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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please see funding opportunity below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Sangita Pawar, PhD, MBA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Assistant Vice President, Research
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"> Division of Ag, Life & Vet Sciences,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"> and Coop. Extension
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ph: 520-626-3408<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt">2019 USDA-NIFA Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p>The Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) seeks to solve critical organic agriculture issues, priorities, or problems through the integration of research, education, and extension activities. The purpose of this program is to fund
projects that will enhance the ability of producers and processors who have already adopted organic standards to grow and market high quality organic agricultural products. Priority concerns include biological, physical, and social sciences, including economics.
The OREI is particularly interested in projects that emphasize research, education and outreach that assist farmers and ranchers with whole farm planning by delivering practical research-based information. Projects should plan to deliver applied production
information to producers. Fieldwork must be done on certified organic land or on land in transition to organic certification, as appropriate to project goals and objectives.<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p>Who is eligible to apply: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1862 Land-Grant Institutions, 1890 Land-Grant Institutions, 1994 Land-Grant Institutions, For-profit Organizations Other Than Small Businesses, Other or Additional Information (See below), Private Institutions of Higher Ed, State Agricultural Experiment
Stations, State Controlled Institutions of Higher Ed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>More on Eligibility:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The following entities are eligible: 1. State agricultural experiment stations; 2. colleges and universities; 3. university research foundations; 4. other research institutions and organizations; 5. Federal agencies; 6. national laboratories; 7. private
organizations or corporations; 8. individuals who are United States citizens or nationals; or 9. any group consisting of 2 or more of the entities described in subparagraphs (1) through (8).<o:p></o:p></p>
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for Grant</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Posted Date: Thursday, March 14, 2019<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Closing Dates: Thursday, May 2, 2019<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-NIFA-ICGP-006730<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Estimated Total Program Funding: $20,000,000<o:p></o:p></p>
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