**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE PROPOSED THREE-YEAR (2022-2024) PROJECT SEEKS TO DEVELOP THE FIRST DIGITAL AGRICULTURE CENTER IN TENNESSEE FEATURING A SERIES OF INTERWOVEN STUDENT/NON-FORMAL EDUCATOR-CENTERED PROJECTS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY FORGE A STRONG DIGITAL AGRICULTURE/DATA SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM FOCUSED ON THE YOUTH OF TENNESSEE. EACH YEAR, TWO DIVERSE COHORTS OF 15 HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS (&GT;1/3 PARTICIPANTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS) AND 20 NON-FORMAL EDUCATORS WILL BE RECRUITED TO THE DIGITAL AGRICULTURE SUMMER CAMP AND DIGITAL AGRICULTURE ACADEMY AT MTSU. THE PROPOSED TRAINING PROGRAM INTEGRATES A STRUCTURED SCHEDULE OF ONLINE LEARNING CONTENTS, HANDS-ON LEARNING ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS FIELD VISITS AND DEMONSTRATIONS ON REAL-WORLD DIGITAL AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS. SPECIFICALLY, FOR THE DIGITAL AGRICULTURE SUMMER CAMP, WE WILL RECRUIT AND ENGAGE HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PBL/TBL EXPERIENCES ON UAS AND DATA SCIENCE APPLICATION IN AGRICULTURE, DEVELOP SUPERVISED AGRICULTURE EXPERIENCE (SAE) TRAINING MODULES IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SUPERVISORS OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, COLLABORATIVELY BUILD TRAINING MODULES FOR OBTAINING A UAS PILOT LICENSE, AND TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DATA SCIENCE AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN DIGITAL AGRICULTURE. FOR THE DIGITAL AGRICULTURE ACADEMY, WE WILL DEVELOP SAE TRAINING MODULES FOR NON-FORMAL EDUCATORS, PROVIDE INTERACTION OPPORTUNITIES WHERE SCIENTISTS COULD SHARE THEIR WORK WITH NON-FORMAL EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS, AND SUPPORT NON-FORMAL EDUCATORS TO SET AND FULFILL GOALS TOWARDS PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND ADVANCEMENT. WE WILL SYNERGISTICALLY LINK NUMEROUS ON-GOING AGRICULTURE, STEM, AND DATA SCIENCE EVENTS TARGETED AT YOUTH TO THIS PROPOSED PROJECT, AND ULTIMATELY CULTIVATE A STRONG NON-FORMAL EDUCATION COMMUNITY OF DIGITAL AGRICULTURE IN TENNESSEE.