Opportunity ID: 304908

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 2018-09868
Funding Opportunity Title: 2019 Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Agriculture
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 30
Assistance Listings: 10.604 — Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: May 10, 2018
Last Updated Date:
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 08, 2018
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 08, 2018
Archive Date: Jul 08, 2018
Estimated Total Program Funding: $9,000,000
Award Ceiling: $500,000
Award Floor: $0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Small businesses
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Private institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
County governments
State governments
City or township governments
Additional Information on Eligibility:

Additional Information

Agency Name: Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops 10.604
Description: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation Foreign Agricultural Service

Notice of Funding Availability: Inviting

Applications for the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program

SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announces that it is inviting proposals for the 2019  Technical  Assistance  for  Specialty  Crops (TASC) program. The TASC program is administered by personnel of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)   on behalf of CCC. The intended effect of this notice is to solicit proposals from  the U.S. private sector and government agencies for fiscal year 2019 and to set out the criteria for the awarding of funds under the program. Future announcements of funding availability  for the TASC program will be made through the Grants.gov  website.

DATES: To be considered for funding, proposals must be received by 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, on Friday, June 8, 2018. Any proposals received after this time will be considered only   if


720–9361, or by email: podadmin@ fas.usda.gov. Information is also available on the FAS website at http:// www.fas.usda.gov/programs/technical- assistance-specialty-crops-tasc.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. 
Funding Opportunity Description

Announcement Type: New. Award Instrument: Grant. Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 10.604. Authority: The TASC program is authorized by section 3205 of Public Law 107–171. The TASC   regulations

appear at 7 CFR part 1487.

Purpose: The TASC program is designed to assist U.S. organizations by providing funding for projects that seek to remove, resolve, or mitigate sanitary, phytosanitary, or technical barriers that prohibit or threaten the export of U.S. specialty crops. U.S. specialty crops, for the purpose of the TASC program, are defined to include all cultivated plants, or the products thereof, produced in the United States except wheat, feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar,  and tobacco.

Link to Additional Information: Federal Register TASC Notice of Funding Availability
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Phyllis Smith

Grantor

Phone 2027209178
Email:alicia.smith@fas.usda.gov

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