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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
USDA-NIFA-RIPM-002666
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Oct 30, 2009
Creation Date:
Oct 30, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Dec 17, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Dec 17, 2009
Archive Date:
Jan 16, 2010
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Agriculture
Disaster Prevention and Relief
Environment
Natural Resources
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
8
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$600,000
Award Ceiling:
$180,000
Award Floor:
$60,000
CFDA Number(s):
10.200
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Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
See RFA for specific details.
Organizations eligible to receive Research awards are: state agricultural experiment stations, 1862 and 1890 land-grant colleges and universities, including Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University, 1994 land-grant colleges and universities, research foundations established by land-grant colleges and universities, colleges and universities receiving funds under the Act of October 10, 1962 (16 USC 582a et seq.), accredited schools or colleges of veterinary medicine, and the University of the District of Columbia.
Organizations eligible to receive Extension awards are 1862 and 1890 land-grant colleges and universities, including Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University, and the University of the District of Columbia.
Research and Extension personnel from other USDA/IPM regions can participate as members of project teams. Applications will be accepted only from Project Directors (PDs) in the Northeastern IPM Region.
Award recipients may subcontract to organizations not eligible to apply provided such organizations are necessary for the conduct of the project. An applicant’s failure to meet an eligibility criterion by the time of an application deadline will result in NIFA not accepting the application, or even though an application may be reviewed, will preclude NIFA from making an award.
Agency Name
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Description
NIFA announces the availability of funds and requests applications for the Regional Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program Northeastern Region (NE-RIPM) RFA for fiscal year (FY) 2010 to help achieve National IPM goals by increasing the supply and dissemination of IPM knowledge and by enhancing collaboration among stakeholders. The amount available for support of this program in FY 2010 is approximately $600,000.
