Critical Issues: Emerging and New Plant and Animal Pests and Diseases
Agency Name : CSREES
Description
The program is designed to provide one-time seed funding to help initiate work requiring immediate attention until other longer-term resources can be secured to address the issue. CSREES will be soliciting proposals on an as-needed basis during the year to address specific new or emerging issues. For this particular solicitation CSREES is requesting proposals that address specific aspects of the following issues: Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder and Uganda (Ug99) Strain of Wheat Stem Rust.
Category of Funding Activity: Agriculture
Natural Resources
Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Food and Nutrition
Environment
Category Explanation: For this particular solicitation, CSREES is requesting proposals that address specific aspects of the following issues: Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder Uganda (Ug99) TTKS Strain of Wheat Stem Rust
Expected Number of Awards: 5
Estimated Total Program Funding: $370,000
Award Ceiling: $90,000
Award Floor: $30,000
CFDA Number: 10.200 -- 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)
Private institutions of higher education
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Applications may be submitted by 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 (16 U.S.C. 582a et seq.) McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Act, and accredited schools or colleges of veterinary medicine for the purpose of facilitating or expanding ongoing State-Federal food and agricultural research programs that: (i) promote excellence in research on a regional and national level; (ii) promote the development of regional research centers; (iii) promote the research partnership between the Department of Agriculture, colleges and universities, research foundations, and State agricultural experiment stations for regional research efforts; and (iv) facilitate coordination and cooperation of research among States through regional research grants.
