Specialty Crop Research Initiative/Citrus Disease Research and Extension

Post Date

June 12th 2014

Application Due Date

September 29th 2014

1. Complete, error-free Stakeholder Relevance Statements must be received in Grants.gov by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 18, 2014. See Section IV, A. for a description of the requirements for the contents of a stakeholder relevance statement. STAKEH

Funding Opportunity Number

USDA-NIFA-SCRI-004544

CFDA Number(s)

10.309

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Agriculture

Eligibility Categories

Other

SCRI/CDRE, applications may be submitted by Federal agencies, national laboratories, colleges and universities, research institutions and organizations, private organizations or corporations, State Agricultural Experiment Stations, Cooperative Extension Services, individuals, or groups consisting of two or more of these entities.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $24000000

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

The Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program (CDRE) is authorized in the Agricultural Act of 2014 (H.R. 2642) to award grants to eligible entities to conduct research and extension activities, technical assistance and development activities to: (a) combat citrus diseases and pests, both domestic and invasive and including huanglongbing and the Asian citrus psyllid, which pose imminent harm to United States citrus production and threaten the future viability of the citrus industry; and (b) provide support for the dissemination and commercialization of relevant information, techniques, and technologies discovered pursuant to research and extension activities funded through SCRI/CDRE and other research and extension projects targeting problems caused by citrus production diseases and invasive pests.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Agriculture

• Office:

  National Institute of Food and Agriculture

• Agency Contact:

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

• Agency Mailing Address:

  If you have any questions related to preparing application content

• Agency Email Address:

  electronic@nifa.usda.gov

• More Information:

  Specialty Crop Research Initiative/Citrus Disease Research and Extension