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 2011, eighteen interns were selected to travel to Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, 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.
Each intern develops a research report documenting their personal experiences and the outcomes of their research projects. To read their research papers, select the name of a Borlaug-Ruan Intern below.

Shraddha Batra
Clive, IA
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Patancheru, INDIA
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Sarah Brandsen
Pella, IA
China Agricultural University (CAU) in Beijing, CHINA
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Sarah Cox
Chillicothe, OH
The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC) in Tainan, TAIWAN
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Mary Isabella Esler
Upper Arlington, OH
The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC) Regional Center for South Asia in Patancheru, INDIA
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Nicole Ferraro
New Freedom, PA
Peking University in Beijing, CHINA
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Pavane Gorrepati
Davenport, IA
China National Hybrid Rice Research & Development Center (CNHRRDC) in Changsha, CHINA
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Alice Huang
Montville, NJ
Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD) in Gurgaon, INDIA
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James Lindgren
Marshalltown, IA
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) in Dhaka, BANGLADESH
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Lazarus Lynch
Jamaica, NY
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) in Beijing, CHINA
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Sarah Marketon
Howard Lake, MN
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA
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Andrew Markham
Harlan, IA
International Maize & Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Ankara, TURKEY
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Hannah McAtee
Davenport, IA
Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company Limited (Mahyco) in Jalna, INDIA
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Moriah Morgan
Corydon, IA
M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) in Chennai, INDIA
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Elizabeth Roche
Westerville, OH
International Maize & Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in El Batán, MEXICO
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Ariana Shapiro
Ithaca, NY
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Baños, PHILIPPINES
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Justin Song
San Diego, CA
Brazilian Corporation of Agricultural Research (EMBRAPA) in Londrina, BRAZIL
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Anthony Wenndt
Keystone, IA
African Insect Science for Food and Health (ICIPE) in Nairobi, KENYA
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Vera Zhao
Ames, IA
International Potato Center (CIP) in Lima, PERU
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