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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
USDA-CSREES-ARPA-000529
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Mar 07, 2007
Creation Date:
Mar 07, 2007
Original Closing Date for Applications:
May 17, 2007
Current Closing Date for Applications:
May 17, 2007
Archive Date:
Jun 16, 2007
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Agriculture
Business and Commerce
Education
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
5
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$4,800,000
Award Ceiling:
$1,200,000
Award Floor:
$300,000
CFDA Number(s):
10.500
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Cooperative Extension Service
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Applications may be submitted by qualified public and private entities. This includes all colleges and universities, Federal, State, and local agencies, nonprofit and for-profit private organizations or corporations, and other entities.
Agency Name
CSREES
Description
CSREES announces the availability of grant funds and requests applications for the Agriculture Risk Management Education Competitive Grants Program (RME) for fiscal year (FY) 2007 to provide resources for regional risk management education centers for the purpose of developing and delivering agricultural risk management education materials to agricultural producers and their families in the United States and its territories that will assist them to better manage risk. This program will also provide a grant to an electronic support center to provide associated support to the regional centers. It is the intention of CSREES to make awards for each fiscal year commencing in FY 2008 through FY 2010 based upon the FY 2007 competition.
This notice identifies the objectives for RME projects, the eligibility criteria for projects and applicants, and the application forms and associated instructions needed to apply for a RME grant. CSREES additionally requests stakeholder input from any interested party for use in the development of the next RFA for this program. Applicants should become familiar with the RME Operations Guide, Version 07.4 Guide for the Regional Risk Management Education Centers (RME OP Guide); (http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/economics
/pdfs/risk.pdf.)
