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2009 Borlaug-Ruan International Interns
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 Brazilian Corporation of Agricultural Research (EMBRAPA) in Londrina, BRAZIL | ![]() | Lauren Schefter International Rice Research Institute (IRR) in Manila, PHILIPPINES | |
![]() | Sarah Dillard | ![]() | Christopher Sievers | |
![]() | Ellen Franzenburg AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center in Shanhua, Tainan, TAIWAN | ![]() | Tiffanie Stone China National Hybrid Rice Research & Development Center (CNHRRDC) in Changsha, Hunan, CHINA | |
![]() | Linda Geiger | ![]() | Meera Sury | |
![]() | DeAndré Harper | ![]() | Stephanie Venenga | |
![]() | Joe-Ann Moser | ![]() | Colin Weaver | |
![]() | William Rooney The WorldFish Center in Abbassa, EGYPT | ![]() | Allison Zhao International Potato Center (CIP) in Lima, PERU
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![]() | Danika Schaaf M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) in Chennai, INDIA |