Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension Request for Pre-Applications

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Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension Request for Pre-Applications: he Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program (CDRE) is authorized in the Agricultural Act of 2014 (H.R. 2642) to award grants to eligible entities to conduct research and extension activities, technical assistance and development activities to: (a) combat citrus diseases and pests, both domestic and invasive and including huanglongbing and the Asian citrus psyllid, which pose imminent harm to United States citrus production and threaten the future viability of the citrus industry; and (b) provide support for the dissemination and commercialization of relevant information, techniques, and technologies discovered pursuant to research and extension activities funded through SCRI/CDRE and other research and extension projects targeting problems caused by citrus production diseases and invasive pests.
Federal Grant Title: Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension Request for Pre-Applications
Federal Agency Name: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Grant Categories: Agriculture
Type of Opportunity: Mandatory
Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-NIFA-SCRI-005799
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 321169
CFDA Descriptions: Specialty Crop Research Initiative
Current Application Deadline: May 16, 2016
Original Application Deadline: May 16, 2016
Posted Date: Apr 15, 2016
Creation Date: Apr 15, 2016
Archive Date: Jun 15, 2016
Total Program Funding: $22,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: none
Minimum Federal Grant Award: none
Expected Number of Awards:
Cost Sharing or Matching: Yes
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility
Pre-Applications may only be submitted by Federal agencies, national laboratories, colleges and universities, research institutions and organizations, private organizations or corporations, State Agricultural Experiment Stations, Cooperative Extension Services, individuals, or groups consisting of two or more of these entities.
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