Notice of Funds Availability - Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program

Post Date

April 30th 2012

Application Due Date

May 23rd 2012

Funding Opportunity Number

FAS-OTP-TASC04232012

CFDA Number(s)

10.604

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Agriculture

Number of Awards

30

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. Foreign organizations, whether government or private, may participate as third parties in activities carried out by U.S. organizations, but are not eligible for funding assistance from the program.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $9000000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $500000

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.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Agriculture

• Office:

  Foreign Agricultural Service

• Agency Contact:

  ELAINE PROTZMAN
  PROGRAM ANALYST
  Phone 202-720-5588

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Elaine Protzman

• Agency Email Address:

  elaine.protzman@fas.usda.gov

• More Information:

  Market Development Programs