Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative - Extension Disaster Education Network
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- Opportunity number
- USDA-NIFA-ES-006632
- Agency
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Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- Not on record
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Agriculture
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Full announcement
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Synopsis
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The Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative: Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) for fiscal year(FY) 2018 provides national coordination of EDEN for outreach service to enhance biosecurity of the U.S. agriculture and food system. The anticipated amount available for this cooperative agreement is approximately $383,00 annually for four years. The funding will be renewed annually based on the availability of funding and progress reports.
Update #1 ·
The Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative was authorized through section 1472 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (NARETPA), 7 U.S.C. 3318; and Homeland Security (Cooperative Agreements), section 1484 of NARETPA, 7 U.S.C 3351. Using this authority available to the Secretary, the Secretary shall use funds made available to carry out agricultural research, education, and extension activities for continuation of partnerships with institutions of higher education and other institutions to help form stable, long-term programs to enhance the biosecurity of the U.S.
Eligibility
In accordance with section 1472(c) of NARETPA, applicants may be: State agricultural experiment stations, State cooperative extension services, all colleges and universities, other research or education institutions and organizations, Federal and private agencies and organizations, individuals, and any other contractor or recipient, either foreign or domestic, to further research, extension, or teaching programs in the food and agricultural sciences of the Department of Agriculture. Failure to meet an eligibility criterion by the application deadline may result in the application being excluded from consideration or, even though an application may be reviewed, will preclude NIFA from making an award.
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