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Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NIFA AFRI 003958

• The National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the agriculture community development energy environment food and nutrition health natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Foundational Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.310 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI).
• This funding opportunity was created on Jan 10, 2013 and posted on Oct 15, 2012.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 22, 2013. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2024.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 264,000,000 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
• 1. Research Projects Eligible applicants for Research Projects include1) State Agricultural Experiment Stations 2) colleges and universities (including junior colleges offering associate degrees or higher) 3) university research foundations 4) other research institutions and organizations 5) Federal agencies, 6) national laboratories 7) private organizations or corporations 8) individuals who are U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents and 9) any group consisting of 2 or more entities identified in 1) through 8). Eligible institutions do not include foreign and international organizations. 2. Integrated Projects (Note that ONLY Agriculture, Economics and Rural Communities Program area (Part I, C. 6) is soliciting integrated projects through this RFA), Eligible applicants for Integrated Projects include 1) colleges and universities 2) 1994 Land Grant Institutions and (3) Hispanic serving agricultural colleges and universities. For Integrated Projects, the terms college and university mean an educational institution in any state which 1) admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate 2) is legally authorized within such state to provide a program of education beyond secondary education 3) provides an educational program for which a bachelor s degree or any other higher degree is awarded 4) is a public or other nonprofit institution and 5) is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association. A research foundation maintained by a college or university is eligible to receive an award under this program. 3. Hispanic serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities Section 7101 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110 246) amended section 1404 of NARETPA (7 U.S.C. 3103) to create a definition for a new group of cooperating institutions Hispanic serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities (HSACUs). HSACUs are colleges and universities that qualify as Hispanic serving Institutions (HSIs) and offer associate, bachelors, or other accredited degree programs in agriculture related fields. HSACUs do not include 1862 land grant institutions. Pursuant to section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (AREERA) (7 U.S.C. 7626), which authorized the Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grant Program, all four year HSIs are eligible to apply for integrated projects as identified in the FY 2013 AFRI RFA. Two year HSIs may also be eligible to apply but only if the institution has been certified as a HSACU for the fiscal year in which funding is being provided. 4. Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement Grants The Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement (FASE) Grants have additional eligibility requirements. See RFA for details.

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