General Interest News: NIFA Update — November 15, 2009

NIFA Update, from the Office of the Director, is a biweekly newsletter for research, education, and extension partners at land-grant universities and other cooperating institutions.

In This Issue (http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/newsletters/update09/093009_.html)

NIFA

• From the Director
• CSREES-to-NIFA Transition Takes Place
• Secretary of Agriculture and White House Science Advisor Launch NIFA at Press Club
• NIFA Welcomes Jermelina Tupas as New Higher Education Director
• Final CSREES Awards Ceremony Honors Employees of the Year
• McLaren Wins A.J. Dye Award for Diversity
• CSREES Names Partnership Award Winners
• NIFA News
• NIFA Lists Open Requests for Grant Applications

 

USDA

• Secretary Vilsack Launches National School Lunch Week

• Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Number of Farmers Markets Grows to More Than 5,200 Nationwide
• Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces $1.7 Billion in Conservation Reserve Program Rental Payments
• Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces $190 Million for Rural Water Projects
• Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding to 1890 Land-Grant Institutions to Promote Jobs and Business Growth

 

Partners

• Georgia CYFAR Helps With H1N1 Test
• 5th National Small Farm Conference

 

Opportunities

• 2010 Priester National Extension Health Conference

 

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