAN 50% OF TU RECRUITS. WE WILL RECRUIT 6 STUDENTS FROM OTHER INSITUTIONS EVERY SUMMER FOR 5 YEARS. THE RISING SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS AND/OR SENIORS WILL PARTICIPATE IN A 10-WEEK RESEARCH/EXTENSION PROGRAM IN FOOD, AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES AND HUMAN (FANRH) SCIENCES WITH GIS SUBTHEMES. THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNDERREPRESENTED INDIVIDUALS IN FOOD, AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES AND HUMAN (FANRH) SCIENCES IN PREPARATION FOR THE AG WORKFORCE INCLUDING POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE THE PHD.