Funding-USDA - Food
and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship
(NNF) Grants Program; September 30, 2014
Agency
Department
of 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-004635
Closing
Date: Sep 30, 2014
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=261796
Contact
Information
NIFA
Help Desk