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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Funding Opportunity: AFRI Releases RFA for Foundational and Applied Science Program</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) recently released a request for applications (RFA) for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational and Applied Science (FAS)
program. The fiscal year (FY) 2019 solicitation will distribute approximately $192.5 million, a $12 million increase over the FY 2018 RFA, to support
<span lang="EN">research and extension proposals related to the six priorities outlined in the most recent Farm Bill: Plant Health and Production and Plant Products ($43.9 million); Animal Health and Production and Animal Products ($36.8 million); Food Safety,
Nutrition, and Health ($26.2 million); Bioenergy, Natural Resources, and Environment ($21.7 million); Agriculture Systems and Technology ($19.5 million); Agriculture Economics and Rural Communities ($22.9 million)</span>; and $21.6 million for crosscutting
programs. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">FAS is the last of AFRI’s three annual RFAs to be released, following the Sustainable Agricultural Systems (SAS) program at the end of March and the Education and Workforce Development (EWD) program at the end of April. Like the EWD solicitation,
the FAS RFA included deadlines and funding levels for both FY 2019 and FY 2020. The objective of the FAS program is to advance basic and applied research in agricultural sciences across a number of disciplines and crosscutting areas. Additionally, the RFA
adds new priority areas for each program.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Consistent with the FY 2018 solicitation, the RFA incorporates the Food and Agriculture Cyber informatics and Tools (FACT) initiative, launched by NIFA in 2016 to support data science in agriculture. The solicitation seeks projects that
"1) focus on fundamental or core big data analytics and tool development, and/or 2) apply big data concepts to specific science domains or across domains and sectors for any of the animal health and production and animal products program area priorities.”
In addition to FACT, the FAS program maintains its emphasis on microbiome research by establishing a new Agricultural Microbiomes program area within the crosscutting initiatives.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Additionally, it is important to note that conference proposals will now be accepted anytime throughout the year. Those intending to submit conference proposals must submit a letter of intent (LOI) 135 days in advance of the conference.
Conference grant applications should be submitted 90 days before the start of the conference.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Total Funding and Award Size: </b> USDA anticipates making approximately $192.5 million available for an undetermined number of awards in both FY 2019 and 2020. Individual award amounts, award distribution, and project period will vary
based on research area. Additional information is provided below:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">
<b>Program 1 – Plant Health and Production and Plant Products ($43.9 million)</b><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1">
<i>A – Foundational Knowledge of Agricultural Production Systems</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to five years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>August 8, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>April 9, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1">
<i>B – Foundational Knowledge of Plant Products</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to five years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 18, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 19, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1">
<i>C – Pests and Beneficial Species in Agricultural Production Systems</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to five years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 9, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 12, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1">
<i>D – Physiology of Agricultural Plants</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to five years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 18, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 19, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1">
<i>E – Plant Breeding for Agricultural Production</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
Funding levels and project period vary by subtopic and type of proposal.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 18, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 19, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1">
<i>F – Pollinator Health: Research and Application</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
Funding levels and project period vary by subtopic and type of proposal.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 25, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 26, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b>Program Area 2 – Animal Health and Production and Animal Products ($36.8 million)</b><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1">
<i>A – Animal Reproduction</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to five years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 11, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 12, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1">
<i>B – Animal Nutrition, Growth, and Lactation</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to five years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 11, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 12, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1">
<i>C – Welfare and Well-being of Agricultural Animals</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
Funding levels and project period vary by subtopic and type of proposal.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 11, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 12, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1">
<i>D – Diseases of Agricultural Animals</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
Funding levels and project period vary by subtopic and type of proposal.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 11, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 12, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1">
<i>E – Animal Breeding and Functional Annotation of Genomes</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to five years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 11, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo1">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 12, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b>Program Area 3 – Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health ($26.2 million)</b><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2">
<i>A – Food Safety and Defense</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to five years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 17, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 19, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2">
<i>B – Novel Foods and Innovative Manufacturing Technologies</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to five years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 16, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 19, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2">
<i>C – Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
$1 million total per project with a project period of up to five years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 18, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 19, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2">
<i>D – Food and Human Health</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to five years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 24, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 26, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2">
<i>E – Mitigating Antimicrobial Resistance Across the Food Chain</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
$1 million total per project with a project period of up to five years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 25, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 26, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal">
<i> </i><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">
<b>Program Area 4 – Bioenergy, Natural Resources, and Environment (BNRE) ($21.7 million)</b><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2">
<i>A – Soil Health</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to four years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>August 1, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>April 2, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2">
<i>B – Water Quantity and Quality</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to four years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>August 1, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>April 2, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2">
<i>C – Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Systems</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
$1 million total per project with a project period of up to four years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>August 1, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>April 2, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2">
