To carry out research, to facilitate or expand promising breakthroughs in areas of the food and agricultural sciences of importance to the nation and to facilitate or expand on-going State-Federal food and agricultural research programs.

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Related Programs

• Agricultural Research_Basic and Applied Research
• Cooperative Forestry Research
• Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act
• Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University
• Grants for Agricultural Research_Competitive Research Grants
• Animal Health and Disease Research
• Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
• Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research
• Agricultural and Rural Economic Research
• Forestry Research

Examples of Funded Projects

Northwest Center for Small Fruits Research Program; Arid Rangelands; Economic Impacts of Agricultural and Macroeconomic Policy on the U.S.

Livestock; Cataloging Genes Associated with Drought or Disease Resistances in Crop Plants.

Grants for this Program

• Family Advocacy Program (FAP)
• Air Force Mental Health Reseach Project
• Special Research Grants Program - Aquaculture Research
• Minor Crop Pest Management Program Interregional Research Project #4
• Supplemental and Alternative Crops Competitive Grants Program

More Grants for this Program...

Example of accomplishments: To address some problems of the small fruit industry, one State conducted research on a variety of small fruit crops as outlined by the industry on breeding and genetics, plant viruses and diseases, integrated pest management, processing, plant hardiness, plant physiological factors, and marketing.

Uses and Use Restrictions

Areas of basic and applied research and extension and education are generally limited to high priority problems of a regional or national scope.

Areas currently awarded on a competitive basis include Pest Management Alternatives and Citrus Tristeza Research.