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NIFA Research Funding Opportunity

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USDA-NIFA-AFRI announces the 2014 Foundational Request For Applications (RFA). The agency encourages all to review, including the NEW program priorities.

  • Animal Health and Production and Animal Products:
    1. Animal Reproduction
    2. Animal Nutrition, Growth and Lactation
    3. NEW: Animal Wellbeing
    4. Animal Health and Disease
    5. Tools and Resources- Animal Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics Tools and Resources
    6. NEW: Tools and Resources- Veterinary Immune Reagents
    7. NEW&: US-UK Collaborative Projects (USDA funding + United Kingdom funding opportunity) Animal Health and Disease; Veterinary Immune Reagents
    • Letter of Intent Deadline: February 27, 2014 (5:00 p.m. ET);
    • Application Deadline: May 1, 2014 (5:00 p.m. ET)
    • Total Program Funds: Approximately $18 million from USDA + 3 million British pounds for US-UK Collaborative Animal Health and Disease; and US-UK Collaborative Veterinary Immune Reagent awards
  • Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health
    1. Improving Food Safety
    2. Improving Food Quality
    3. Function & Efficacy of Foods
    • Letter of Intent Deadline: February 18, 2014 (5:00 p.m. ET)
    • Application Deadline – May 6, 2014, 2014 (5:00 p.m. ET)
    • Total Program Funds – Approximately $9 million
  • NEW: Critical Agricultural Research and Extension (CARE)
    • Letter of Intent Deadline – June 4, 2014 (5:00 p.m. ET)
    • Application Deadline – August 7, 2014 (5:00 p.m. ET)
    • Total Program Funds – Approximately $5 million
  • NEW: Exploratory
    • Letter of Intent Deadline – accepted anytime through September 30, 2014.
    • Application Deadline – accepted year-round depending on acceptance of the Letter of Intent and availability of funds
    • Total Program Funds – Approximately $2 million
  • Agriculture Systems and Technology
    1. Engineering, Products, and Processes
    2. Nanotechnology for Agricultural & Food Systems
      • Letter of Intent Deadline: February 5, 2014 (5:00 p.m. ET)
      • Application Deadline: April 9, 2014 (5:00 p.m. ET)
      • Total Program Funds: Approximately $6 million

NIFA Funding Opportunity Page: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/fo/foundationalprogramafri.cfm. This page includes links to the request for applications (RFA), the NIFA Grants.gov Application Guide, the application package, and abstracts of funded projects.

Grants.gov Synopsis Page: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=249480. This page includes a synopsis of the funding opportunity, a link to the full announcement (RFA) and the application package.

Grants.gov Application Package: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/download-application-package.html?p_p_id=grantsdownloadpackage_WAR_grantsdownloadpackageportlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p-col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=1&p_p_col_count=2&_grantsdownloadpackage_WAR_grantsdownloadpackageportlet_mvcPath=%2Fdownload.jsp?id=191296&search=-2. This page links to the application instructions and the application package.