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Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship (NNF) Grants Program |
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United States Department of Agriculture |
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Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship (NNF) Grants Program
Agencies
United States Department of Agriculture
Description
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 are 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.
More Information
http://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/rfa/14_NNF.pdf
Submission Limits
There is no limit to the number of applications an eligible institution may submit; however, an institution may only receive support up to a maximum of $525,000 in awards. This support may be provided through multiple grant awards.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Jul 23, 2015 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Jul 24, 2015 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Aug 7, 2015 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Aug 14, 2015 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
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| Agency Proposal |
Sep 30, 2015
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Anyone wishing to submit a proposal for one of these programs should click on the appropriate link in the list above. To expedite the process of planning an internal competition, please submit your notice of intent as soon as you know you have an interest in the funding program. You are only required to include the name of the Principal Investigator, any co-PI's, and the subject or title of the proposed project. The deadline for the internal notice of intent is indicated above.
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