Funding-NIFA,
NSF Announce $14.5 Million in Available Funding for Plant-Biotic Research; June
6, 2016
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website. NIFA, NSF Announce $14.5 Million in Available Funding for
Plant-Biotic Research WASHINGTON, March 11, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) joined with the National
Science Foundation (NSF) today to announce the availability of $14.5 million
in funding for the NIFA-NSF Joint Plant-Biotic
Interactions (PBI) program. PBI
supports research on the processes that mediate beneficial and
antagonistic interactions between plants and their viral, bacterial,
oomycete, fungal, plant, and invertebrate symbionts, pathogens and pests.
This joint program supports projects focused on current and emerging model
and non-model systems, as well as agriculturally relevant plants. The first competition, with a proposal submission deadline of June 6, will
be supported by $6 million from NIFA and $8.5 million by NSF. Both estimates
depend on availability of funds. The program's scope extends from fundamental mechanisms to translational
efforts, with the latter seeking to put into agricultural practice insights
gained from basic research on the mechanisms that govern plant-biotic
interactions. Projects must be strongly justified in terms of fundamental
biological processes and/or relevance to agriculture and may be purely
fundamental or applied, or include aspects of both perspectives. Proposals are due June 6, 2016 for the joint competition managed by NIFA
and NSF. Please see the the solicitation
for more information. Since 2009, NIFA has invested in and advanced innovative and
transformative initiatives to solve societal challenges and ensure the
long-term viability of agriculture. NIFA’s integrated research, education,
and extension programs, supporting the best and brightest scientists and
extension personnel, have resulted user-inspired, groundbreaking discoveries
that are combating childhood obesity, improving and sustaining rural economic
growth, controlling water availability, increasing food production, finding new
sources of energy, mitigating climate variability, and ensuring food safety.
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