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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hello Partners,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The Borlaug Fellows programs are great opportunities to make international connections and develop collaborations. Please distribute as may be appropriate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Gregory, Rose - NIFA [mailto:RGREGORY@nifa.usda.gov]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 3, 2016 3:44 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> International Directors <intldirs@lyris.nifa.usda.gov><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Librea, Sarah - FAS <Sarah.Librea@fas.usda.gov>; Hinnant, Tanya - FAS <Tanya.Hinnant@fas.usda.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [intldirs] FW: REI: Borlaug Rangeland, Animal Health, and Breeding<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Borlaug Request for Expression of Interest: Asia-Rangeland, Animal Health and Breeding<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We are sending the message below on behalf of USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. Please share this opportunity with faculty in your institution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thanks very much.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Rose Gregory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Center for International<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">USDA-NIFA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BORLAUG FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="HEADING1c"><a name="_Toc413229556"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Summary of Award Opportunity</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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.
</span>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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Each Fellow has a specific research topic:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Fellow #1 (Female); Mongolia; Rangeland: Mongolian rangeland management strategies based on resilience based experiment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Fellow #2 (Female); Mongolia; Rangeland: Focus on easy and simple tools to report and interpret the rangeland monitoring data.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Fellow #3 (Male); Mongolia; Animal Health: Improvement of zoonotic disease control management that placed epidemiological evidence, public health approaches and related disciplines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">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).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Application Deadline: May 27, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Direct inquiries about this opportunity to:
</span></b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Branch: USDA/FAS/OCBD/TSED<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Program Manager:
<a href="mailto:Sarah.Librea@fas.usda.gov">Sarah.Librea@fas.usda.gov</a></span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Email Address:
<a href="mailto:BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov">BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov</a></span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#7F7F7F;letter-spacing:1.5pt">Sarah W. Librea</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#7F7F7F;letter-spacing:1.5pt">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F;letter-spacing:1.5pt">| Program Manager |Trade and Scientific Exchanges Division | Office of</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#6D6D6D;letter-spacing:1.5pt"> Capacity Building and Development | U.S. Department
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