[RangelandsPartnership] FW: FY 2015 RREA National Focus Funds awards announced

[Hutchinson, Barbara S - (bhutchin)]

Greetings Rangelands Partners,

Please feel free to pass on this announcement provided to us by Jim Dobrowolski.

Best regards,
Barb

From: Norland, Eric - NIFA [mailto:ENORLAND at nifa.usda.gov]
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2015 12:30 PM
To: RREA Program Contacts <rrealeaders at lyris.nifa.usda.gov<mailto:rrealeaders at lyris.nifa.usda.gov>>
Cc: Mohamed, Ali I. - NIFA <amohamed at nifa.usda.gov<mailto:amohamed at nifa.usda.gov>>
Subject: [rrealeaders] FY 2015 RREA National Focus Funds awards announced


RREA State Contact and Extension Forestry Educators,

The FY 2015 RREA National Focus Funds Competitive Program process has been completed, and we are writing to announce the outcome of the peer review panel. The panel, comprised of Extension educators from the forest and rangeland resources disciplines met in late August to review and make funding recommendations to NIFA.

The purposes of the grant program for FY 2015 was to provide funds for projects that:

  1.  Address emerging forest and rangeland resource issues, have national or regional relevancy, or develop new and innovative projects that can be replicated at other institutions; and
  2.  Plan and conduct national forum(s)/symposium(s) to address the current and future needs and issues of existing and yet-to-be-identified clientele and how extension forestry and rangeland resources programs can adapt to increasing demands and forces for change to more effectively plan, deliver, and evaluate the impacts on people and natural resources.

Four projects were recommended for funding. Awards were made to these four projects:


  *   CLEMSON UNIVERSITY – Wood Utilization: Pathway to Healthy Forests and Sustainable Communities - $59,740. Project Director:  Susan  Guynn; sguynn at clemson.edu<mailto:sguynn at clemson.edu>
  *   OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - The Future of Forestry and Rangeland Extension Conference - $90,000.  Project Director: Brianna Beene; brianna.beene at oregonstate.edu<mailto:brianna.beene at oregonstate.edu>
  *   PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERISTY – Planning the Future of the Forest: Seeing Landowners Like Me - $60,260.   Project Director: Barbara Allyson Muth; abm173 at psu.edu<mailto:abm173 at psu.edu>
  *   TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY - The Changing Face of Engagement: Reaching the 21st Century Forest and Rangeland Manager - $90,000. Project Director: Amy  Hays; ahays at ag.tamu.edu<mailto:ahays at ag.tamu.edu>


For the FY 2015 program, 10 applications were received; 4 were funded with a funding success rate of 40%.

We extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to your peers who served on the review panel.

We anticipate that there will be a FY 2016 RREA National Focus Fund Program, but it will depend on the appropriation that is received for RREA.

Contact any of the Project Directors if you have any questions.

Best regards,

Eric R. Norland, Ph.D., CF
National Program Leader, Forest Resource Management
RREA Contact for forestry programs
USDA - National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Phone:  202-401-5971
Cell:  202-445-5443
Fax: 202-401-1706
E-mail: enorland at nifa.usda.gov<enorland at nifa.usda.gov%20>

Mailing address:
1400 Independence Avenue, SW - Stop 2210
Washington, DC  20250-2210
Shipping and courier address:
Waterfront Centre - Room 3190
800 9th Street, SW
Washington, DC  20024
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James P. Dobrowolski, Ph.D., CPRM
National Program Leader, Rangelands and Grasslands
RREA Contact for rangelands and grasslands programs
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Phone: 202-401-5016
Fax: 202-401-1706

Mailing address:
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
1400 Independence Avenue, SW - Stop 2210
Washington, DC  20250-2210

Shipping and courier address:
Waterfront Centre - Room 3130
800 9th Street, SW
Washington, DC  20024
E-mail: jdobrowolski at nifa.usda.gov<mailto:jdobrowolski at nifa.usda.gov>
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Daniel Cassidy, Ph.D.
National Program Leader, Forest-Based Bioenergy
RREA Contact for bioenergy programs

Phone: 202-401-6444
Fax: 202-401-1706

Mailing address:
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave, SW Stop 2210
Washington DC 20250-2210

Shipping and courier address:
Waterfront Centre – Room 3210
800 9th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20024
E-mail: dcassidy at nifa.usda.gov<mailto:dcassidy at nifa.usda.gov>
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Rodney Vance, Ph.D.
Program Specialist, Forests, Rangeland, Fisheries and Wildlife
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Phone: 202-401-4044
Fax: 202-401-1706

Mailing address:
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave, SW Stop 2210
Washington DC 20250-2210
Shipping and courier address

Waterfront Centre – Room 3176
800 9th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20024
E-mail: rvance at nifa.usda.gov<mailto:rvance at nifa.usda.gov>


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