** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** POOR REPRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY IN DOMESTIC RUMINANTS LIMITS PROFITABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.GREATER THAN 56 % OF THE NATION'S BREEDING COWS (BEEF AND DAIRY) AND 70 PERCENT OF THE USA BREEDING EWE INVENTORY EXISTS IN WESTERN AND MIDWESTERN STATES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RMRS SYMPOSIUM. COLLECTIVELY THE DAIRY, BEEF, AND SHEEP INDUSTRIES CONTRIBUTE APPROXIMATELY $81.5 BILLION IN FARM RECEIPTS AND AN ESTIMATED OVERALL PRODUCTION VALUE OF $192 BILLION ANNUALLY. THERE ARE ABOUT 2.3 MILLION JOBS RELATED TO THE PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING OF THESE ANIMALS OR THEIR PRODUCTS. PLEASE SEE: CRYAN, R. 2004, U.S. DAIRY VOL. 10 NO. 1; LAMB, G.C., 2008, THE BEEFSITE. WWW.THEBEEFSITE.COM/ARTICLES/1698; OTTO, D. 2002, WWW.BEEF.ORG; SHIFLETT, J.S. 2008, ASI, WWW.SHEEPUSA.ORG.THE MOST LIMITING ECONOMIC PRODUCTION TRAIT IS REPRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY, WHICH IS THE MOST RESTRICTIVE FACTOR TO PROFITABILITY IN ANIMAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS.THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN THE MODERN DAIRY INDUSTRY, BUT INFERTILITY AND FAILURE TO GET ANIMALS PREGNANT ALSO IMPACTS BEEF PRODUCERS BECAUSE OF DELAYED ONSET OF PUBERTY, EXTENDED POSTPARTUM ANESTRUS AND, CONSEQUENTLY, PRODUCTION OF LIGHTER CALVES AT WEANING AND LOWER CASH RECEIPTS. IN THE BEEF INDUSTRY ALONE, THE COST OF INFERTILITY TO U.S. PRODUCERS WAS ESTIMATED TO BE OVER $1.06 BILLION ANNUALLY (LAMB, G.C., 2008, THE BEEFSITE. WWW.THEBEEFSITE.COM/ARTICLES/1698). SHEEP PRODUCERS ARE ALSO IMPACTED BECAUSE OF IMPAIRED REPRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY.THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES (RMRS) SYMPOSIUM GOAL IS TO FOSTER TRANS-DISCIPLINARY INTERACTIONS AND STUDENT TRAINING AMONG SCIENTISTS, WHICH WILL LEAD TO TRANSLATIONAL REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCE COLLABORATIONS IN USDA-NIFA PRIORITY FOCAL AREAS OF GONADAL FUNCTION, HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY AXIS AND EMBRYO AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT &AMP; MICROBIOME OF REPRODUCTIVE TRACT. THIS ONE-DAY CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS POST-BACCALAUREATE STUDENT (MS, PHD, DVM, MD, CLINICAL RESIDENTS, AND INTERNS) TRAINING BY EMPHASIZING COMMUNICATION AND CROSS-FERTILIZATION OF BOTH ANIMAL AGRICULTURAL (USDA-NIFA) AND HUMAN BIOMEDICAL (NIH) RESEARCH PROGRESS. STUDENTS NOT ONLY PRESENT POSTERS, PLATFORM TALKS AND ELEVATOR 3 MIN TALKS AND ASK FIRST QUESTIONS, THEY ALSO HELP HOST SPEAKERS AND MANAGE THE SYMPOSIUM. THE RMRS SYMPOSIUM PROVIDES A PLATFORM TO CULTIVATE NEW SCIENTIFIC IDEAS, INCREASE ACCESS TO SHARED RESOURCES, AND EXPAND EXPERTISE ACROSS LARGE AGRICULTURAL ANIMALS AND HUMAN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. THE SYMPOSIUM WILL GENERATE NEW COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS AND ADVANCE THE FIELD OF REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES. THE RMRS SYMPOSIUM IS AN OUTSTANDING PLATFORM FOR STUDENT TRAINING IN BASIC AND CLINICAL RESEARCH. THE SYMPOSIUM'S DIVERSE ATTENDEES PROVIDE A BLEND OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY/MEDICAL /VETERINARY/WILDLIFE BACKGROUNDS THAT FOSTER COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION IN ANIMAL AGRICULTURAL AND HUMAN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH TRAINING. A SURVEY IS SENT ELECTRONICALLY TO ALL ATTENDEES TO ASSESS EFFECT,IVENESS OF THE SYMPOSIUM AND STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES.