[CED/CD/EAT] FW: USDA-NIFA Supplemental Update - Rapid Response to Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Impacts Across Food and Agricultural Systems

Fri Apr 17 14:22:21 MST 2020

FYI....please forward to all Extension personnel.

Jeffrey C. Silvertooth, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Director for Extension & Economic Development
Division of Agriculture, Life, & Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension
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University of Arizona
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From: Gonzalez Jr., Roberto - OPPE, Calexico, CA <roberto.gonzalez at usda.gov>
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020 2:20 PM
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Subject: [EXT]USDA-NIFA Supplemental Update - Rapid Response to Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Impacts Across Food and Agricultural Systems

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Rapid Response to Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Impacts Across Food and Agricultural Systems
Program Area Priority Code: A1711
Proposed Budget Requests: Standard Grants, Strengthening Standard Grants and New Investigator Grants must not exceed $1,000,000 total per project (including indirect costs) for project periods of up to 2 years and are not renewable.
Requested Project Types: Research, Extension, or Integrated Projects
Requested Grant Types: Standard and FASE (Strengthening Standard and New Investigator) Grants
Letter of Intent: Not Required
Application Deadline: Thursday, June 4, 2020
Program Area Priority Contacts: Dr. Emma Moran, (202) 309-1731 or emma.moran at usda.gov<mailto:emma.moran at usda.gov>

Program Area Priority: The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the nation's food and agricultural systems. Currently, data is needed to reliably guide decision-making that are supported by scientific evidence. This program area priority addresses the need to develop and deploy rapid, reliable, and readily adoptable strategies across the food and agriculture enterprise in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These strategies should mitigate urgent threats from the COVID-19 virus (SARSCoV-2) and ensure the availability of an accessible, safe, nutritious, and abundant food supply. Proposals addressing this priority can be local, regional or national in scope and should employ interdisciplinary teams with the capacity to address the range of problems faced by the entire food and agriculture enterprise, from production to consumption. Funded projects are expected to provide solutions to include tools, techniques, technologies, food supply logistics, innovations, and other practices that can be rapidly adopted by various end-users.

This program area priority is designed to rapidly enhance and fill knowledge and information gaps, strengthen and support critical cross-cutting issues to protect the food and agriculture supply chain, health and security of livestock, safety of our foods, as well as the well-being of farm, food service providers, and rural Americans.

Program area priorities:
Topics may include, but are not limited to: Health and Security of Livestock; Food and Food Processing; Well-being of Farm, Food Service Providers, and Rural Americans; Economic Security.

The program area seeks applications that:
* Focus on critical and urgent research, extension, or integrated solutions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on the nation's food and agricultural system;
* Provide applicable strategies and knowledge that can be implemented rapidly to minimize or eliminate the impacts of COVID-19 on the food and agriculture system;
* Provide evidence that the project is aligned to the stated priorities.

Research, Extension Projects Eligible applicants for single-function Research, Education or Extension Projects include: a) State Agricultural Experiment Station; b) colleges and universities (including junior colleges offering associate degrees or higher); c) university research foundations; d) other research institutions and organizations; e) Federal agencies, f) national laboratories; g) private organizations or corporations; h) individuals who are U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents; and i) any group consisting of two or more entities identified in a) through h). Eligible institutions do not include foreign and international organizations.

Integrated Projects Eligible applicants for Integrated Projects include: a) colleges and universities; b) 1994 Land-Grant Institutions; and c) Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities.

From: USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020
To: Gonzalez Jr., Roberto - OPPE, Calexico, CA
Subject: USDA-NIFA Supplemental Update - Rapid Response to Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Impacts Across Food and Agricultural Systems

New COVID-19 Rapid Response Program Area for AFRI

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                                                                                         April 17, 2020

New COVID-19 Rapid Response Program Area for Agricultural and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)

NIFA recently added a program area to its main Agricultural and Food Research Initiative RFA<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnks.gd%2Fl%2FeyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDA0MTcuMjAzMjQxMjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL25pZmEudXNkYS5nb3YvZnVuZGluZy1vcHBvcnR1bml0eS9hZ3JpY3VsdHVyZS1hbmQtZm9vZC1yZXNlYXJjaC1pbml0aWF0aXZlLWZvdW5kYXRpb25hbC1hcHBsaWVkLXNjaWVuY2UtcHJvZ3JhbT91dG1fY29udGVudD0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fbmFtZT0mdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSZ1dG1fdGVybT0ifQ.5hJhcmrmLVa_QJyW6PtYKspSE30W4YmvF_jYHtRaNTw%2Fbr%2F77575973203-l&data=02%7C01%7C%7C4544652b54b14ad3d34508d7e312eea9%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637227542777278645&sdata=JAzHIlEInDiVD7jlWzVXTfPrOMURMSc3HOLZA64Law4%3D&reserved=0>: Rapid Response to Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Impacts Across Food and Agricultural Systems.

There are four areas of priority: Health and Security of Livestock; Well-being of Farm, Food Service Providers, and Rural Americans; Economic Security; and Food Safety. Applicants should focus on critical and urgent research, extension, or integrated solutions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on the nation's food and agricultural system. Applications should include strategies and knowledge that can be rapidly implemented to minimize or eliminate COVID-19 impacts on the nation's food and agricultural system.

Deadline to submit applications is June 4. NIFA will expedite application evaluation & awards review to ensure rapid project start-up. For more information and to apply, view the RFA<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnks.gd%2Fl%2FeyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDA0MTcuMjAzMjQxMjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL25pZmEudXNkYS5nb3YvZnVuZGluZy1vcHBvcnR1bml0eS9hZ3JpY3VsdHVyZS1hbmQtZm9vZC1yZXNlYXJjaC1pbml0aWF0aXZlLWZvdW5kYXRpb25hbC1hcHBsaWVkLXNjaWVuY2UtcHJvZ3JhbT91dG1fY29udGVudD0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fbmFtZT0mdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSZ1dG1fdGVybT0ifQ.RGMPfVi-PWmkmYVYZelV2TaNh6zYV1skP6gqKDRRNOE%2Fbr%2F77575973203-l&data=02%7C01%7C%7C4544652b54b14ad3d34508d7e312eea9%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637227542777288604&sdata=zTwRUPcbblnDbMSoOMfFBA470i%2BhDgAT3nn7Spcm5GU%3D&reserved=0>.

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