NAS seeks food, ag research ideas
Science Breakthroughs 2030, a project led by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS), is seeking ideas for innovative research that could elevate the science of food and agriculture.
Science Breakthroughs 2030, a project led by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS), is seeking ideas for innovative research that could elevate the science of food and agriculture. The NAS is particularly interested in getting ideas from food scientists and food technologists around food safety, nutrition, and food waste, and would like individuals to submit a paragraph (or comment on a paragraph already submitted) and/or 2–3 page white papers that describe scientific opportunities in more detail. These ideas can be submitted through the NAS IdeaBuzz discussion platform.
In describing your ideas, please comment on how the science and engineering approach you describe might:
- Address a major challenge in food and agriculture,
- Create a novel opportunity for advances in food and agricultural science,
- Help overcome a technological barrier, or
- Fill a fundamental knowledge gap that currently holds back progress in the fields of food and agriculture.
A 13-member committee, co-chaired by John Floros, professor of food science & engineering, dean of the College of Agriculture, and director of K-State Research and Extension, Kansas State University, and Susan R. Wessler, distinguished professor of genetics, University of California, Riverside, is charged with exploring ideas that arise from the scientific community, with the objective of producing a report describing ambitious and achievable scientific pathways to addressing major problems or creating new opportunities in food and agriculture.