Department of Agriculture Forest Products Research Program

The Department of Agriculture is offering the Forest Products Research Program to stimulate new knowledge generation and technology transfer for the sustainable use of U.S. forest resources. This grant aims to maintain a competitive domestic forest products industry by addressing wood utilization issues, creating value-added products, and providing technical information on cross laminated timber production from the national wood supply, crucial for the economy. Applications are accepted until July 31, 2013.

Opportunity ID: 236634

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	USDA-NIFA-SRGP-004333
Funding Opportunity Title::	Forest Products Research Program
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity::	Agriculture
Category Explanation::
Expected Number of Awards::
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	10.200 — Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	No
Version::	Synopsis 1
Posted Date::	Jun 20, 2013
Last Updated Date::
Original Closing Date for Applications::	Jul 31, 2013
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Jul 31, 2013
Archive Date::	Aug 30, 2013
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 1,411,000
Award Ceiling::	$300,000
Award Floor::	$0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants::

Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility::

Applications may be submitted by State agricultural experiment stations, land-grant colleges and universities, research foundations established by land-grant colleges and universities, colleges and universities receiving funds under the Act of October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a et seq.), and accredited schools and colleges of veterinary medicine. An institution can submit a maximum of two applications.

Additional Information

Agency Name::	National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Description::	The intent is to stimulate the generation of new knowledge and transfer technologies that are necessary to balance the sustainable use of U.S. forest resources to maintain a vigorous, globally competitive domestic forest products industry. The FPR is uniquely designed to address the varying needs and opportunities of the different regions of the country but within a national needs framework. It is specifically designed to respond to current and emerging wood utilization issues, create new and improved value-added products, and provide technical information for the production of cross laminated timber from our Nations wood supply, which are critical to the sustainability of the national economy.
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Version History

Version	Modification Description	Updated Date
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings:	10.200
Competition ID:
Competition Title:
Opportunity Package ID:	PKG00179672
Opening Date:	Jun 20, 2013
Closing Date:	Jul 31, 2013
Agency Contact Information::	NIFA Help Desk
Who Can Apply::	Organization Applicants
mendatory_forms	SF424 (R & R) [V1.2] Research & Related Personal Data [V1.2] Project/Performance Site Location(s) [V1.4] Research And Related Other Project Information [V1.3] Research And Related Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) [V1.2] Research & Related Budget [V1.1] NIFA Supplemental Information [V1.1]
optional_forms	R & R Subaward Budget Attachment(s) Form 5 YR 30 ATT [V1.2]

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