Funding-USDA- Food
and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship
(NNF) Grants Program; August 19, 2015
Agency
Department
of Agriculture
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Description
This
grant program supports:
(1)
training students for Master's and doctoral degrees in
food, agricultural and natural resource sciences, and;
(2)
Special International Study or Thesis/Dissertation Research Travel Allowances
(IRTA) for eligible USDA NNF beneficiaries.
Awards
are specifically intended to support traineeship programs that engage
outstanding students to pursue and complete their degrees in USDA mission
areas. Applicants provide clarity about the philosophy of their graduate
training, and relevance to USDA mission sciences, NIFA priorities and national
science education policies and statistics.
Applications
are being solicited from institutions that confer a graduate degree in at least
one of the following Targeted Expertise Shortage Areas:
1)
animal and plant production;
2)
forest resources;
3)
agricultural educators and communicators;
4)
agricultural management and economics;
5)
food science and human nutrition;
6)
sciences for agricultural biosecurity; and
7)
training in integrative biosciences for sustainable
food and agricultural systems.
Announcement
Number:
USDA-NIFA-HEP-005276
Closing
Date:
Aug
19, 2015
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=277563
Contact
Information
Ray
A. Ali
202-720-2727