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inspiring high school students to embark on career paths in science, agriculture, and global development
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The Borlaug-Ruan International Internship provides high school students eight-week, hands-on experience with world-renowned scientists and policymakers at leading research centers around the globe.

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Ellen Franzenburg
Director of Secretariat Operations and International Internships, The World Food Prize
Writers
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Elijah Jay Ortiz
Borlaug-Ruan International Intern at China Agricultural University in Beijing, China
Go to the profile of Colton Ketcham
Colton Ketcham
2018 World Food Prize Borlaug-Ruan International Intern International Centre for Insect Pathology and Ecology (ICIPE)
Go to the profile of Molly Carroll
Molly Carroll
2018 Borlaug-Ruan International Intern studying at The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in El Batan, Mexico. Purdue ’22 Studying Food Science
Go to the profile of Tyler Reid
Tyler Reid
2018 Borlaug-Ruan International Intern at The World Vegetable Center in Tainan, Taiwan. University of Maryland Eastern Shore '22.
Go to the profile of Chase James Krug
Chase James Krug
PhD Student at University of Minnesota — Twin Cities & Iowa State University Alumnus — Agronomy & Philosophy
Go to the profile of Rohan Freedman
Rohan Freedman
2018 Borlaug-Ruan Intern at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Go to the profile of Hermela Gebremariam
Hermela Gebremariam
Senior at Vanderbilt University studying Medicine, Health and Society, and Computer Science || 2018 Borlaug-Ruan Intern at ICRISAT in Hyderabad, India
Go to the profile of Lane Mathew Kunzie
Lane Mathew Kunzie
2018 Borlaug-Ruan Internation Intern @WorldFish, Penang, Malasyia. CreateSpace Author of 3 Books. Iowa State Uni '22. WHS '18. Iowa Academic All-State Top 10.
Go to the profile of Sydney Sherer
Sydney Sherer
Go to the profile of Melia Givan
Melia Givan
Go to the profile of Christina Allen
Christina Allen
Go to the profile of Kaci Ginn
Kaci Ginn
2018 Borlaug-Ruan International Intern, International Potato Center (CIP) in Lima, Peru
Go to the profile of Jaxon Mullinnix
Jaxon Mullinnix
Go to the profile of Natalie "Natasha" Napolitano
Natalie "Natasha" Napolitano
| World Food Prize Borlaug-Ruan Intern '18 | University of Pennsylvania '22 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Go to the profile of Cassie He
Cassie He
Borlaug Ruan Intern; UPenn '22;
Go to the profile of Kahyun Koh
Kahyun Koh
2018 Borlaug-Ruan Intern at the S M Sehgal Foundation in Gurgaon, India
Go to the profile of Eli Arbogast
Eli Arbogast
Machine Learning Engineer, Planning to Save the Planet!
Go to the profile of Indira Roy
Indira Roy
2018 Borlaug-Ruan International Intern (CIMMYT Mexico) | Columbia University | New Jersey
Go to the profile of Alisa Evans
Alisa Evans
2018 Borlaug- Ruan Intern at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, Kenya.
Go to the profile of Sydney Sherer
Sydney Sherer
2018 Borlaug Ruan Intern
Go to the profile of Gabby Henrichs
Gabby Henrichs
Borlaug-Ruan International Intern/ PSU '22
Go to the profile of Donald Gee
Donald Gee
Go to the profile of Sibani Ram
Sibani Ram
| Borlaug-Ruan International Intern at EARTH University in Limón, Costa Rica | Duke University ’23 | IA |
Go to the profile of Stefany Naranjo
Stefany Naranjo
2019 Borlaug-Ruan International Intern | International Potato Center CIP | Iowa State University
Go to the profile of Halee Marie Fisher
Halee Marie Fisher
My passion and enthusiasm for agriculture has lead me to be a 2019 Borlaug Ruan International Intern where I am placed at CIMMYT, Mexico studying socioeconomics
Go to the profile of Lydia Rigge
Lydia Rigge
2019 Borlaug-Ruan International Intern // Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co. Jalna, India
Go to the profile of Priscilla Trinh
Priscilla Trinh
2019 Borlaug-Ruan International Intern stationed at International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines. UMN ’22, studying Sustainable Systems Management.
Go to the profile of Andie Pinga
Andie Pinga
2019 Borlaug-Ruan International Intern at the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) in Chennai, India | UPenn ’23 | VT
Go to the profile of Caleb Lines
Caleb Lines
2019 Borlaug Ruan Internation Intern @ the ARVDC in Taiwan — Complacency represses discovery
Go to the profile of Derek Sherrange
Derek Sherrange
2019 Borlaug-Ruan Intern at the S M Sehgal Foundation
Go to the profile of Morgan Hasler
Morgan Hasler
Pursuing an education to improve the agricultural practices of tomorrow.
Go to the profile of Wyatt Hellman
Wyatt Hellman
Go to the profile of Niaskbaker
Niaskbaker
Go to the profile of Nolan Monaghan
Nolan Monaghan
Future hunger fighter | plant nerd
Go to the profile of Ava Forystek
Ava Forystek
2019 Borlaug-Ruan International Intern studying Rice Dwarf Virus at Peking University. Ohio State University ‘22 Sustainable Plant Systems, Plant Biosciences
Go to the profile of Jacob Turko
Jacob Turko
Go to the profile of Gautham Ajith
Gautham Ajith
Go to the profile of Renee Piekema
Renee Piekema
2019 Borlaug Ruan Intern in Kenya
Go to the profile of Sandy Shen
Sandy Shen
World Food Prize Borlaug-Ruan 2019 Intern | ICRISAT, Patancheru
Go to the profile of Emma Steely
Emma Steely
2019 Borlaug-Ruan Intern at EARTH University
Go to the profile of Raena P
Raena P
2019 Borlaug-Ruan Intern with the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya
Go to the profile of Holly Sims
Holly Sims
Go to the profile of James Fairchild
James Fairchild
2019 Borlaug-Ruan Intern at the WorldFish Center
Go to the profile of Abby Overstrom
Abby Overstrom