FOA-Limited Submission – USDA/NIFA – Farm Business Management and Benchmarking (FBMB) Competitive Grants Program (USDA-NIFA-FBMB-007854); April 8, 2021

 

Purpose:  The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Farm Business Management and Benchmarking (FBMB) Competitive Grants Program provides funds for improving the farm management knowledge and skills of agricultural producers by maintaining and expanding a national, publicly available farm financial management database to support improved farm management. The assistance provided by these programs, to the extent practicable, shall be coordinated with, and delivered in cooperation with similar services or assistance by other Federal Agencies or programs supporting improved farm management. FBMB encourages (but does not require) projects that develop content suitable for delivery through eXtension (https://extension.org/).  The Secretary may give priority to applicants that:

1)     Demonstrate an ability to work directly with agricultural producers;

2)     Collaborate with farm management, education programs and associations;

3)     Address the farm management needs of a variety of crops and regions of the United States; and

4)     Contribute data to support the national farm financial management database https://finbin.umn.edu/.

 

Specifically, applications are being solicited to address one (1) or both of the following objectives:

1)     Maintain and expand the already established national, publicly available farm financial management database to support improved farm management knowledge and skills for producers of a variety of crops and livestock throughout multiple regions of the United States, and

2)     Establish or expand collaborative farm management educational programs and association partnerships that will contribute data to the existing national farm financial management and benchmarking database to improve the farm management knowledge and skills of agricultural producers.

 

Funding Amount/ Project Period: up to $500,000 for up to 3 years

 

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

 

Institutional Limit: 1

 

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process,please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via this portal, with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by December 8, 2020:

·        Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners

·        Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number

·        Brief project description (2 pages maximum)

·        Brief biographical sketch

 

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. For questions or issues with submission through the portal, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.

 

Agency Deadline: April 8, 2021