Renewable Resources Extension Act—National Focus Funds Projects (USDA)

• Date: 07 May 2020
• Published date: 07 May 2020
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31051

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Grants alert (cont.)

wildlife parts or products, and possible future trends for

wildlife trafficking in the region; recommendations, based

on the above data and exchanges, to improve existing

and inform future interventions to assist developing

countries to disrupt wildlife trafficking at a national and

regional level; and strengthened mechanism(s) to aid

U.S. government capacity-building efforts to address

wildlife trafficking in LAC.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# SFOP0006849

Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land Grant

Colleges of Agriculture Program (USDA)

Scope: The Agriculture Department’s National Institute

of Food and Agriculture seeks applications for the

Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land Grant Colleges

of Agriculture (NLGCA) Program announcement

to NLGCA institutions to assist in maintaining and

expanding their capacity to conduct education, research

and outreach/extension activities related to food,

agriculture, natural resources and human sciences.

Deadline: Oct. 28, 2020.

Funds: $4.7 million total. The maximum project period is

36 months.

Eligibility: NLGCAs certied by NIFA at the time of

application.

Areas: USDA said funding may be used to successfully

compete for funds from federal grants and other sources

to carry out educational, research and outreach/

extension activities that address priority concerns of

national, regional, state and local interest; disseminate

information relating to priority concerns to interested

members of the agriculture, renewable resources and

other relevant communities; the public; and any other

interested entity; and encourage members of the

agriculture, renewable resources and other relevant

communities to participate in priority education,

research and outreach/extension activities by providing

matching funding to leverage grant funds.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# USDA-NIFA-NLGCA-007392

Renewable Resources Extension Act—National

Focus Funds Projects (USDA)

Scope: The Agriculture Department’s National Institute

of Food and Agriculture seeks applications for the

Renewable Resources Extension Act—National Focus

Funds Projects announcement to provide funds for pilot

projects.

Deadline: June 28, 2020.

Funds: $300,000 total for up to four awards ranging

from $50,000 to $100,000.

Eligibility: 1862 and 1890 land-grant institutions.

Areas: USDA said pilot projects should address emerging

forest and rangeland resource issues, have national or

regional relevancy or develop new and innovative projects

that can be replicated at other institutions.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# USDA-NIFA-OP-007352

Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants

(USDA)

Scope: The Agriculture Department’s Utilities Programs

seeks applications for the Distance Learning and

Telemedicine Grants announcement to enable and

improve distance learning and telemedicine services in

rural areas.

Deadline: July 13, 2020.

Funds: $40 million total for 200 awards ranging from

$50,000 to $1 million.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; for-prot

organizations; nonprot organizations; and state, local,

special district and Native American tribal governments.

Areas: USDA said grants may be used to increase rural

access to education, training and health care resources

that are otherwise unavailable or limited in scope.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# RUS-20-02-DLT

Cochran Fellowship Program (USDA)

Scope: The Agriculture Department seeks applications

for the FY2020 Cochran Fellowship Program

announcement to train agriculturalists from middle-

income countries, emerging markets and emerging

democracies.

Deadline: Sept. 30, 2020.

Funds: $8 million for up to 54 awards of up to $150,000.

Eligibility: U.S. state cooperative institutions or other

colleges and universities in the United States.

Areas: USDA said training opportunities are for senior

and midlevel specialists and administrators working in

agricultural trade and policy; agribusiness development;

management; animal, plant and food sciences;

extension services; agricultural marketing; and many

other areas. Individuals selected for Cochran trainings

come from both the public and private sectors. All

training occurs in the United States. Training programs

are designed and organized in conjunction with U.S.

universities, USDA and other government agencies,

agribusinesses and consultants.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# USDA-

FAS-10962-0700-10-20-0002

Forest Service Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Grants (USDA)

Scope: The Agriculture Department seeks applications

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