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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwODE1LjYyNjE4MTYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDgxNS42MjYxODE2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NzQ5NDQyJmVtYWlsaWQ9c2FuZ2l0YUBlbWFpbC5hcml6b25hLmVkdSZ1c2VyaWQ9c2FuZ2l0YUBlbWFpbC5hcml6b25hLmVkdSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&104&&&http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=287329&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Apply
For Grant</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Posted Date: Thursday, August 11, 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Closing Date: Friday, September 2, 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-NIFA-SLBCD-006006<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Estimated Total Program Funding: $400,000<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwODE1LjYyNjE4MTYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDgxNS42MjYxODE2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NzQ5NDQyJmVtYWlsaWQ9c2FuZ2l0YUBlbWFpbC5hcml6b25hLmVkdSZ1c2VyaWQ9c2FuZ2l0YUBlbWFpbC5hcml6b25hLmVkdSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&105&&&https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/food-and-agricultural-sciences-national-needs-graduate-and-postgraduate?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Food
and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship (NNF) Grants Program</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p>This grant program supports: (1) training students for Master's and doctoral degrees in food, agricultural and natural resource sciences, and; (2) Special International Study or Thesis/Dissertation Research Travel Allowances (IRTA) for eligible USDA NNF
beneficiaries. Awards are specifically intended to support traineeship programs that engage outstanding students to pursue and complete their degrees in USDA mission areas. Applicants provide clarity about the philosophy of their graduate training, and relevance
to USDA mission sciences, NIFA priorities and national science education policies and statistics. Applications are being solicited from institutions that confer a graduate degree in at least one of the following Targeted Expertise Shortage Areas: 1) animal
and plant production; 2) forest resources; 3) agricultural educators and communicators; 4) agricultural management and economics; 5) food science and human nutrition; 6) sciences for agricultural biosecurity; and 7) training in integrative biosciences for
sustainable food and agricultural systems.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Who Is Eligible to Apply: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
1862 Land-Grant Institutions<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
1890 Land-Grant Institutions<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
1994 Land-Grant Institutions<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
Hispanic-Serving Institutions<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
Private Institutions of Higher Education<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
Other or Additional Information (see below)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">More Information on Eligibility: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Applications may be submitted by: 1) Land-Grant Institutions, 2) colleges & universities having significant minority enrollments & a demonstrable capacity to carry out the teaching of food & agricultural sciences,
& 3) other colleges & universities having a demonstrable capacity to carry out the teaching of food & agricultural sciences. Applications also may be submitted by research foundations maintained by eligible colleges or universities.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwODE1LjYyNjE4MTYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDgxNS42MjYxODE2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NzQ5NDQyJmVtYWlsaWQ9c2FuZ2l0YUBlbWFpbC5hcml6b25hLmVkdSZ1c2VyaWQ9c2FuZ2l0YUBlbWFpbC5hcml6b25hLmVkdSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&106&&&https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/rfa/FY%202016%20National%20Needs%20Fellowship.pdf?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Request
For Applications</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwODE1LjYyNjE4MTYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDgxNS42MjYxODE2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NzQ5NDQyJmVtYWlsaWQ9c2FuZ2l0YUBlbWFpbC5hcml6b25hLmVkdSZ1c2VyaWQ9c2FuZ2l0YUBlbWFpbC5hcml6b25hLmVkdSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&107&&&http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=287361&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Apply
For Grant</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Posted Date: Friday, August 12, 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Closing Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-NIFA-HEP-006007 <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,100,000 <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwODE1LjYyNjE4MTYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDgxNS42MjYxODE2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NzQ5NDQyJmVtYWlsaWQ9c2FuZ2l0YUBlbWFpbC5hcml6b25hLmVkdSZ1c2VyaWQ9c2FuZ2l0YUBlbWFpbC5hcml6b25hLmVkdSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&108&&&https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/department-defense-virtual-lab-school-vls?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Department
of Defense Virtual Lab School (VLS)</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p>NIFA/USDA requests applications for the Virtual Lab School (aka Virtual Laboratory School) (VLS) program for fiscal year (FY) 2016 to provide all maintenance and support necessary to maintain the Virtual Lab School, a virtual learning platform which houses
all statutorily mandated training for Department of Defense (DoD) child development program staff.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Who Is Eligible to Apply: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Other or Additional Information (See below)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">More Information on Eligibility: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Applications may be submitted by State agricultural experiment stations, State cooperative extension services, all colleges and universities, other research or educational institution or organizations, Federal
and private agencies and organizations, individuals and any other recipient, either foreign or domestic, to further research, extension, or teaching programs in the food and agriculture sciences of the Department of Agriculture.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwODE1LjYyNjE4MTYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDgxNS42MjYxODE2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NzQ5NDQyJmVtYWlsaWQ9c2FuZ2l0YUBlbWFpbC5hcml6b25hLmVkdSZ1c2VyaWQ9c2FuZ2l0YUBlbWFpbC5hcml6b25hLmVkdSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&109&&&https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/rfa/FY%20%2716%20DoD%20VLS%20RFA.pdf?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Request
For Applications</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwODE1LjYyNjE4MTYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDgxNS42MjYxODE2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NzQ5NDQyJmVtYWlsaWQ9c2FuZ2l0YUBlbWFpbC5hcml6b25hLmVkdSZ1c2VyaWQ9c2FuZ2l0YUBlbWFpbC5hcml6b25hLmVkdSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&110&&&http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=287373&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Apply
For Grant</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Posted Date: Friday, August 12, 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Closing Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-NIFA-EXCA-006005<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Estimated Total Program Funding: $454,546<o:p></o:p></p>
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