{"id":2061,"date":"2020-09-24T20:18:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T00:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/?p=2061"},"modified":"2024-05-17T10:26:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T14:26:34","slug":"zebelo-selected-for-usda-1890-faculty-research-sabbatical-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/sans-news-releases\/zebelo-selected-for-usda-1890-faculty-research-sabbatical-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Zebelo selected for USDA 1890 Faculty Research Sabbatical Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2021\/10\/Zebelo-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1642\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (September 24, 2020)-When the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/\">U.S. Department of Agriculture<\/a>&nbsp;announced July 24 its 2020 awardees of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/research\/1890-faculty-research-sabbatical-program\/\">Agriculture Research Service&#8217;s 1890 Faculty Research Sabbatical Program<\/a>, one of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore\u2019s top researchers,&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Simon Zebelo<\/strong>, was among them.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ARS is the USDA\u2019s chief scientific in-house research agency that focuses on solutions to agricultural problems affecting America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program, established in 2015 to honor the 125th anniversary of 1890 Land-Grant Universities, gives opportunities for tenure- and research-track faculty at historically black land-grant universities to collaborate with ARS laboratories across the nation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zebelo, an associate professor of entomology and plant biology, will collaborate with Dr. Aijun Zhang at the ARS Beltsville (Maryland) Agricultural Research Center.&nbsp; Together, they will \u201cdiscover, characterize, develop and promote field adoption of pheromones and other behavior-modifying semiochemicals of key vegetable and fruit insect pests,\u201d Zebelo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is an excellent opportunity to enhance research partnerships with the 1890 Land-Grant Universities,&#8221; said ARS Administrator Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young. &#8220;I believe that ARS scientists benefit from working with talented partners who can enhance their research programs and bring diverse perspectives to address challenges in the nation&#8217;s agricultural system.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zebelo joins seven other researchers in the honor representing universities such as Delaware State, Virginia State, Florida A&amp;M, Kentucky State and Alabama State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recipients of ARS\u2019 six-to-12 month research sabbatical program receive up to $125,000 to cover supplies, equipment and other related costs, while the summer research sabbatical program funds awardees up to $75,000. Zebelo is the recipient of the summer of 2020-21 award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers interested in applying for the 2021 program should email: 1890frsp@usda.gov or visit the website for more information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gail Stephens, agricultural communications and media associate, School&nbsp;of Agricultural &amp; Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 410-621-3850,&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/stg15.umes.edu\/WorkArea\/gcstephens@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>gcstephens@umes.edu.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (September 24, 2020)-When the&nbsp;U.S. Department of Agriculture&nbsp;announced July 24 its 2020 awardees of the&nbsp;Agriculture Research Service&#8217;s 1890 Faculty Research Sabbatical Program, one of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore\u2019s top researchers,&nbsp;Dr. Simon Zebelo, was among them.&nbsp;&nbsp; ARS is the USDA\u2019s chief scientific in-house research agency that focuses on solutions to agricultural problems&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/sans-news-releases\/zebelo-selected-for-usda-1890-faculty-research-sabbatical-awards\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Zebelo selected for USDA 1890 Faculty Research Sabbatical Awards<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":18,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sans-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2061"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=2061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}