Funding-USDA new Agriculture and Food Research Initiative grants; LOIs due starting Jan. 16; post until June 30, 2009

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From: Cox, Nancy [mailto:ncox@email.uky.edu]
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 5:36 AM
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Cc: lisa.collins@uky.edu; Newsom, Betty G
Subject: USDA AFRI (formerly NRI) Request for Proposals Released

The 2009 RFA for the new Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)

been released and is now available at:

http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/afri/pdfs/program_announcement.pdf

Note that a number of programs require letters of intent some of which

are due as early as January 16th.