Funding-USDA -
Specialty Crop Research Initiative; March 30, 2015
Agency
Department
of Agriculture
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Description
The
purpose of the SCRI program is to address the critical needs of the specialty
crop industry by awarding grants to support research and extension that address
key challenges of national, regional, and multi-state importance in sustaining
all components of food and agriculture, including conventional and organic food
production systems. Projects must address at least one of five focus areas:
Research in plant breeding, genetics, genomics, and other methods to improve
crop characteristics; Efforts to identify and address threats from pests and
diseases, including threats to specialty crop pollinators; Efforts to improve
production efficiency, handling and processing, productivity, and profitability
over the long term (including specialty crop policy and marketing); new
innovations and technology, including improved mechanization and technologies
that delay or inhibit ripening; and methods to prevent, detect, monitor,
control, and respond to potential food safety hazards in the production
efficiency, handling and processing of specialty crops.
Announcement
Number:
USDA-NIFA-SCRI-004959
Closing
Date:
Pre-Application: Mar 30, 2015
Application (upon invitation):
July 02, 2015
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=274870
Contact
Information
Tom
Bewick
(202)
401-3356