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USDA-NIFA-ARPAED-009362: 2022 From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals

Ticket #1: T. Hodges
Ticket #2: A. Dhar
Ticket #3: A. Lesenne

UArizona may submit three applications. The primary goal of the From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals Program (NEXTGEN) is to enable 1890 institutions, 1994 institutions, Alaska Native-serving institutions and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions (specifically, the certified Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities (HSACUs)), and insular area institutions of higher education located in the U.S. territories to build and sustain the next generation of the food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences (FANH) workforce including the future USDA workforce primarily through providing student scholarship support, meaningful paid internships, fellowships, and job opportunity matching, and also facilitating opportunities to learn the processes and pathways leading to training and employment in the federal sector.

Internal Deadline
External Deadline
12/14/2022 (extended)

EPA-I-OP-OEJ-22-02: 2022 The Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers Program

Ticket #1: P. Beamer - region #9

Applicants can submit up to three applications under this RFA so long as each one describes the geographic coverage of the proposed EJ TCTAC, is separately submitted through Grants.gov, and is for a different geographic area(s). The Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers (EJ TCTAC) Program provides grant funding to eligible applicants to establish technical assistance centers across the nation providing technical assistance, training, and related support to communities with environmental justice concerns and their partners. The new technical assistance centers will provide training, assistance, and capacity building on writing grant proposals, navigating federal systems such as Grants.gov and SAM.gov, and effectively managing grant funding. These centers will also provide guidance on community engagement, meeting facilitation, and translation and interpretation services for limited English-speaking participants.

Research Category
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
11/01/2022 (extended by sponsor)

2022 Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust grant

No applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1 

 

The Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust supports education and research in ornamental horticulture through grants to botanical gardens, arboreta, universities, and other charitable organizations strongly-aligned with its funding interests.

Research Category
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
07/15/2022
Solicitation Type

2022 July Conservation, Food & Health Foundation grants

No applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1 

 

The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation seeks to protect natural resources, improve the production and distribution of food, and promote public health in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. The foundation helps build the capacity of organizations and coalitions with grants that support research or improve the learning and generation of local solutions to complex problems.

Research Category
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
07/01/2022

2022 Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF)

B. Greene is the Coordinating PI. PIs interested in available categories should Contact the UArizona Coordinating PI and not the NAAF Program Officer or sponsor regarding this funding opportunity.

Contact RDS with questions

Research Category
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
05/18/2022 (Youth) and 6/1/2022 (General)