Revolving Fund Program (USDA)

• Date: 02 April 2020
• Published date: 02 April 2020
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.30992

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Grants alert (cont.)

engineering and mathematics (STEM) undergraduate

education and research at HBCUs.

Deadline: Oct. 6, 2020.

Funds: $55 million total for awards ranging from

$300,000 to $9 million.

Eligibility: HBCUs that are accredited and offer

undergraduate educational degree programs in STEM.

Areas: NSF said support is available through the

following tracks: Targeted Infusion Projects, which

provide support to achieve a short-term, well-dened

goal for improving the quality of undergraduate

STEM education at HBCUs; Broadening Participation

Research in STEM Education projects, which provide

support for research that seeks to create and study new

theory-driven models and innovations related to the

participation and success of underrepresented groups in

STEM undergraduate education; and Research Initiation

Awards, which provide support for STEM faculty with

no prior or recent research funding to pursue research

at the home institution, an NSF-funded research center,

a research-intensive institution or a national laboratory;

among others.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 20-559

Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program

(USDA)

Scope: The Agriculture Department’s National Institute

of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) seeks applications for

the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program to

increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables among

low-income consumers participating in the Supplemental

Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by providing

incentives at the point of purchase.

Deadline: May 18, 2020.

Funds: $41.5 million total for up to 50 awards.

Eligibility: Government agencies and nonprot

organizations may include: an emergency feeding

organization; an agricultural cooperative; a producer

network or association; a community health

organization; a public benet corporation; an economic

development corporation; a farmers market; a

community-supported agriculture program; a buying

club; a SNAP-authorized retailer (rm); and state, local

or Native American tribal agencies.

Areas: USDA said NIFA will give priority to projects

that: maximize the share of funds used for direct

incentives to participants, use direct-to-consumer sales

marketing; demonstrate a track record of designing and

implementing successful nutrition incentive programs

that connect low-income consumers and agricultural

producers, provide locally or regionally produced fruits

and vegetables and include a project design (1) that

provides incentives when fruits or vegetables are

purchased using SNAP benets and (2) in which the

incentives earned may be used only to purchase fruits

or vegetables, among others.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# USDA-NIFA-FINI-007112

Revolving Fund Program (USDA)

Scope: The Agriculture Department’s Rural Utilities

Service seeks applications for the Revolving Fund

Program to help create revolving loan funds that can

provide nancing to extend and improve water and

waste disposal systems in rural areas.

Deadline: June 12, 2020.

Funds: $1 million total for up to four awards.

Eligibility: Nonprot organizations and state and local

governments.

Areas: USDA said this program helps very small

communities extend and improve water and waste

treatment facilities for households and businesses. Good

practices can save tax dollars and improve the natural

environment and may be necessary for manufacturers

and other types of businesses to locate or expand

operations.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# RDRUS-20-RFP

Local Food Promotion Program (USDA)

Scope: The Agriculture Department’s Agricultural

Marketing Service seeks applications for the Local

Food Promotion Program to develop, coordinate and

expand local and regional food business enterprises

that engage as intermediaries in indirect producer-to-

consumer marketing to help increase access to and

availability of locally and regionally produced agricultural

products.

Deadline: May 11, 2020.

Funds: $13.5 million total for up to 60 awards ranging

from $25,000 to $500,000. A 25% match is required.

Eligibility: Domestic entities owned, operated and

located within the 50 U.S. states, the District of

Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth

of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of

Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands to be considered

eligible.

Areas: USDA said grants can be used for the planning

stages of establishing or expanding a local and regional

food business enterprise or to improve or expand a food

business that supports locally and regionally produced

agricultural products and food system infrastructure by

performing feasibility studies, market research, training

and technical assistance for the business enterprise

and/or for producers working with the business

enterprise.

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