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College of Food, Agricultural and
Natural Resource Sciences
Strategic Initiatives
F. Abel Ponce de León, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean , Research and Graduate Programs
May 21, 2009
To promote
interdisciplinary
scholarship
supporting food
systems,
agriculture, and
natural resources.
1,761 undergraduates
14 majors & 22 minors
700 graduate students
13 graduate programs
259 faculty
over 1,000 employees
11 Departments
7 Research & Outreach Centers around the state
Bell Museum
Minnesota Landscape
Arboretum
Cloquet Forestry Center
North Central Research &
Outreach Center at Grand
Rapids
Northwest Research & Outreach
Center at Crookston
Southern Research & Outreach
Center at Waseca
Southwest Research and
Outreach Center at Lamberton
Rosemount Research &
Outreach Center
West Central Research &
Outreach Center at Morris
1,047 acres of magnificent
display gardens, and northernhardy plant collections
Named one of the Top 10
gardens in America by USA
Today.
Apples: Hardiness, disease
resistance, storage capability
27 Introductions – most
famous: Regent, Fireside,
Haralson, Honeycrisp,
Zestar! ®, and
SnowSweet®
Vision: To be the world-class northern
landscape arboretum
The mission of the Bell Museum is to advance the quest
to discover, document, and understand life in its
many forms and to inspire curiosity, delight, and
informed stewardship of the natural world.
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Museum's popular forum for science and culture
Showcases current research in a unique public venue
Young adult audiences
Informal dialogue.
National Science
Foundation 17%
State of Minnesota
19%
National Institutes of
Health 3%
US Dept of Energy 3%
Other Federal
Agencies 3%
USDA 29%
Other 12%
Foundations 1%
Business & Industry
3%
Other includes: Universities, Hospitals, Clinics, National Laboratories, and other non-federal government
Commodity Groups
10%
Sponsored Funding
NSF InfoBrief †released in March 2009 ranked the federal
R&D obligations of the top 100 universities and colleges in the
U.S. by total amount received, by agency for FY2007.
UMN 16th overall in total amount received
UMN has the largest amount of USDA funding of the top 25
academic institutions
UMN ranked third overall in USDA funding out of top 100
universities and colleges in U.S.
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R&D obligations to universities and colleges totaled $25 Billion in FY2007. InfoBrief, National Science Foundation Directorate for Social,
Behavorial and Economic Sciences, NSF09-313 March 2009
Provide extraordinary education, breakthrough
research, and dynamic public engagement as we
strive to be a world leader in advancing solutiondriven science in food, agricultural and natural
resources to improve the human condition.
Food, Health &
Ag
Systems
Bioeconomy
Biodiversity
Global Climate &
Environmental
Change
Vision:
Meet the food, fuel, feed and fiber
needs of citizens worldwide.
Objectives:
Enhance international impact
Develop multifunctional landscapes
Interface agriculture, nutrition science
and health
Vision:
Provide rural communities with a
strong economic base that results
from sustainable land use practices
Objectives:
Generate ecosystem services through
renewable agricultural and natural
resources.
Improve quality of life for rural
communities through economic
development and policy change.
Exemplary education and outreach
Vision:
A well-integrated response to the
major issues associated with
adaptation-regionally and locally
Objectives:
Determine mechanisms and extent of
climate and environmental change.
Understand feedback of biophysical,
social and political elements of
environmental problems.
Conduct student and citizen-based
research for life-long learning and
action
Vision:
Better society and benefit the natural
world by producing knowledge
about the planet’s biodiversity and
communicating our findings.
Objectives:
Strengthen biodiversity related research
through integration of existing efforts
in discovery, conservation,
adaptation, and management use.
Food, Health &
Ag
Systems
Biodiversity
Managing landscapes for sustainability,
diversity and productivity
Bioeconomy
Global Climate &
Environmental
Change
Managing landscapes
for sustainability,
diversity and
productivity: Adapting
to climate and
environmental change
Identify land for long term studies of agricultural and natural
ecosystems.
Integrate efforts in research, teaching, extension and emerging
technologies.
Add faculty expertise.
Establish a Center of Excellence in Student Engagement and
Experiential Learning.
Facilitate faculty development program
Support graduate student research
Expand undergraduate student research opportunities.