National Research Initiative: Food Safety Coordinated Agricultural Project

The National Research Initiative (NRI) was not reauthorized in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-246; i.e., the 2008 Farm Bill). We encourage you to explore funding opportunities under the new Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive grants program at www.csrees.usda.gov/business/reporting/stakeholder/an_stakeholder_afri. This program emphasis may support one proposal for the establishment of an epidemiology and microbiology research unit for food safety that will conduct collaborative and interactive, multi-faceted epidemiologic food safety research, primarily in the preharvest area. Unit participants would also serve as a strike team that would be able to conduct targeted research in response to an emerging or priority area. This research unit will contain expertise in epidemiology, microbiology, food safety, public health, economic and other identified needs and will also contain experts in prevalent food borne pathogens and important food animal species.

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Who Is Eligible to Apply

1862 Land-Grant Institutions

1890 Land-Grant Institutions

1994 Land-Grant Institutions

Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Other or Additional Information (See below)

Private Institutions of Higher Ed

State Agricultural Experiment Stations

State Controlled Institutions of Higher Ed

More Information on Eligibility

The list above is abbreviated. Others may be eligible to apply. Please refer to Part III of the current National Research Initiative Request for Applications for complete eligibility requirements.

Request for Application (RFA) | Apply: | Abstracts of Funded Projects

Solicitation Date (Opening)	November 17, 2003
Letter of Intent Due Date	None
Due Date (Closing)	March 16, 2004
Anticipated Award Date	None
Estimated Total Program Funding	$0.00
Range of Awards	$0.00 to $5,000,000.00
Percent of Applications Funded Last Fiscal Year	0%
Cost Sharing Requirements	For equipment grants and for integrated proposals. See RFA for details.
For More Information Contact	Jodi Williams
Funding Opportunity Number	USDA-GRANTS-090304-001
CFDA Number	10.206 Grants for Agricultural Research-Competitive Research Grants
Contact for Electronic Access Problems	webcomments@csrees.usda.gov

Last Updated: December 22, 2008