TASC: Availability of Funds For FY 2010

Post Date

April 30th 2009

Application Due Date

May 29th 2009

Funding Opportunity Number

FAS-OTP-TASC-052909

CFDA Number(s)

10.604

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Agriculture

Number of Awards

55

Eligibility Categories

Other

Any U.S. organization, private or government, with a demonstrated role or interest in exporting U.S. agricultural commodities may apply to the program. Government organizations consist of Federal, State, and local agencies. Private organizations include non-profit trade associations, universities, agricultural cooperatives, state regional trade groups, and private companies.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $8000000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $8000000

Grant Description

The TASC program is designed to assist U.S. organizations by providing funding for projects that address sanitary, phytosanitary, or related technical barriers that prohibit or threaten the export of U.S. specialty crops. U.S. specialty crops, for the purpose of the TASC program, are defined to include all cultivated plants, or the products thereof, produced in the United States, except wheat, feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, and tobacco. As a general matter, TASC program projects should be designed to address the following criteria: Projects should address a sanitary, phytosanitary, or related technical barrier that prohibits or threatens the export of U.S. specialty crops; Projects should demonstrably benefit the represented industry rather than a specific company or brand; and Projects must address barriers to exports of commercially- available U.S. specialty crops for which barrier removal would predominantly benefit U.S. exports.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Agriculture

• Office:

  Foreign Agricultural Service

• Agency Contact:

  Phyllis Smith
  Management Analyst
  Phone 202-720-9178

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Alicia Smith

• Agency Email Address:

  alicia.smith@fas.usda.gov

• Location:

  Unified Export Strategy

• More Information:

  TASC Annoucement