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Professional Development Opportunities

Events and Conferences

Data Science and AI Week @ NC State

March 31 – April 4, 2025


SAPLINGS “AI in Ag” Graduate Student Training Award

The SAPLINGS “Al in Ag” Training Award provides 1 year of support to N.C. PSI-affiliated Ph.D. students engaged in machine learning and Al research to identify new solutions in agriculture. We invite N.C. PSI-affiliated faculty to nominate a doctoral student for this 1-year award. Research should focus on the application of Machine Learning, Data Science and/or Al to plant science or agricultural use-cases.

Application Deadline: May 16, 2025 at 5 p.m.

Internships and Fellowships

CERSA Graduate & Undergraduate Internships

The Center of Excellence for Regulatory Science in Agriculture (CERSA) provides undergraduate, graduate and continuing education training in regulatory science and workshops and sponsored research for the advancement of regulatory science in agriculture. Applications are now open for the summer internship programs for graduate and undergraduate students. Students in the program will be offered a stipend by CERSA.

Application Deadline: April 15, 2025

Rocio Davila CERSA intern

NC State LanchPad

NC State Innovation and Entrepreneurship has developed an incubator program to support early-stage undergraduate and graduate student startups.

Other Opportunities

N.C. PSI Educational Outreach Opportunities

There are many ways to get involved with the N.C. PSI’s Educational Programs for K-12 students. Whether its developing activities from your research, talking with students about career paths, or getting hands-on in the demo lab, the possibilities are endless. Click the link below to learn about some of the ways you can help out!

N.C. PSI graduate students teach high school students how to perform experiments in the Demo Lab.
N.C. PSI graduate students teach high school students in the CAALS 3D program how to perform experiments in the Demo Lab.

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