(FOA)-FY19 Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program (USDA-NIFA-SLBCD-006737); May 28, 2019

 

Agency

US Department of Agriculture - National Institute of Food and Agriculture

 

Description

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced the “Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program (SLSNCGP), USDA-NIFA-SLBCD-006737.  The purpose of the SLSNCGP is to support innovative, education-based approaches to addressing emergency preparedness and specific responses related to natural and human-made disasters. The SLSNCGP supports quality of life in communities across the United States by addressing disaster preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery in the context of food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences. The SLSNCGP provides information and tools to USDA, stakeholders, and collaborators to improve decision-making in handling disasters.  Funds will support innovative extension education initiatives that address risks, hazards, and disasters. The SLSNCGP sponsors targeted projects that enable Cooperative Extension System (CES) to assist in preparing for, providing an educational response to, and recovering from disasters. Some types of hazards and disaster-related events funded in previous years include uncertainties caused by losses of economic infrastructure, severe weather or other natural disasters, security breaches, human disease, or high consequence animal diseases and plant pests.

 

To comply with the matching requirements of the SLSNCGP, applicants are required to provide 100% matching funds from non-federal sources for all proposed federal funds sought in the application. In-kind and third party contributions are not allowed for this program.

 

Announcement Number

USDA-NIFA-SLBCD-006737

 

Closing Date

May 28, 2019

 

Link to Full Announcement

https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/smith-lever-special-needs-competitive-grants-program

 

Contact Information

Beverly Samuel

(202) 720-6059

bsamuel@nifa.usda.gov