ANR Contracts & Grants Updates

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This blog is designed for ANR's current and future principal investigators, other interested academics, and their administrative staff. Important and timely information on workshops and webinars presented by OCG, funding opportunities, guidance, and trending topics will be provided to you.

USDA AMS/ CDFA Specialty Crop Multi-State Program DUE September 1, 2019

August 2, 2019

By Kathleen P Nolan

Dear Colleagues: The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is now accepting proposals for the 2019 Specialty Crop Multi-State Program (SCMP). The SCMP is a federal grant program offered by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service.

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Accepting Applications: CDFA 2019 Alternative Manure Management Program and Healthy Soils Incentive Program Technical Assistance Funding (SNE, SFS)

August 2, 2019

By Kathleen P Nolan

Dear Colleagues: The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is now accepting applications for technical assistance funding to assist applicants and awardees of the 2019 Alternative Manure Management Program and the 2019 Healthy Soils Incentive Program.

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National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Accepting Grant Proposals

July 30, 2019

By Kathleen P Nolan

Dear Colleagues, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center is accepting applications for the 2019 Call for Proposals.

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EPA Border 2020 Program Region 9 Request for Proposals 2019

July 30, 2019

By Kathleen P Nolan

Dear Colleagues, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in coordination with the North American Development Bank (NADB), is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals (RFP) for projects in the Arizona/Sonora and California/Baja California border region: Border 2020.

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NSF and USDA Supporting Research at the Intersection of Agricultural Science, Big Data, Informatics, and Smart Communities

July 30, 2019

By Kathleen P Nolan

Dear Colleagues: Building on NSF's history of investments in data and computational sciences and USDA/NIFA's history of investments in agricultural science, NSF and USDA/NIFA wish to notify the community of our intention to jointly fund convergent research that combines methods in agricultural, biol...

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