Cooperative Agreement FX23TA10960C040
- This Project Grant award of $151,357 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities under the NSF Geosciences program will support research to examine the interactions between climate change, agricultural practices, pesticide use, and impacts on human and wildlife well-being in the tropical forest-agricultural region around Uganda's Kibale National Park. The key research activities include: (1) quantifying environmental pressures across farms; (2) evaluating...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) provides $268,066 from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 to support collaborative research on tropical plant-pollinator interactions. The project will engage 15 U.S. students, particularly from underrepresented groups, in an 8-week international research program in Colombia to investigate the impacts of climate and landscape changes on plant-pollinator relationships....
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $124,324 cooperative agreement to the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF Global) to fund international collaborative research projects and related scientific activities under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program. Through December 2022, CRDF Global will utilize the award to support the implementation of research projects and workshops through their Global Solutions - Impact...
- This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684), supports the Regional Program for the Environment in Central Africa. The $101,870.65 award was granted on September 6, 2024, with a target completion date of March 31, 2025. The awardee, Actions Pour La Promotion Et Protection DES Peuples Et Especes Menaces En RDC, is a non-profit organization based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that...
- This Cooperative Agreement award of $4,957,340.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is for a Sanitary/Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) and Science-Based Risk Analysis Training Program to Increase African Involvement in Trade. The award, which runs from February 22, 2024 to February 21, 2026, is funded under CFDA 10.025 - Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care. The program aims to protect U.S. agriculture from economically damaging...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) awarded a $2,298,366 Project Grant titled "Global Centers: Alliance for Socially-Acceptable & Actionable Plants (ASAP)" with a performance period of May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2029. This international collaboration between the U.S., Canada, Finland, Japan, South Korea, and the U.K. aims to exploit natural biodiversity to engineer crops with increased lipid content and greater water use...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant award of $249,000 will fund a postdoctoral research fellowship from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The fellowship will support research and training focused on "Capturing RNA Modifications from Start to Finish: Transcription to Maturation during Heat Stress" at the Université Paris-Saclay in France under the sponsorship of Drs. Martin Crespi and Moussa Benhamed. The research aims to...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service awarded a $444,667.12 Cooperative Agreement on August 14, 2023 to Akademiya2063 (A2063), a non-profit organization, under the Technical Agricultural Assistance (CFDA 10.960) program. Through this award, A2063 will collaborate with the African Union Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and Environment and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement Secretariat to support the implementation of the...
- This $240,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant award, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will fund a postdoctoral research fellowship to investigate the role of symbiosis in driving the evolution and diversification of Hawaiian cixiid planthoppers. The research aims to leverage the unique geography and biodiversity of Hawaii to understand how microbial partnerships may contribute to host species diversity...
- This $253,999.90 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service's Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program (CFDA 10.620) will build regional capacity to research and illustrate how the adoption of improved animal feeding coupled with innovative and efficient fertilizer, nutrient management, and cropping practices among African smallholder farmers can assist in reducing food insecurity. The prime awardee, Iowa...
THE AWARD WILL STIMULATE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS DEVELOPED IN SUPPORT OF SCIENCE-BASED DECISION MAKING UNDER THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY (THE PROTOCOL) FOCUSED ON AFRICA AND/OR ASIA REGIONS WITH GLOBAL COLLABORATION AS APPROPRIATE. THESE ACTIVITIES ARE INTENDED TO FOLLOW ON SEVERAL YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL REGIONAL EFFORTS. THE AWARD(S) ARE ANTICIPATED TO SUPPORT PREPARATION FOR INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS, INCLUDING THE CONFERENCE OF PARTIES-MEETING OF THE PARTIES TO THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY (COP MOP), AND ASSOCIATED INTERSESSIONAL MEETINGS AND NEGOTIATIONS, WHICH MAY EDUCATE STAKEHOLDERS ON TECHNICAL ISSUES TO ALLOW THEM TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL FOR A DEALING WITH AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGIES. NO SUBAWARDS ARE ANTICIPATED.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $180.0k | 8/16/24 |