{"id":1213,"date":"2021-06-22T11:23:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T15:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/deptsitetemplate\/?page_id=1213"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:50:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:50:51","slug":"department-site-template-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ard\/","title":{"rendered":"Association of 1890 Research Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Association of 1890 Research Directors<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2021\/07\/ardbanner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1337\" style=\"width:1000px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<strong>Association of 1890&nbsp;Research Directors (ARD)<\/strong>&nbsp;is the federation of the nineteen (19) autonomous 1890 land grant universities that provides coordination of research initiatives among member 1890 Institutions in cooperation with federal, state and private partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ard\/1890symposium\/\">ARD Research Symposium 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#ff0000;font-size:16px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stg15.umes.edu\/ARD\/Pages\/Agriculture-Research-Infrastructure-Initiative\/\">Agriculture Research Infrastructure Initiative<\/a><br>** Click the link above to access documents about this initiative. **<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The ARD MISSION<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ARD is integrally involved in creating a society where all people have opportunities for wholesome living and learning through responsible pursuits of their goals and aspirations. To accomplish this, the food and agricultural research mission of the ARD is to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Provide visionary and enlightened leadership to member institutions as they continually address issues impacting their ability to provide innovative solutions to the food and agricultural research challenges facing the state, region, nation and world-at-large.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Primary attention is given to a broad-based research agenda and institutions&#8217; capabilities in targeted areas that address the needs of all people in society but in particular, those who are socio-economically deprived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.1890universities.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>1890 Land-Grant Universities Website<\/strong><\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IsJhSMqg2GM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch the 1890 Land-Grant 130th Anniversary Video<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GXRPsGjQyXo\">Watch 130th Anniversary Celebration for 1890s Universities Webinar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/325899615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch the ARD 40<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Anniversary Video<\/a><strong>&nbsp;&#8211; password for video: 1577_ard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">check out&#8230;<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1890aea.org\/download_file\/1463\/200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2026 1890 Land-grant Universities Impact Report<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ard\/land-grant-institutions\/\">More about Land Grant Institutions<\/a><br>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Association of 1890 Research Directors The&nbsp;Association of 1890&nbsp;Research Directors (ARD)&nbsp;is the federation of the nineteen (19) autonomous 1890 land grant universities that provides coordination of research initiatives among member 1890 Institutions in cooperation with federal, state and private partners. ARD Research Symposium 2026 Agriculture Research Infrastructure Initiative** Click the link above to access documents about&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ard\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Association of 1890 Research Directors<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1213","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}