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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Jeffrey C. Silvertooth, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Gonzalez Jr., Roberto - OPPE, Calexico, CA <roberto.gonzalez@usda.gov>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 5, 2020 5:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ogden, Kimberly L - (ogden) <ogden@email.arizona.edu>; Burgess, Shane C - (shaneburgess) <sburgess@cals.arizona.edu>; Hunt, James E - (jeh) <JHunt@ag.arizona.edu>; Pawar, Sangita C - (sangita) <sangita@email.arizona.edu>; Mester, John Clark - (jmester)
<jmester@email.arizona.edu>; Patten, Kim J - (kjpatten) <kjpatten@email.arizona.edu>; Silvertooth, Jeffrey C - (silverto) <Silver@ag.arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> 2020 USDA-NIFA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) - Education and Workforce Development (EWD)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">USDA-NIFA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) - Education and Workforce Development (EWD) focuses on developing the next generation of research,
education, and extension professionals in the food and agricultural sciences, </span>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">with the following program areas: professional development for agricultural literacy; training of undergraduate students in research and extension; fellowships for predoctoral candidates; fellowships
for postdoctoral scholars, and agricultural workforce training.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">View Grant Opportunity:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
<a href="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=324869">https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=324869</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">FY 2020 Professional Development for Agricultural Literacy, Thursday, July 16, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">FY 2020 Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates, Thursday, July 23, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">FY 2020 Predoctoral Fellowships, Thursday, August 13, 2020 & FY 2020 Postdoctoral Fellowships, Thursday, August 13, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">FY 2020 Agricultural Workforce Training Grants, Thursday, September 24, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Who Is Eligible to Apply:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 1862 Land-Grant Institutions, 1890 Land-Grant Institutions, 1994
Land-Grant Institutions, For-profit Organizations Other Than Small Businesses, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Individuals, Native American Tribal Orgs, not Federally recognized Tribal Governments, Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS status, other than Institutions
of Higher Ed, Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS status, other than Institutions of Higher Ed, Other or Additional Information, Private Institutions of Higher Ed, Small Business, State Agricultural Experiment Stations, State Controlled Institutions of Higher
Ed. The list above is abbreviated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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