[RangelandsPartnership] FW: REI: Borlaug Rangeland, Animal Health, and Breeding

Tue May 3 06:27:54 MST 2016

Hello Partners,

The Borlaug Fellows programs are great opportunities to make international connections and develop collaborations.  Please distribute as may be appropriate.

Thank you,
Barb

From: Gregory, Rose - NIFA [mailto:RGREGORY at nifa.usda.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 3:44 AM
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Cc: Librea, Sarah - FAS <Sarah.Librea at fas.usda.gov>; Hinnant, Tanya - FAS <Tanya.Hinnant at fas.usda.gov>
Subject: [intldirs] FW: REI: Borlaug Rangeland, Animal Health, and Breeding
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Borlaug Request for Expression of Interest: Asia-Rangeland, Animal Health and Breeding

Dear Colleagues,

We are sending the message below on behalf of USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service.  Please share this opportunity with faculty in your institution.

Thanks very much.

Rose Gregory
Center for International
USDA-NIFA

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

BORLAUG FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Summary of Award Opportunity

The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is seeking U.S. universities to host English-speaking agricultural scientists from low and middle-income countries under the Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program (Borlaug Fellowship Program).  Each Fellow has been competitively selected based on research priorities, academic and professional accomplishments, commitment to Borlaug Fellowship Program goals, and leadership qualities.  Each Fellow's proposal and research plan is included at the end of the attached Request for Expression of Interest.  USDA recommends that the program begin during the Fall of 2016; however, priority should be given to a time that is appropriate for the Fellow's proposed research topic. The program's duration should be 12 weeks unless otherwise indicated.

Each Fellow has a specific research topic:

1.       Fellow #1 (Female); Mongolia; Rangeland:  Mongolian rangeland management strategies based on resilience based experiment.

2.       Fellow #2 (Female); Mongolia; Rangeland:  Focus on easy and simple tools to report and interpret the rangeland monitoring data.

3.       Fellow #3 (Male); Mongolia; Animal Health:  Improvement of zoonotic disease control management that placed epidemiological evidence, public health approaches and related disciplines.

4.       Fellow #4 (Female); Malaysia; Animal Breeding:  The proposed study is to reduce the breeding selection time and to increase the efficiency of breeding through genomic-estimated breeding value (GEBV).

The attached notice identifies the Borlaug Fellowship Program deadline, legislative authority, eligibility and proposal requirements, funding restrictions, cost share requirements, allowable and unallowable costs, reporting requirements, program purpose and priorities, focus areas and recommended topics, application and submission information, application review, selection and notification process, agency program contact information, and mailing address.

Application Deadline: May 27, 2016

Direct inquiries about this opportunity to:
Branch: USDA/FAS/OCBD/TSED
Program Manager: Sarah.Librea at fas.usda.gov<mailto:Sarah.Librea at fas.usda.gov>
Email Address: BorlaugFellowships at fas.usda.gov<mailto:BorlaugFellowships at fas.usda.gov>
Telephone: (202) 720-2018

Sarah W. Librea | Program Manager |Trade and Scientific Exchanges Division | Office of Capacity Building and Development | U.S. Department of Agriculture | 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Rm 3224-S | Washington, DC  20250 | (202) 720-2018 |sarah.librea at fas.usda.gov<mailto:sarah.librea at fas.usda.gov>

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