Agriculture Risk Management Education Competitive Grants Program

Post Date

June 26th 2009

Application Due Date

August 10th 2009

Funding Opportunity Number

USDA-CSREES-ARPA-002424

CFDA Number(s)

10.500

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Agriculture
Business and Commerce
Disaster Prevention and Relief
Education
Environment
Natural Resources

Number of Awards

5

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Special District Governments
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Public Housing Authorities or Indian Housing Authorities
Non-Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Organizations
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Non-Profits Without 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education
For-Profit Organizations (Except Small Businesses)
Small Businesses
Other

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. Award recipients may subcontract to organizations not eligible to apply provided such organizations are necessary for the conduct of the project. An applicant’s failure to meet an eligibility criterion by the time of an application deadline will result in CSREES returning the application without review or, even though an application may be reviewed, will preclude CSREES from making an award.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $4800000

• Award Range:

  $300000 - $1175000

Grant Description

The Risk Management Education Program provides U.S. agricultural producers with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to make informed risk management decisions for their operations, with the goal of enhancing farm profitability. To that end, the program will fund four Regional RME Centers, one each in the four geographical regions of the U.S. (See RFA for definitions of the four regions). The program will also fund a risk management education electronic support center to provide existing risk management tools and the formation of networks that are focused on agricultural producers; further development of agricultural risk management curricula and materials; the delivery of agricultural RME to producers using one or more of the wide range of delivery methods; and the verification of program impacts. FY '09 RFA includes special emphasis per Section 12026 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, (FCEA)(Pub. L. 110-246), which amends Section 524(a) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, 7 U.S.C. 1524(a).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Agriculture

• Office:

  CSREES

• Agency Contact:

  CSREES Help Desk
  Phone: 202-401-5048
  Business hours are M-F, 7:00 am -5:00 pm ET
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  For questions regarding this RFA.

• Agency Email Address:

  electronic@csrees.usda.gov

• More Information:

  Agriculture Risk Management Education Competitive Grants Program - FY '09 RFA