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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>CSREES Food Science &amp; Technology Program</title><link>http://www.csrees.usda.gov/foodsciencetechnology.cfm</link><description>In partnership with academe, industry, consumers, and other federal agencies, CSREES provides national leadership in food science and technology by collaborating with more than 50 academic food science departments at the land-grant and non-land-grant universities and by supporting related projects through three funding opportunities.</description><managingEditor>CSREES</managingEditor><webMaster>webcomments@csrees.usda.gov</webMaster><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:38:03 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:43:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>RSS Feed Creator Pro</generator><item><title>[EVENT] Extension Family Science Network Biennial Conference, New Orleans, LA, April 20-24, 2009</title><link>http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=653317</link><guid isPermaLink="false">{1912eac7-50a5-7461-2ec9-24bf37579564}</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:43:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>[FUNDING OPPORTUNITY] Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI)</title><link>http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/specialtycropresearchinitiative.cfm</link><description>&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD class=BodyTextBlack align="left"&gt;
&lt;H1 class=BodyTextBlackBold&gt;Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI)&lt;/H1&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) was established to solve critical industry issues through research and extension activities. Specialty crops are defined as fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits and nursery crops including floriculture. SCRI will give priority to projects that are multistate, multi-institutional, or trans-disciplinary; and include explicit mechanisms to communicate results to producers and the public. Projects must address at least one of five focus areas: research in plant breeding, genetics, and genomics to improve crop characteristics; efforts to identify and address threats from pests and diseases, including threats to pollinators; efforts to improve production efficiency, productivity, and profitability over the long term; new innovations and technology, including improved mechanization and technologies that delay or inhibit ripening; and methods to prevent, detect, monitor control, and respond to potential food safety hazards in the production and processing of specialty crops. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Special Notation&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/scri/scri.html"&gt;More SCRI Information&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;Who Is Eligible to Apply&lt;/B&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;1862 Land-Grant Institutions&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;1890 Land-Grant Institutions&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;1994 Land-Grant Institutions&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;For-profit Organizations Other Than Small Businesses&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Individuals&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS status, other than Institutions of Higher Ed&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS status, other than Institutions of Higher Ed&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Other or Additional Information (See below)&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Private Institutions of Higher Ed&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;State Agricultural Experiment Stations&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;State Controlled Institutions of Higher Ed&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;More Information on Eligibility&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Applications may be submitted by Federal agencies, national laboratories, colleges and universities, research institutions and organizations, private organizations or corporations, State agricultural experiment stations, individuals, or groups consisting of 2 or more of these entities. &lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;!-- A href="/funding/forms_tr.html" --&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/specialty_crop.html"&gt;Request for Application (RFA)&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;Apply:&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=L7wQkzn9XNTL2GYfBJrzJjQ7RcL8py0jLrGL7NfVvy16RJPtGkL9%21841440351?oppId=18086&amp;amp;flag2006=true&amp;amp;mode=VIEW"&gt;Electronic&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;TH class=BodyTextBlackBold vAlign=center align=left width="50%"&gt;Solicitation Date (Opening)&lt;/TH&gt;
&lt;TD vAlign=center&gt;July 14, 2008 &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TH class=BodyTextBlackBold vAlign=center align=left&gt;Letter of Intent Due Date&lt;/TH&gt;
&lt;TD class=BodyTextBlack vAlign=center&gt;None &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TH class=BodyTextBlackBold vAlign=center align=left&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;Due Date (Closing)&lt;BR&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/TH&gt;
&lt;TD class=BodyTextBlack vAlign=center&gt;August 14, 2008&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
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&lt;TH class=BodyTextBlackBold vAlign=center align=left&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;Anticipated Award Date&lt;BR&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/TH&gt;
&lt;TD class=BodyTextBlack vAlign=center&gt;None&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TH class=BodyTextBlackBold vAlign=center align=left&gt;Estimated Total Program Funding &lt;/TH&gt;
&lt;TD class=BodyTextBlack vAlign=center&gt;$28,400,000.00&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TH class=BodyTextBlackBold vAlign=center align=left&gt;Range of Awards&lt;/TH&gt;
&lt;TD vAlign=center&gt;$0.00&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;$6,000,000.00 &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TH class=BodyTextBlackBold vAlign=center align=left&gt;Percent of Applications Funded Last Fiscal Year &lt;/TH&gt;
&lt;TD vAlign=center&gt;0%&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TH class=BodyTextBlackBold vAlign=center align=left&gt;Cost Sharing Requirements&lt;/TH&gt;
&lt;TD vAlign=center&gt;100 %&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TH class=BodyTextBlackBold vAl</description><guid isPermaLink="false">CEBB17DD-1F1C-4EAF-A178-29794E9707AF</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:02:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>[EVENT]  Competitive Grants Grantsmanship Workshops, Washington, DC/Salt Lake City, UT, September/October, 2008.</title><link>http://www.csrees.usda.gov/business/training/cpworkshops.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">D736BEE7-47F0-4E2C-8162-2A537B041BB4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:47:07 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>