What does Fulbright offer in agriculture? Here are a few of the awards for 2011-2012:

Asia: Opportunities in agriculture are available in Cambodia, India, the Philippines and Vietnam.

South America: Argentina and Uruguay offer a joint award in environmental sciences and other opportunities for specialists in agriculture. In Chile, specialists in agriculture are encouraged to apply for the science and technology award.

Benin: Agricultural Economics (http://catalog.cies.org/viewAward.aspx?n=1003) - This award offers francophone agricultural specialists the opportunity to teach and conduct research in their area of specialization.

Mauritius: Food Safety or Turf Grass Production and Landscaping (http://catalog.cies.org/viewAward.aspx?n=1037) - The changing socio-economic pattern of Mauritius has led to a demand of agricultural development and its related industries which requires well-trained agricultural scientists, who have the technical and practical skills, to meet these new challenges.

Russia: Science and Innovation Award - Grantees will have an opportunity to lecture/research at a leading Russian university or research institute, including one of the 14 newly created federal research institutions.

The application deadline for the Core Fulbright Scholar Program is August 2, 2010. U.S. citizenship is required. For more information, visit our website at www.iie.org/cies or contact us at scholars@iie.org. To see all opportunities in agriculture, go to http://catalog.cies.org/, scroll to the bottom of the page, select "Agriculture" in the Discipline field, and click "Search for Awards".

Faculty and professionals are also encouraged to participate in one of our weekly webinars, including a special March 25th session featuring Adam Grotsky, Executive Director of the United States-India Educational Foundation, on the expanding Fulbright opportunities in India. For more information, visit our website at www.iie.org/cies/webinar.

Email: scholars@iie.org
Phone: 202-686-4000

The SAI program focuses financial resources primarily on minor agricultural crop production. Grant funding assistance under this program is generally available to: States, U.S. territories or possession, federally recognized Indian tribal governments and Native American Organizations, public and private universities and colleges, hospitals, laboratories, other public or private nonprofit institutions, local governments, individuals, and international entities. For profit organizations are not eligible.

Grant activities that are supported under the SAI program and this Request for Applications (RFA) include: education, extension, demonstration, and studies for Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) transition and reduced risk pest management practices in agriculture. Project activities should support achieving the adoption of reduced risk pest management practices, and/or ecologically based Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

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Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants include the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the U.S., any agency or instrumentality of a state including state colleges or universities, federally-recognized tribes that meet the requirements for treatment in a manner similar to a state as described in 40 CFR 35.663, and intertribal consortia that meet the requirements described in 40 CFR 35.504.

Local governments, private universities, private nonprofit organizations, private businesses, and individuals are not eligible to apply for funding.

Proposed projects must: (1) Be located in and/or directly benefit one or more of the three Target Investment Areas which include: Environmental Justice Areas of Potential Concern, Sensitive Populations, and/or Urban Areas in one or more of the EPA Region I States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and/or Vermont; and (2) Identify how the proposed project will achieve measurable environmental and/or public health results in one or more of the five Target Program Areas which include Asthma, Capacity Building on Environmental and Public Health Issues, Healthy Indoor/Outdoor Environments, Healthy Schools, Urban Natural Resources.

This announcement provides qualification and application requirements to those interested in submitting applications for fiscal year 2010. Eligible applicants include: States, U.S. territories or possession, federally recognized Indian tribal governments and Native American Organizations, public and private universities and colleges, hospitals, laboratories, other public or private nonprofit institutions, local governments, and individuals and international entities.

The total amount of funding available for award is expected to be $900,000 which is authorized by the Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act and from the Science and Technology appropriation from the Office of the Science Advisor. The number of awards to be made under this announcement will depend on individual proposal costs, the availability of funds, and the quality of proposals received. This competition begins with a call for initial proposals from which candidates will be selected and offered an invitation to submit full applications. This announcement contains information on the format and content for the initial proposals as well as criteria for the evaluation of invited applications.

The maximum funding level is $250,000 per project for Agricultural IPM and Community IPM; $300,000 per IPM for Infectious Diseases; and, $100,000 per Ecosystem Modeling to Evaluate Benefits of IPM project. The project period of performance is limited to two years from the award date.

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