DWFI held its annual Water for Food Student Research Forum in April at the Wick Alumni Center on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's city campus. Students receiving support from DWFI and their Faculty Fellow advisors shared results from their research and networked with other students, faculty, and the DWFI team. Newly-awarded students were also invited to attend and will begin to receive funding from the institute in the 2023-2024 academic year.
Since it was initiated in 2014, the DWFI student support program has invested over $3.6 million to support undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral research across all four University of Nebraska campuses and is DWFI's largest program area. The award amount from DWFI is matched one-to-one with faculty funds, ensuring a student can be supported full-time through a master's or PhD program.