Funding-USDA - Agriculture
and Natural Resources Science for Climate Variability and Change Challenge Area;
April 2, 2015
Agency
Department
of Agriculture
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Description
This
AFRI Challenge Area focuses on the priority to mitigate and adapt to climate
variability and change. It supports activities that reduce greenhouse gas
emissions, increase carbon sequestration in agricultural and forest production
systems, and prepare the nation's agriculture and forests to adapt to variable
climates. The long-term outcome for this program is to reduce the use of
energy, nitrogen fertilizer, and water by ten percent and increase carbon
sequestration by fifteen percent through resilient agriculture and forest
production systems. In order to achieve this outcome, this program will support
multi-function Integrated Research, Education, and/or Extension Projects and
Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement (FASE) Grants applications that
address one of the Program Area Priorities (see Climate Variability and Change
RFA for details).
Announcement
Number:
USDA-NIFA-AFRI-004919
Closing
Date:
Letter of Intent (required) : April 2, 2015
(applications for conference grants are excluded from LOI
requirement)
Application:
June 4, 2015
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=274626
Contact
Information
Nancy
Cavallaro
(202)
401-5176