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New
COVID-19 Rapid Response Program Area for
Agricultural and Food Research Initiative
(AFRI)
NIFA
recently added a program area to its main
Agricultural and Food Research Initiative RFA:
Rapid Response to Novel Coronavirus
(SARS-CoV-2) Impacts Across Food and Agricultural
Systems.
There
are four areas of priority: Health and Security
of Livestock; Well-being of Farm, Food Service
Providers, and Rural Americans; Economic Security;
and Food Safety. Applicants should focus on critical
and urgent research, extension, or integrated
solutions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
and its impacts on the nation’s food and agricultural
system. Applications should include strategies and
knowledge that can be rapidly implemented to
minimize or eliminate COVID-19 impacts on the
nation’s food and agricultural
system.
Deadline
to submit applications is June 4. NIFA will
expedite application evaluation & awards
review to ensure rapid project start-up. For more
information and to apply, view the AFRI funding
opportunity. | 
