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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761">This email addresses two important issues pertaining to USDA – one is a policy change and the other relates to upcoming RFPs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#0F4761;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a new research security directive, “<a href="https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/sm-1078-014.pdf?utm_source=Agri-Pulse+Daybreak&utm_campaign=96cf1ad5b0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_11_02_51&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-96cf1ad5b0-50436346">America
First Memorandum (SM 1078-014) for USDA Arrangements and Research Security</a>,” accompanied by the
<a href="https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/farm-security-nat-sec.pdf">
National Farm Security Action Plan</a>. Together, these measures introduce rigorous restrictions, compliance obligations, and eligibility requirements for all domestic and international USDA-funded research activities.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#0F4761;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">The new policy framework mandates a sweeping review of existing research collaborations with foreign entities, sets new procedural barriers
for future partnerships, and aligns agricultural research, land ownership, and supply chain integrity as matters of national security.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#0F4761;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">These directives will directly impact USDA-funded institutions of higher education—especially those involved in international partnerships,
and projects that include foreign nationals or collaborators abroad.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#0F4761;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">Additional details for research security compliance, institutional reporting, and eligibility can be found in the attached summary,
provided by Lewis-Burke Associates. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">The release of RFPs that I predicted for July 3 didn’t materialize. However, I have heard from Lewis Burke (who met with USDA folks in a DC-based meeting) that the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
(NIFA) will release two RFPs this week and that several more will be released soon after that.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#0F4761;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo10"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">Many of these solicitations will have 30-day turnaround times, and more focused RFAs will have 14-day turnaround times.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#0F4761;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo10"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">Many NIFA programs will not have new solicitations, but may fund proposals from prior submissions.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#0F4761;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo10"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">Given the short turnaround times, please notify your pre-award grants and contracts manager as soon as you know that you are going to
apply for a given RFP, so that they can work with you to get organized in time to meet SPS deadlines.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761">Please let me know if you have additional questions or concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761">Jon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">-----------------------------------</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Jon Chorover<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Interim Associate Dean for Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Professor, Department of Environmental Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences (CALES)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Tucson, AZ 85721<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Phone: (520) 626-5635<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Email: <u><a href="mailto:chorover@arizona.edu">chorover@arizona.edu</a></u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">I am on ancestral lands of the
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Tohono O'odham and
<span style="background:white">Pascua Yaqui</span>.</span></i><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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