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.

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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Now Accepting Pre-Applications - CDFW Wetlands Restoration for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program Due August 13, 2019

July 23, 2019

By Kathleen P Nolan

Dear Colleagues, The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the call for Wetlands Restoration for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program pre-proposals due August 13, 2019. The Program restores wetland ecosystems to provide essential services to California's people, wildlife, and fish.

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New NIFA Funding Opportunity: Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (HFC)

June 26, 2019

By Kathleen P Nolan

Dear Colleagues, USDA NIFA has announced a new funding opportunity, Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN), which aims to establish a network that connects individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, and other agriculture-related occupations to stress assistance programs.

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USDA NIFA Requests Input on Commodity Board Topics

June 17, 2019

By Kathleen P Nolan

Dear Colleagues, USDA NIFA is soliciting topics commodity board entities (federal and state-level commodity boards) are willing to co-fund equally with NIFA.

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