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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
USDA-CSREES-SRGP-002156
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Mar 26, 2009
Creation Date:
Mar 26, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Apr 27, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Apr 27, 2009
Archive Date:
May 27, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Agriculture
Environment
Food and Nutrition
Health
Natural Resources
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
4
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$900,000
Award Ceiling:
$900,000
Award Floor:
$0
CFDA Number(s):
10.200
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Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
State agricultural experiment stations, 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, as amended (16 U.S.C. 582a et seq.), and accredited schools or colleges of veterinary medicine. IMPORTANT! See RFA for specific eligibility requirements.
Agency Name
CSREES
Description
The purpose of this grant program is to support potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) research that focuses on varietal development/testing and whose output will be or include potato varieties. As used herein, varietal development/testing is research using traditional and biotechnological genetics to develop improved potato variety(ies). Aspects of evaluation, screening and testing must support or complement the development of improved varieties.
