Atlas City Project

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Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program
Funding
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program

AFRI is NIFA's flagship competitive grant program and was established under section 7406 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill). AFRI supports work in six priority areas: plant health and production and plant products; animal health and production and animal products; food safety, nutrition, and health; renewable energy, natural resources, and environment; agriculture systems and technology; and agriculture economics and rural communities. In FY 2010, AFRI solicits applications through seven RFAs. One RFA calls for research projects addressing the above six priority areas. Additional RFAs further address AFRI priority areas in five societal challenge areas. The five challenge area RFAs are: Childhood Obesity Prevention; Climate Change; Food Safety; Global Food Security; and Sustainable Bioenergy. These RFAs will support research, education, and extension to achieve significant, measurable outcomes. NIFA will release a single, separate Fellowships Grant Program RFA to fund pre- and postdoctoral fellowship grants in April 2010.

Special Notation

More AFRI Information and Deadline Dates

Who Is Eligible to Apply
# 1862 Land-Grant Institutions
# 1890 Land-Grant Institutions
# 1994 Land-Grant Institutions
# For-profit Organizations Other Than Small Businesses
# Hispanic-Serving Institutions
# Individuals
# Native American Tribal Orgs, not Federally recognized Tribal Governments
# Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS status, other than Institutions of Higher Ed
# Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS status, other than Institutions of Higher Ed
# Other or Additional Information (See below)
# Private Institutions of Higher Ed
# Small Business
# 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. Eligibility may differ based on Program Area. Please review Part III, A of the current AFRI RFAs for more specific eligibility requirements. Note restrictions that apply to integrated applicants. Applications from ineligible institutions will not be reviewed.

Request for Application (RFA) | Apply: Electronic
Solicitation Date (Opening) March 22, 2010
Letter of Intent Due Date Certain Program Areas require a Letter of Intent. Refer to the RFA.
Due Date (Closing)
See RFA. Earliest application deadline-
June 10, 2010
Estimated Total Program Funding $262,000,000.00
Range of Awards $0.00 to $40,000,000.00
Cost Sharing Requirements For equipment grants and if commodity specific. See RFA for details.
For More Information Contact Mark Poth
CFDA Number 10.310 - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
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I agree this is a nice grant.
what is most important is the cost matching section, which doesnt have solid information.
the ceiling for this is great, but if there is cost matching, that doesnt help us.

since we are eligable for the grant
the next biggest question is, are we able to fully accomplish the designed goals of this grant while at the same time producing some of Atlas City (and buy land) on such a budget?
What if we dont get the full 40 million?

if the answer to the above questions are yes, what part of this grant will we focus on specifically?

These are questions that need to be addressed before we apply

I can't say cost matching doesn't help. Sure it's not as good, but it helps for our donation section when we begin that. Or can we possibly use a different grant and use that for the price match grant?