Agriculture Risk Management Education Competitive Grants Program |
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Federal Grant Title: Agriculture Risk Management Education Competitive Grants Program CFDA Number: 10.500 CFDA Description: Cooperative Extension Service Federal Agency Name: CSREES Category of Funding Activity: Agriculture Business and Commerce Education Category Explanation: Information not provided Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-CSREES-ARPA-000529 Document Type: Grants Notice Funding Instrument Type: Grant Posted Date: Mar 07, 2007 Creation Date: Mar 07, 2007 Original Closing Date for Applications: May 17, 2007 Current Closing Date for Applications: Information not provided Archive Date: Jun 16, 2007 Expected Number of Awards: 5 Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,800,000 Federal Grant Award Ceiling: $1,200,000 Federal Grant Award Floor: $300,000 Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- Applications may be submitted by qualified public and private entities. This includes all colleges and universities, Federal, State, and local agencies, nonprofit and for-profit private organizations or corporations, and other entities.
- Grant Description
- CSREES announces the availability of grant funds and requests applications for the Agriculture Risk Management Education Competitive Grants Program (RME) for fiscal year (FY) 2007 to provide resources for regional risk management education centers for the purpose of developing and delivering agricultural risk management education materials to agricultural producers and their families in the United States and its territories that will assist them to better manage risk. This program will also provide a grant to an electronic support center to provide associated support to the regional centers. It is the intention of CSREES to make awards for each fiscal year commencing in FY 2008 through FY 2010 based upon the FY 2007 competition. This notice identifies the objectives for RME projects, the eligibility criteria for projects and applicants, and the application forms and associated instructions needed to apply for a RME grant. CSREES additionally requests stakeholder input from any interested party for use in the development of the next RFA for this program. Applicants should become familiar with the RME Operations Guide, Version 07.4 Guide for the Regional Risk Management Education Centers (RME OP Guide); (http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/economics /pdfs/risk.pdf.)
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
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Agriculture Risk Management Education Competitive Grants Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/ag_risk_mgt.html - Grant Announcement Contact
- CSREES Help Desk
Phone: 202-401-5048
Business hours are M-F, 7:00 am -5:00 pm ET,
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