Funding Opportunities for the Western Region
National Institute of Food and Agriculture Announces Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational Program Request for Applications (Multiple closing dates: See Part I.C. of current Foundational Program RFA for program area-specific deadlines.)
From: Elizabeth Ley
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 6:01 AM
To: Integrated Pest Management Coordinators: USDA, EPA,
Private Industry, and University Contacts
Cc: Whittet, Kimberly M.
Subject: NIFA Releases First of Seven Requests for Applications
to the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
This information is being forwarded as a service to those on the Pest Managers list-serve. If you have specific questions after reading the RFA, please contact the individual national program leaders listed in the document. The RFA lists the varying deadlines, including letters of intent, if applicable. The problem of pests is mentioned in numerous of the program areas.
The AFRI Foundational Program RFA has been posted on Grants.gov (USDA-NIFA-AFRI-003397) and the NIFA Website (http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/afri_rfa.html).
The following news release was posted on Friday.
http://www.nifa.usda.gov/newsroom/news/2011news/01071_afri_rfa.html
NIFA Releases First of Seven Requests for Applications to the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2011: USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today released the first request for applications (RFA) to the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) funding opportunity to support research, education and extension in fundamental and applied food and agricultural sciences.
The newly released RFA is for the AFRI Foundational Program. Projects funded through this program address the six AFRI priority areas to continue building a foundation of knowledge in fundamental and applied food and agricultural sciences critical for solving current and future societal challenges. The six priority areas include:
- Plant health and production and plant products
- Animal health and production and animal products
- Food safety, nutrition and health
- Renewable energy, natural resources and environment
- Agriculture systems and technology
- Agriculture economics and rural communities
AFRI is NIFA's flagship competitive grant program and was established under the 2008 Farm Bill. In FY 2011, approximately $262 million is available to support the AFRI program. Approximately $78 million will be made available to support the Foundational Program.
During the next several months, NIFA will release six more RFAs through the AFRI program. Five RFAs will continue to support societal challenge areas where research, education, and extension can achieve significant and measurable outcomes. These challenge areas include: childhood obesity prevention, agricultural adaptation to climate variables, sustainable bioenergy, food safety and global food security. In addition, a seventh RFA will fund opportunities for pre- and postdoctoral fellowship grants.
All AFRI program information, including the anticipated release date of the challenge area RFAs and the NIFA Fellowships Grant Program RFA, is available online at www.nifa.usda.gov/afri.
Elizabeth
L. Ley
Program Specialist
Institute of Food Production and Sustainability
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
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