The objective of the CHL Food Systems Training Program (CHL FST) is to develop and train the future workforce and collaborators in food and nutrition resiliency and security (food system resiliency) for health in the US Affiliated Pacific.
To address the need to establish the next generation of professionals in the US Affiliated Pacific equipped with the skills to address food system resiliency, this program will recruit and fund graduate assistantships for a student from (or who can demonstrate a commitment to serve in) Alaska, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, or Hawaiʻi to complete a Nutritional Sciences graduate (MS or PhD) degree at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Priority recruitment for this program will be students from the US Affiliated Pacific who come from backgrounds underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) including students that are socially disadvantaged and non-traditional, especially Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Alaska Native students. Graduate students selected for the program will be identified by a selection committee formed at the jurisdiction level (Alaska, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and Hawaiʻi) to ensure the appropriate candidate is identified to meet the local needs.
To learn more about the benefits of becoming a member of the CHL FST see here.