Regional Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program Western Region

The summary for the Regional Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program Western Region Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Regional Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program Western Region
	CFDA Number:	10.20010.500
	CFDA Description:	Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants 10.500 Cooperative Extension Service
	Federal Agency Name:	CSREES
	Category of Funding Activity:	Agriculture
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	USDA-CSREES-RIPM-000201
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Oct 04, 2006
	Creation Date:	Mar 22, 2007
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Dec 11, 2006
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Mar 22, 2007
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$655,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Private institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility: Organizations eligible to receive research awards are: state agricultural experiment stations, land-grant colleges and universities, research foundations established by land-grant colleges and universities, colleges and universities receiving funds under the Act of October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a et seq.), and accredited schools or colleges of veterinary medicine. For research projects, eligible land-grant colleges and universities include all 1862, 1890, and 1994 land-grant institutions in the western region (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming and Pacific Territories). Eligibility for extension projects is limited to 1862 land-grant colleges and universities.
Grant Description: The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)requests applications for the Regional Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program for fiscal year (FY) 2007 to support the continuum of research and extension efforts needed to increase the implementation of integrated pest management (IPM) methods. The Regional IPM Competitive Grants Program supports projects that develop individual pest control tactics, integrate individual tactics into an IPM system, and develop and implement extension education programs. The program is administered by the land-grant university systems four regions (North Central, Northeastern, Southern, Western) in partnership with CSREES. In FY 2007 CSREES anticipates that approximately $655,000 will be available for support of the Regional IPM Competitive Grants Program Western Region (W-IPM). Of this amount, approximately $420,000 is expected to be available for research projects, $70,000 for extension projects, and $165,000 for joint research-extension projects. This notice identifies the objectives for W-IPM projects, the eligibility criteria for projects and applicants, and the application forms and associated instructions needed to apply for a W-IPM grant.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Western Region IPM
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/ipm_western.html
Grant Announcement Contact: Kathy Kimble-Day
Program Specialist
Phone 202-401-4420 kday@csrees.usda.gov For questions regarding this RFA.