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<p align="right" style="text-align:right"> <span style="font-size:13.5pt">July 14, 2016</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">This AFRI Challenge Area focuses on the priority to mitigate and adapt to climate variability and change. It supports activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase carbon sequestration
in agricultural and forest production systems, and prepare the nation's agriculture and forests to adapt to variable climates. The long-term outcome for this program is to reduce the use of energy, nitrogen fertilizer, and water by ten percent and increase
carbon sequestration by fifteen percent through resilient agriculture and forest production systems. In order to achieve this outcome, this program will support multi-function Integrated Research, Education, and/or Extension Projects and Food and Agricultural
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Posted Date:</strong> Tuesday, July 12, 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Closing Date:</strong> Thursday, November 17, 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Funding Opportunity Number:</strong> USDA-NIFA-AFRI-005942<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Estimated Total Program Funding:</strong> $8,400,000<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Funds may be awarded up to $100,000 for a Phase I project. Proposed Phase I projects should prove the scientific or technical feasibility of the approach or concept. Projects dealing with
agricultural related manufacturing and alternative and renewable energy technologies are encouraged across all SBIR topic areas. USDA SBIR's flexible research areas ensure innovative projects consistent with USDA's vision of a healthy and productive nation
in harmony with the land, air, and water. USDA SBIR Program has awarded over 2000 research and development projects since 1983, allowing hundreds of small businesses to explore their technological potential, and providing an incentive to profit from the commercialization
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Posted Date:</strong> Thursday, July 14, 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Funding Opportunity Number:</strong> USDA-NIFA-SBIR-005943<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Estimated Total Program Funding:</strong> $8,000,000<o:p></o:p></p>
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