DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES BULLETIN

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July 2001

 This is a monthly publication of announcements of funding opportunities.  For more information, please contact Adele Tongco (adel@okstate.edu) at  4-5398 in Ag Hall 139 or Jan Madole (jkd1703@okstate.edu) at 4-7196.  More information about each announcement is accessible on the Internet (see URL listed with each opportunity to view full record).

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Title: Value-Added Agricultural Product Market Development Grant Program (VADG) - Independent Producers

Sponsor: USDA and Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Deadline: April 23, 2002

Amount: $500,000

Abstract: The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) is requesting proposals from eligible independent producers of agricultural commodities interested in a competitively awarded grant to develop business plans to establish a viable marketing opportunity for their value-added product; or to acquire capital to establish a value-added business venture or alliance that will allow the producers to better compete in domestic and international markets.

URL: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=59618

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Title: Matching Awards Program.

Sponsor: National Forest Foundation (NFF)

Deadline: July 20, 2001 and September 21, 2001

Abstract: The National Forest Foundation (NFF) is a private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization established by Congress in 1990 to support the USDA Forest Service (FS) and its nation's forests and grasslands. The NFF Matching Awards Program encourages community involvement in the stewardship of national forest lands through the formation of goal-oriented partnerships. By matching federal funds (provided to it under a cooperative agreement with the Forest Service) to private dollars, the NFF is able to expand the resources available to implement projects throughout the National Forest System that directly benefit forest and grassland health. After a two-year hiatus, the NFF's Matching Awards Program is being re-initiated in 2001, with revised programmatic priorities and a focus on six geographic areas. A common thread connecting NFF's four areas of emphasis - Collaborative Stewardship, Watershed Health and Restoration, Wildlife Habitat Improvement, and Recreational Opportunities Enhancement - is an interest in projects that enhance natural community viability while considering benefits to people.

URL: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=63005

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Title: Robert E. Wagner Award

Sponsor: PPI

Amount: $5,000

Deadline: December 31, 2001

Abstract: The Robert E. Wagner Award was established by the Potash & Phosphate Institute (PPI) Board of Directors in 1988. The award recognizes distinguished contributions to advanced crop yields through maximum yield research (MYR) and maximum economic yield (MEY) management. The MEY concept, also known as most efficient yield, provides a solid foundation for meeting world food needs. The award recognizes outstanding achievements in research, extension, or education that focuses on efficient management of plant nutrients and their positive interaction in fully integrated crop production systems that enhance yield potential. Such systems improve net returns, lower unit costs of production, and maintain environmental quality.

URL: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=44243

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Title: Youth Garden Grants

Sponsor: National Gardening Association

Deadline: November 01, 2001

Abstract: The National Gardening Association awards Youth Garden Grants to schools, neighborhood groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities, and intergenerational programs throughout the United States. Selection of winners will be based on demonstration of a child-centered plan that emphasizes children directly learning and working in an outdoor garden. Selection criteria include leadership, need, sustainability, community support, innovation, and educational, environmental, or social programming.

URL: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=52778

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Title: Interchange Fellowship & McLaren Scholarship in Horticulture & Landscape Design.

Sponsor: Garden Club of America

Deadline: November 15, 2001

Abstract: The Interchange Fellowship and Martin McLaren Scholarship foster British-American relations through the interchange of scholars in horticulture, botany, landscape architecture, and environmental studies. Each year of the program an American student travels to Great Britain as the McLaren Scholar under the auspices of The Institute of Horticulture in the British Isles. The American student's activities include study, travel, and work experiences. Also each year of the program, a British fellow studies in America as the Interchange Fellow under the auspices of the Garden Club of America. The British student's experience generally includes an academic year at a university, as well as travel. The McLaren Scholar is able to combine practical experience and study at several institutions. The program for the academic year provides periods for study, research, and practical work at the famous Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and Edinburgh, as well as an optional university semester, when the fellow may have the opportunity to pursue a research project under the guidance of an advisory panel.

URL: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=3329

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Title: Animal Physiologist RA-01-072L

Sponsor: USDA, ARS & Postdoctoral Research Associate Positions

Amount: $96,400

Abstract: The general objective of the program is to minimize the detrimental effects of various environmental, nutritional and managerial stressors on the overall health and well being of the pig in order to maximize growth performance in the complex production environment. The research involves a multidisciplinary approach to solving problems in preweaning productivity related to nutritional immunology, endocrinology, and environmental physiology.

URL: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=63358

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Title: Review of Past Forest Service Regulatory and Procurement Activities Affecting Small Business

Sponsor: United States Small Business Administration (SBA)

Deadline: August 23, 2001

Abstract: The United States Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, intends to make an award to a firm that can conduct a special review of the effects of both rule making and implementation of U.S. Forest Service regulations and policies, on small entities particularly those related to disasters. The major elements to be reviewed are past Forest Service regulatory and procurement activities affecting small business and a specialized review of disaster related rules, regulations and policies and how their implementation has affected small business and other small entities.

URL: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=63492

Also distributed by Agriculture Grants & Contracts are information on the following:

             07/02/01 - New Routing Sheets

07/05/01 - New VPR Reminder

07/12/01 - New research instrumentation program at NIH NCRR

07/20/01 - OCAST Faculty & Student Intern Partnership Program

07/20/01 - NIH Forms Revised

 These announcements are available at: 

 http://www.dasnr.okstate.edu/agco/announcedistributed.htm

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