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Opportunity Summary:

The Supplemental and Alternative Crops Competitive Grants Program (SACC) is a discretionary USDA competitive grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number USDA CSREES OP 002117) administered through CSREES (the agency name listed in the notice). The program is designed to move applied agricultural research quickly from experimental settings into practical, on-farm use. Its core purpose is to strengthen and expand supplemental and alternative crop production by supporting work that improves plant materials and refines the full production chain, from planting through processing, while also emphasizing extension and technology transfer so that growers can adopt successful approaches as soon as it is practical to do so.

For this specific funding cycle, the notice states that FY 2008 funding will support canola research. In other words, proposals were expected to focus on canola-related applied research and development consistent with the SACC mission. The program description highlights several example areas that can fall within scope: development of superior germplasm (such as improved varieties or breeding materials), establishment and extension of effective methods for planting, cultivation, harvesting, and processing, and deliberate efforts to move results from research plots or experimental sites into real-world farm practice. The opportunity also points applicants to the official Request for Applications (RFA) for the complete program description and requirements.

From a funding and award structure standpoint, the program anticipated making about five awards, with an estimated total funding amount of $780,000. Individual awards had a stated ceiling of $210,000, and the floor was listed as $0, which typically means the agency did not specify a minimum award size in the announcement. The funding instrument type is a grant, and the associated CFDA number is 10.200 (Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants). The activity categories span agriculture as well as related areas such as energy, environment, food and nutrition, natural resources, and science and technology/research and development, reflecting the broad ways canola research can connect to production systems and downstream uses.

Eligibility was broad and included colleges and universities, other federal agencies, and private sector entities. The eligible applicant types listed in the notice include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (including those with 501(c)(3) status and certain nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status), small businesses, and other for-profit organizations (including those other than small businesses). The announcement explicitly indicates there was no cost sharing or matching requirement, which means applicants were not required to provide non-federal matching funds as a condition of eligibility (though projects can still include leveraged resources if permitted by the RFA).

Key dates in the posting indicate the opportunity was posted and created on March 13, 2009, with an application closing date of April 23, 2009, and the record later archived on February 17, 2010. For applicant support, the notice provides a CSREES Help Desk contact for assistance accessing the full announcement electronically, including a phone number (202-401-5048) and business hours (Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time). The announcement also references an additional information link to the Supplemental and Alternative Crops RFA, which would contain the detailed guidance on project types, submission requirements, evaluation criteria, and any canola-specific priorities for that funding year.

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