Technical Assistance for
Specialty Crops

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING PROPOSALS

SAMPLE FORMAT

NOTE: PLEASE READ THE PROGRAM NOTICE AND REGULATIONS BEFORE SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL.

A. Organizational Information

1. Organization's name:
2. Address:
3. Chief Executive Officer (or designee):
4. Federal Tax Identification Number (TIN):
5. Type of organization (e.g., non-profit trade organization, private university, etc.):
6. Name, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the primary contact person:
7. Describe the organization and its membership:
8. Describe the organization's experience in technical assistance projects, including activities involved and project results:

B. Project Information

1. Project title:
2. Funding Request:
3. Market Assessment, including a brief description of the specific export barrier and its effects on the export of the subject commodities or products, to be addressed by the project:
4. Project Goals:
5. Expected Benefits to the Represented Industry:
6. Describe the activities planned to address the export barrier:
7. Itemize all estimated costs associated with the project for which reimbursement will be sought:
8. Indicate all financial and in-kind support to the proposed project, and the resources to be contributed by each entity that will contribute to the project's implementation:

C. Export Information

1. Performance measures for three years, beginning with the year that the project would begin, which will be used to measure the effectiveness of the project:
2. A benchmark performance measure for the year prior to the year that the project would begin:
3. Assess the viability of long-term sales to this market:

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