<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Marjorie Zatz</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mzatz@ucmerced.edu">mzatz@ucmerced.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 10:59 AM<br>Subject: FW: Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship (NNF) Grants Program<br>To: Graduate Group Chairs <<a href="mailto:gradchairs@ucmerced.edu">gradchairs@ucmerced.edu</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Colleagues,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This may fit some of your programs…<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Marjorie<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">"Alvarez, Juan - OPPE/OSEC, Washington, DC" <<a href="mailto:Juan.Alvarez@osec.usda.gov" target="_blank">Juan.Alvarez@osec.usda.gov</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 8:57 AM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship (NNF) Grants Program</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good Morning,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture is seeking proposals for the Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship (NNF) Grants Program. This grant program supports: 1) training students
for master’s and doctoral degrees in food, agricultural and natural resource sciences; and 2) Special International Study or Thesis/Dissertation Research Travel Allowances (IRTA) for eligible USDA NNF beneficiaries. Awards are specifically intended to support
traineeship programs that engage outstanding students to pursue and complete their degrees in USDA mission areas. Applicants provide clarity about the philosophy of their graduate training, and relevance to USDA mission sciences, NIFA priorities and national
science education policies and statistics. Applications being solicited from institutions that confer a graduate degree in at least one of the following Targeted Expertise Shortage Areas: 1) animal and plant production; 2) forest resources; 3) agricultural
educators and communicators; 4) agricultural management and economics; 5) food science and human nutrition; 6) sciences for agricultural biosecurity; and 7) training in integrative biosciences for sustainable food and agricultural systems. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Estimated Total Program Funding</b>: $3,100,000; Range of Awards: $37,000 - $262,500<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Link to view grant description Request for Application</b>:
<a href="https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/rfa/fy18-fasn-nnf-grants-rfa-20181120.pdf" target="_blank">
https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/rfa/fy18-fasn-nnf-grants-rfa-20181120.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>***Please note</b>: Letter of intent due date: <b>None</b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Cost Sharing Requirements: <b>
No match required</b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>***Note: Due Date (Closing): January 23, 2019</b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Feel free to contact me should you have any questions concerning this funding opportunity.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Juan<u></u><u></u></p>
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</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Miriam Barlow</div><div dir="ltr">Founding Faculty and Professor<div>Chair, Quantitative and Systems Biology</div><div>University of California, Merced</div><div><br></div><div>209.228.4174</div><div><a href="mailto:miriam.barlow@gmail.com" target="_blank">miriam.barlow@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>