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www.SugarProducer.com 11 Bayer Continues Bee Health Research Bayer and Project Apis m. announce additional funding for Healthy Hives 2020, an initiative dedicated to improving honey bee health, raising Bayer's total investment in the program to $1.3 million. Additionally, the two organizations have released an educational booklet, Research for Tangible Bee-Health Solutions, to coincide with the three-year anniversary of the program's first request for proposals. The digital booklet features profiles of all current Healthy Hives 2020 research projects. All grants are reviewed by a steering committee comprised of representatives from across the academic, regulatory and commercial sectors of the bee industry. Healthy Hives 2020 is one of several Project Apis m. initiatives. For more information on these programs, please visit www.projectapism.org. Healthy Hives 2020 is an initiative sponsored by Bayer's Bee Care Program, continuing its nearly 30 years of supporting bee health. For more information on Bayer's bee health initiatives, please visit: www.beehealth.bayer.us. n Syngenta Ag Scholarship Program Syngenta is now accepting applications for its 2019 Agricultural Scholarship program. Totaling $20,000, scholarships will be awarded to select promising college students. As future leaders of the industry, applicants are asked to share how they aspire to inspire future generations of agricultural students. To apply for the scholarship, students must be enrolled in a crop-related discipline at an eligible university with an accredited agricultural program as of spring 2019. Only U.S. residents pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree are eligible for the scholarship. Eight regional winners will be selected from the Northeast, Midwest, Mid-South, and Western regions to receive $1,000 scholarships. Syngenta will award two additional $6,000 scholarships to one bachelor's and one master's level national winner selected from the pool of regional winners. Scholarship recipients will be announced in August 2019. For additional information about the scholarship, including official rules, prize amounts, essay topic, eligible universities and application guidelines, visit www. syngentaus.com/scholarships. Dinglasan Promoted to Vive VP of Product Development Vive Crop Protection announces the promotion of Jordan Dinglasan to vice president of product development. Dinglasan earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Toronto, where he helped develop Vive's patented Allosperse technology, a nanotechnology shuttle that helps fungicide and insecticide active ingredients mix perfectly with liquid fertilizer. Dinglasan is one of the co- founders of Vive Crop Protection. Dinglasan replaces Paul Thomson, who recently announced his retirement after over 30 years in the global agriculture industry.Thomson has joined the board of directors of Vive Crop Protection.beehealth. bayer.us. Jordan Dinglasan sesvanderhave.com/US It doesn't take much to prove what you're worth. We believe that when you put us in the ground—an acre, a quarter, an 80— you'll see we measure up. ONE ACRE IS ALL IT TAKES.