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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
USDA-CSREES-OP-002302
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
May 20, 2009
Creation Date:
May 20, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Jun 25, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Jun 25, 2009
Archive Date:
Jul 25, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Agriculture
Environment
Food and Nutrition
Natural Resources
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
1
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$98,000
Award Ceiling:
$98,000
Award Floor:
$0
CFDA Number(s):
10.200
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Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Applications may be submitted by State agricultural experiment stations, land-grant colleges and universities, research foundations established by land-grant colleges and universities, colleges and universities receiving funds under the Act of October 10, 1962 (16 USC 582a et seq.) McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Act, and accredited schools or colleges of veterinary medicine for the purpose of facilitating or expanding ongoing State-Federal food and agricultural research programs that:
(i) promote excellence in research on a regional and national level;
(ii) promote the development of regional research centers;
(iii) promote the research partnership between the Department of Agriculture, colleges and universities, research foundations, and State agricultural experiment stations for regional research efforts; and
(iv) facilitate coordination and cooperation of research among States through regional research grants.
Award recipients may subcontract to organizations not eligible to apply provided such organizations are necessary for the conduct of the project. An applicant’s failure to meet an eligibility criterion by the time of an application deadline will result in CSREES not accepting the application, or even though an application may be reviewed, will preclude CSREES from making an award.
Agency Name
CSREES
Description
The program is designed to provide one-time seed funding to help initiate work requiring immediate attention until other longer-term resources can be secured to address the issue. CSREES will be soliciting proposals on an as-needed basis during the year to address specific new or emerging issues. For this particular solicitation CSREES is requesting proposals that address specific aspects of the following issue: Development of a Rapid Field Assay for Detection of Vibrio Tubiashii and/or its secreted Metalloproteases toxin in Commercial Shellfish Hatcheries and Nurseries.
