** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** WE PROPOSE THE FANE PROJECT TO ATTRACT HIGH SCHOOL AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS UNDERREPRESENTED IN FANH AND MAJORING IN STEM DISCIPLINES, TO APPLY THEIR DEGREES IN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD. THE TITLE OF THE PROJECT IS: ASTEMA - ADVANCING STEM IN AGRICULTURE IN 1890 HBCUS - VIA TEAM ACTIVE EXPERIENTIAL WORK OF COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH TRAVEL CAMP. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL WORK IN TEAMS WITH UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM PIS INSTITUTION, AND LED BY GRADUATE STUDENT AND FACULTY-MENTORS IN TWO PHASES: (1) ONLINE WEBINARS AND WORKSHOPS, THAT ALSO WILL BE RECORDED TO FORM A LIBRARY FOR FUTURE USE, ALONG WITH LEARNING MODULES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS, AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR, FOLLOWED BY: (2) THREE-WEEKS SUMMER TRAVEL CAMP WHERE HIGH-SCHOOLS STUDENTS WILL VISIT PARTICIPATING LOCATIONS, TOUR HBCU'S AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES, AND PARTICIPATE IN TEAM ACTIVE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PROJECTS FOCUSED ON PRECISE IRRIGATION IN HORTICULTURE, ANDBUILDING SMALL CUSTOM DEVICES FOR AGRICULTURAL USE. THE CAMP WILL END WITH A PRESENTATION AND REPORT WRITTEN BY TEAMS. PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE INTO CREATION A PIPELINE OF CAREER FROM HIGH SCHOOL - TO COLLEGE - TO GRADUATE SCHOOL - TO AGRICULTURAL CAREER FOR MINORITIES IN FANH AND REFUGEES. WEBINARS WILL BE IN GENOMICS, BIOTECHNOLOGY, INTERDISCIPLINARY HORTICULTURE AND PHYTOCHEMISTRY, PRECISE IRRIGATION, SMALL DEVICES AND SENSORS FOR AGRICULTURE, WEATHER STATION, AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS AND DATA ANALYSIS, USE OF DRONES, WHILE ACTIVE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING WILL BE IN SMALL DEVICES, SENSORS, DRONES, AND PRECISE IRRIGATION. THE PROGRAM WILL UTILIZE BEST PRACTICES DEVELOPED IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE CURRENT AFRI-EWD-REEU PROJECT FOCUSED SOLELY ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, BUT NOW ADAPTED TO THE LEVEL UNDERSTANDABLE FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS. ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING.