AFRI Food Security Challenge Area
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AFRI Food Security Challenge Area: The AFRI Food Security Challenge Area focuses on the societal challenge to keep American agriculture competitive and end world hunger by ensuring the availability and accessibility of safe and nutritious food. The long-term goal of the AFRI Food Security Challenge Area is to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and the availability and accessibility of safe and nutritious food. Project types supported within this Challenge Area will propose multi-function Integrated Research, Education, and/or Extension Projects, Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement (FASE) Grants, and conferences and/or workshops.
Federal Grant Title: | AFRI Food Security Challenge Area |
Federal Agency Name: | National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
Grant Categories: | Agriculture |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | USDA-NIFA-AFRI-005823 |
Type of Funding: | Grant |
CFDA Numbers: | 321801 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) |
Current Application Deadline: | Jul 7, 2016 |
Original Application Deadline: | Jul 7, 2016 |
Posted Date: | May 3, 2016 |
Creation Date: | May 3, 2016 |
Archive Date: | Aug 6, 2016 |
Total Program Funding: | $16,800,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | none |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | none |
Expected Number of Awards: | |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- See Part III, A., Eligible Applicants. Eligibility is linked to the project type. All project types are described beginning in Part II, C.
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- AFRI Food Security Challenge Area
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