FOA-Specialty
Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) Pre-Applications (USDA-NIFA-SCRI-007952);
January 26, 2021
Agency
US
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
·
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-007952
Closing
Date:
January
26, 2021
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=329886
Contact
Information
Tom
Bewick
(202)
401-3356