Scientific Cooperation Research Program (USDA)

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31524
• Published date: 21 January 2021
• Date: 21 January 2021

Federal Grants & Contracts ■ January 21, 2021 Page 7

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Grants alert (cont.)

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; federal agencies;

and private sector entities.

Areas: USDA said funding supports the breeding, testing,

and development of superior-performing canola and

industrial hemp varieties and production practices that

result in improved cost efficiencies, reduced grower risks,

and wider use in production systems. Research results

and technology developed are expected to be rapidly

transferred to producers and other users through effective

extension outreach and other engagement efforts.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# USDA-NIFA-OP-008079

Research, Education, and Extension Competitive

Grants—Organic Transitions (USDA)

Scope: The Agriculture Department’s National Institute

of Food and Agriculture seeks applications for the

Integrated Research, Education, and Extension

Competitive Grants Program—Organic Transitions

announcement to support the development and

implementation of research, extension, and higher

education programs to improve the competitiveness of

organic livestock and crop producers, as well as those

who are adopting organic practices.

Deadline: March 15, 2021.

Funds: $6.65 million total for awards of up to $500,000.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities.

Areas: USDA said priorities include but are not limited

to: documenting and understanding the effects of

organic practices on soil health and fertility; greenhouse

gas mitigation; enhanced biodiversity; understanding

the dynamics of weeds, pests and diseases for better

management; developing improved technologies,

methods, models, and metrics to document, describe,

and optimize the ecosystem services and the climate

variability adaptation and mitigation ability of organic

crop, livestock, and integrated crop-livestock production

systems; and developing cultural practices and other

allowable alternatives to substances recommended for

removal on the National Organic Program’s National List

of Allowed and Prohibited Substances.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# USDA-NIFA-ICGP-008060

New Beginning for Tribal Students Programs

(USDA)

Scope: The Agriculture Department’s National Institute

of Food and Agriculture seeks applications for the

New Beginning for Tribal Students Programs (NBTS)

announcement to increase the retention and graduation

rate of Tribal students attending 1994, 1862, and 1890

land-grant universities.

Deadline: March 15, 2021.

Funds: $5 million total for awards ranging from

$100,000 to $500,000.

Eligibility: Land-grant colleges and universities

including 1862, 1890, and 1994 land-grant institutions.

Areas: USDA said funding will support Tr ibal students

through but not limited to: recruiting; tuition and related

fees; experiential learning; student services, including

tutoring; counseling; academic advising; and other

student services that would increase the retention and

graduation rate of Tribal students enrolled at land-grant

colleges or universities.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# USDA-NIFA-TGP-007932

Scientic Cooperation Research Program (USDA)

Scope: The Agriculture Department’s Foreign

Agricultural Service (FAS) seeks applications for the

Scientic Cooperation Research Program (SCRP) to

support FAS’s Borlaug Fellowship Program and other

strategic goals and utilize the scientic communities’

accumulated knowledge and technologies to help aid

in developing practical solutions to address issues

including agricultural trade and market access, animal

and plant health, biotechnology, food safety and

security, and sustainable natural resource management.

Deadline: March 1, 2021.

Funds: $50,000 for up to 10 awards.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities.

Areas: USDA said SCRP will support applied research,

extension, and education projects that create practical

solutions to challenges faced by small farmers and build

regional or global trade capacities in FAS countries. In

general, applications should support one or more of

the following strategies of the Global Food Security Act:

accelerate inclusive, agriculture-led economic growth

that reduces global poverty, hunger and malnutrition,

particularly among women and children; increase the

productivity, incomes, and livelihoods of small-scale

producers, especially women, by working across

agricultural value chains, enhancing local capacity to

manage agricultural resources effectively and expanding

producer access to local and international markets;

and build resilience to food shocks among vulnerable

populations and households while reducing reliance

upon emergency food assistance.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# USDA-

FAS-10961-0700-10-21-0001

Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research

Grants Program (USDA)

Scope: The Agriculture Department’s National

Institute of Food and Agriculture seeks applications

for the Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research

Grants (BRAG) Program announcement to support

the generation of new information that will assist

federal regulatory agencies in making science-based

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