Forest Service Northeast and Midwest Landscape Scale Restoration (USDA)

• Published date: 16 July 2020
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31203
• Date: 16 July 2020

Federal Grants & Contracts ■ July 16, 2020 Page 7

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Grants alert (cont.)

Eligibility: Private colleges and universities and

nonprot organizations.

Areas: DOS said the subregional workshop will convene

a group of emerging leaders aged 25–35 with the goal

of providing them with practical leadership skills and

a deeper knowledge of regional issues related to the

civic leadership pillar of YPL. The subregional workshop

should also help participants grow their networks and

enable them to work with their peers on issues that

affect the region, and emphasize experiential learning

and capacity building to equip participants with the tools

they need for success.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# PASCNB-NOFO-FY20-02

Sustainable food security: Biotechnology

and seeds systems in Asia and Africa (USDA)

Scope: The Agriculture Department’s Foreign

Agricultural Service seeks applications for the Enabling

Agricultural Innovations for Sustainable Food Security:

Biotechnology and Seeds Systems in Asia and Africa

announcement to partner with a U.S. land-grant

university to carry out trainings and provide technical

assistance for select Asian and African decision-makers,

technical experts and stakeholders focusing on informed

strategies for enabling the science-based adoption of

agricultural biotechnologies, including incorporating

biotechnology into national and regional initiatives to

modernize and strengthen seed systems for innovation.

Deadline: Aug. 17, 2020.

Funds: $350,000 for one award.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities.

Areas: USDA said the purpose of the program is

to: enhance understanding of policymakers and

stakeholders in the Philippines of the role of modern

biotechnology in agricultural innovation, and how such

biotechnological innovations can be adopted with

appropriate science- and risk-based considerations;

enhance the understanding of African country

governments’ policymakers and technical experts with

responsibilities relevant to the African Union of the role

of modern biotechnology in agricultural innovation, and

how such biotechnological innovations can be adopted

with appropriate science- and risk-based considerations,

especially for seed production and trade; and identify

and share ways in which biotechnological innovations

can advance food security, and what trade policies

in the Philippines and in the African Union may be

needed to help ensure access by their farmers to such

innovations.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# USDA-FAS-10960-0700-

10-20-0025

Socially Disadvantaged Groups Grant (USDA)

Scope: The Agriculture Department’s Rural Business-

Cooperative Service seeks applications for the Socially

Disadvantaged Groups Grant to provide technical

assistance to socially disadvantaged groups in rural

areas.

Deadline: Aug. 10, 2020.

Funds: $3 million total for up to 30 awards of up to

$175,000.

Eligibility: Cooperatives, groups of cooperatives and

cooperative development centers, as well as Native

American tribal governments.

Areas: USDA said examples of technical assistance

are feasibility studies, business plans, strategic planning

and leadership training.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# RBCS-SDGG-2020

Forest Service Northeast and Midwest

Landscape Scale Restoration (USDA)

Scope: The Agriculture Department’s U.S. Forest

Service seeks applications for the FY2021 Forest

Service Northeast and Midwest Landscape Scale

Restoration announcement to support high-impact

projects that promote collaborative, science-based

restoration of priority forest landscapes, leverage public

and private resources, and further priorities identied in

each state’s Forest Action Plan or equivalent restoration

strategy.

Deadline: Sept. 17, 2020.

Funds: $4 million total for up to ve awards ranging from

$25,000 to $600,000.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; state, local and

Native American tribal governments; and independent

school districts; among others.

Areas: USDA said examples of projects include

but are not limited to: water quality and watershed

health improvement; wildlife habitat improvement;

demonstration projects that both achieve on-the-ground

accomplishments for a specic area and also provide

sites for conservation education and tech transfer;

ecosystem services projects; community tree-planting

projects in communities with a population of less than

50,000; strategic outreach efforts to land managers/

owners facing threats from urban sprawl, invasive

species and wildre; and complementary efforts to

improve rural prosperity, as long as the project includes

on-the-ground outcomes as well.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# USDA-FS-2021-LSR

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