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Assistance to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Building a Framework for Addressing PFAS on Agricultural Land Meeting #10

  • December 5, 2025
  • 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM (EST)
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

The committee will meet to discuss the report draft.

Optimizing Research on Experimental Prescribed Fires to Improve Understanding of Wildland Fire and Smoke Behavior: November Meeting

  • November 25, 2025
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EST)
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

The Optimizing Research on Experimental Prescribed Fires to Improve Understanding of Wildland Fire and Smoke Behavior Committee will hold a closed meeting

Assistance to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Building a Framework for Addressing PFAS on Agricultural Land Meeting #9

  • November 24, 2025
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (EST)
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

The committee will meet in closed session to discuss the report draft.

Assistance to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Building a Framework for Addressing PFAS on Agricultural Land Meeting #8

  • November 3, 2025
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (EST)
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

Optimizing Research on Experimental Prescribed Fires to Improve Understanding of Wildland Fire and Smoke Behavior: Meeting 3

  • October 28 - 29, 2025
  • Meeting
  • Past

On October 28–29, 2025, the Committee on Optimizing Research on Experimental Prescribed Fires to Improve Understanding of Wildland Fire and Smoke Behavior will convene for a public meeting. This sessi...

Assistance to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Building a Framework for Addressing PFAS on Agricultural Land Meeting #7

  • September 16, 2025
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

The committee will meet in closed session to work on the report.

Optimizing Research on Experimental Prescribed Fires to Improve Understanding of Wildland Fire and Smoke Behavior: Meeting 2

  • September 16, 2025
  • 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (EDT)
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

The Optimizing Research on Experimental Prescribed Fires to Improve Understanding of Wildland Fire and Smoke Behavior Committee will hold a closed meeting.

Assistance to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Building a Framework for Addressing PFAS on Agricultural Land Meeting #6

  • September 4, 2025
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

The committee will meet in closed session to work on the report.

Assistance to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Building a Framework for Addressing PFAS on Agricultural Land Meeting #5

  • August 14 - 15, 2025
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

The committee will meet in closed session to work on the report.

Optimizing Research on Experimental Prescribed Fires to Improve Understanding of Wildland Fire and Smoke Behavior: Meeting 1

  • August 12 - 13, 2025
  • Meeting
  • Past

On August 12-13, 2025, the Committee on Optimizing Research on Experimental Prescribed Fires to Improve Understanding of Wildland Fire and Smoke Behavior will hold a hybrid open session meeting. This...

Optimizing Research on Experimental Prescribed Fires to Improve Understanding of Wildland Fire and Smoke Behavior: Orientation and COI Discussion

  • July 24, 2025
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

The Optimizing Research on Experimental Prescribed Fires to Improve Understanding of Wildland Fire and Smoke Behavior Committee will hold a closed meeting for an NASEM orientation and discuss committe...

Fulfilling the Public Mission of the Land Grant System: Building Platforms for Collaboration and Impact

  • June 12 - 13, 2025
  • Workshop
  • Past

Please join the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a 1.5-day virtual workshop to explore collaboration as an important approach to fulfilling the role of Land-Grant institut...

Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources Presents Revisiting Science Breakthroughs 2030

  • May 9, 2025
  • 2:00 PM - 4:15 PM (EDT)
  • Meeting
  • Past

Released in 2019, the National Academies report Science Breakthroughs to Advance Food and Agriculture by 2030 identified 5 crosscutting technologies and research approaches to make progress in address...

Public Release Webinar: Heritable Genetic Modification in Food Animals

  • April 23, 2025
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)
  • Webinar
  • Past

A public release webinar for the release of Heritable Genetic Modification in Food Animals will be held on April 23rd at 11 am. This report addresses methods for heritable genetic modifications and...

Assistance to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Building a Framework for Addressing PFAS on Agricultural Land Meeting #3

  • April 3 - 4, 2025
  • Meeting
  • Past

This meeting had open and closed sessions. The open session will feature presentations from the study sponsor, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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