<i>D – Sustainable Agroecosystems: Health, Functions, Processes and Management</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to four years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
LOI required for conference proposals only.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>August 8, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>April 9, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal">
<i> </i><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<b>Program Area 5 – Agriculture Systems and Technology (AST) ($19.5 million)</b><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<i>A – Engineering for Agricultural Production Systems</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to four years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 25, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 5, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<i>B – Bioprocessing and Bioengineering</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to four years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 25, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 5, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<i>C – Nanotechnology for Agricultural and Food Systems</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to four years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 18, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 19, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal">
<i> </i><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<b>Program Area 6 – Agriculture Economics and Rural Communities (AERC) ($22.9 million)</b><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<i>A – Small and Medium-Sized Farms</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to four years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 18, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 5, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<i>B – Economics, Markets and Trade</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to four years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>July 18, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>March 5, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<i>C – Social Implications of Food and Agricultural Technologies </i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to four years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>September 12, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>May 14, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<i>D – Environmental and Natural Resource Economics</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to four years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>September 12, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>May 14, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<i>E – Rural Economic Development </i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
$500,000 total per project with a project period of up to four years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
LOI required for conference proposals only.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2019 applications due <b>August 15, 2019</b>.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2020 applications due <b>April 16, 2020</b>.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal">
<i> </i><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<b>Program Area 7 – Crosscutting Programs ($21.6 million)</b><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<i>A – Agricultural Innovation through Gene Editing</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
Up to $300,000 per project with a project period of up to two years <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2019 LOIs are due <b>June 19, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2020 LOIs are due <b>February 19, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>August 21, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>April 23, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
<i>LOI should address which program area is most relevant to the proposal, see RFA for more information</i>.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<i>B – Agricultural Microbiomes</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
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Up to $750,000 per project with a project period of up to four years.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2019 LOIs are due <b>July 9, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2020 LOIs are due <b>March 10, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>September 26, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>May 14, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
<i>LOI should address which program area is most relevant to the proposal, see RFA for more information</i>.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<i>C – Critical Agricultural Research and Extension (CARE)</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
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$300,000 total per project with a project period of up to three years (nonrenewable).
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
No LOI required.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>August 21, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>April 23, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<i>D - Food and Agriculture Cyber informatics Tools (FACT)</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
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Funding levels and project period vary by subtopic and type of proposal.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
LOI required for conference proposals only. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>August 15, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>April 16, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<i>E - Inter-Disciplinary Engagement in Animal Systems (IDEAS)</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
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$1 million total per project with a project period of up to five years. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2019 LOIs are due <b>June 20, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
LOIs are not required for the FY 2020 competition.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>September 5, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>May 21, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<i>F – Tactical Sciences for Agricultural Biosecurity</i><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
Funding levels range from $500,000 to $1 million for up to four years depending on subtopic and type of proposal.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2019 LOIs are due <b>July 9, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2020 LOIs are due <b>March 10, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2019 applications due by <b>September 26, 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3">
FY 2020 applications due by <b>May 28, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Cost Sharing:</b> A one-to-one cost share is required for applications that are commodity specific and those that fail to address research issues in a national context. For equipment grants, the total amount of federal funding may not
exceed 50 percent of the total cost. Additional specifications regarding the cost sharing requirement for equipment grants is provided in the full RFA.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Eligibility and Limitations:</b> Eligible applicants under this solicitation include but are not limited to: State Agricultural Experiment Stations; colleges and universities (including junior colleges offering associate degrees or higher);
university research foundations; and other research institutions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Note</b>: Universities that are on the list of “Most Successful Universities and Colleges Receiving Federal Funds” are not eligible for any Strengthening grants unless they are in an EPSCoR State. This table can be found here:
<span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource/Table-1-Most-Successful-Institutions.pdf"><span style="color:#0070C0">https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource/Table-1-Most-Successful-Institutions.pdf</span></a></span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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The full RFA is available at <span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/rfa/20190507-fy2019-afri-foundational-and-applied-science-rfa.pdf"><span style="color:#0070C0">https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/rfa/20190507-fy2019-afri-foundational-and-applied-science-rfa.pdf</span></a></span>
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The NIFA website can be found at<span style="color:#0070C0"> <a href="https://nifa.usda.gov/">
<span style="color:#0070C0">https://nifa.usda.gov/</span></a></span>. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4">
More information on AFRI is available at <span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://nifa.usda.gov/program/agriculture-and-food-research-initiative-afri"><span style="color:#0070C0">https://nifa.usda.gov/program/agriculture-and-food-research-initiative-afri</span></a></span>.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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