(FOA)-Veterinary
Services Grant Program (VSGP) (USDA-NIFA-VSGP-006700); May 29, 2019
Agency
US
Department of Agriculture - National Institute of Food and Agriculture
(NIFA)
Description
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and
Agriculture (NIFA) announced the “Veterinary Services Grant Program (VSGP)”
Program, USDA-NIFA-VSGP-006700. The VSGP is designed to support
education and extension activities and practice enhancement initiatives that
will enable veterinarians, veterinary students, veterinary technicians, and
veterinary technician students to gain specialized skills and provide practices
with additional resources (e.g., equipment, personnel) needed to more
effectively mitigate veterinary service shortages in the U.S. Ultimately, this
program will bolster the capacity of private practitioners to provide food
animal veterinary services in designated rural veterinarian shortage situations.
Applications will be accepted for two project types: (1) Education, Extension
and Training and (2) Rural Practice Enhancement.
Announcement
Number
USDA-NIFA-VSGP-006700
Closing
Date
May
29, 2019
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=314581
Contact
Information
Robert
M. Smith
(202)-401-4892