Since it was initiated in 2014, the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute’s student support program has made more than 132 awards to DWFI Faculty Fellows supporting postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate students on all four University of Nebraska campuses and invested $4.9 million, of which $4.2 million has been matched one-to-one by faculty. The awards provide stipends to students working on projects that contribute to the institute’s mission to have a lasting impact on achieving more food security with less pressure on scarce water resources.
Overall, the grants program supports interdisciplinary faculty research while enriching the education of students who will one day be scientific leaders in the effort to feed the world’s growing population with limited natural resources. To learn more about current and past grantees, please see the links below.
Student Support Profiles
2025-2026 Student Support Grantees