An all-expense-paid, eight-week hands-on experience, the prestigious Borlaug-Ruan International Internship provides exceptional high school students the opportunity to work with world renowned scientists and policymakers at leading research centers in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.
In the Summer of 2009, fifteen interns have been selected to travel to Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, India, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Taiwan, and Turkey to get a firsthand view of pressing food security and nutritional problems in poverty-stricken areas and take part in ground-breaking field and laboratory-based research.
Upon their return, each intern will submit a research report and reflection paper documenting their personal experiences and the outcomes of their research projects.
 | Justine Cheng West Des Moines, IA Brazilian Corporation of Agricultural Research (EMBRAPA) in Londrina, BRAZIL |  | Lauren Schefter Mount Vernon, IA International Rice Research Institute (IRR) in Manila, PHILIPPINES | |
 | Sarah Dillard Spencer, IA International Maize & Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Ankara, TURKEY |  | Christopher Sievers Albert City, IA International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA | |
 | Ellen Franzenburg Van Horne, IA AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center in Shanhua, Tainan, TAIWAN |  | Tiffanie Stone Arden Hills, MN China National Hybrid Rice Research & Development Center (CNHRRDC) in Changsha, Hunan, CHINA | |
 | Linda Geiger New Hartford, IA China Agricultural University (CAU) in Beijing, CHINA |  | Meera Sury Roseville, MN Peking University in Beijing, CHINA | |
 | DeAndré Harper Marietta, GA International Maize & Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in El Batán, MEXICO |  | Stephanie Venenga Dike, IA Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) in Dhaka, BANGLADESH | |
 | Joe-Ann Moser Omaha, NE African Insect Science for Food and Health (icipe) in Nairobi, KENYA |  | Colin Weaver Boone, IA Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) in Beijing, CHINA | |
 | William Rooney College Station, TX The WorldFish Center in Abbassa, EGYPT |  | Allison Zhao San Diego, CA International Potato Center (CIP) in Lima, PERU | |
 | Danika Schaaf Des Moines, IA M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) in Chennai, INDIA |