CSREES

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SECTION 406
Dr. Ralph Otto
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CSREES

• Integrated Competitive Grants Program
• Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food
  Systems

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AREERA

• AREERA Agricultural Research, Extension, and
  Education Reform Act of 1998

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Title IV of AREERA

• Title IV of AREERA enacts several New
  Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education
  Initiatives
• Among these is Section 406, which deals with
  integrated activities

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SECTION 406

• Sec. 406 defines an Integrated research,
  education, and extension competitive grants
  program

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SECTION 406

• Competitive grants
• Integrated across agricultural research,
  extension, and education

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Priorities Under 406

• Priorities are determined by the Secretary of
  Agriculture, in consultation with the NAREEEAB
  (the National Agricultural Research, Education,
  Extension, and Economics Advisory Board) using
  stakeholder input.

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Who Is Eligible?

• Accredited colleges and universities that grant a
  bachelors degree or any other higher degree
• This includes many non-Land Grant institutions,
  but excludes 2-year institutions.

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What About Indirect Costs?

• Indirect costs are permitted but limited to 19
  percent of total Federal funds

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Are There Matching Requirements?

• A one for one match of Federal dollars will only
  be required for commodity specific grants.
• Even for commodity specific grants, the match may
  be waived.

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Proposed Time Line
April 7 -- Federal Registry June 6 -- Proposals
Due July 3 - July 28 -- Panels Meet August 13
-- Funding Decisions September 30 -- Funds
Obligated
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On To The Good Stuff!

• Thank you for your attention. Now lets hear
  from some program directors who can tell you
  about the really interesting aspects of Section
  406.

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Food Safety Initiative

Dr. Ram Rao
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National Food Safety Initiative (NFSI)

• Integrated Research, Education, and Extension
  Competitive Grants Program in Food Safety for
  Fiscal Year 2000
• 14.3 million up to 600,000 per grant for up to
  3 years

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Former CSREES Food Safety Programs

• Special Research Grant for Food Safety
• Food Safety and Quality National Education
  Initiative (FSQ)

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NFSI Competitive Awards

• All proposals will be peer reviewed
• New proposals accepted
• Plan of Work projects are discontinued

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Purpose of the NFSI

• To support projects that address selected
  priority issues in food safety
• To support projects that use an integrated
  approach to solving problems in food safety

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Integration

• Multi-disciplinary integration
• Multi-state/Multi-institutional integration
• Multi-functional integration

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Selected Priority Issues

• Encompass issues in research, education, and
  extension
• Developed from stakeholder input

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Stakeholder Input

• Topical Areas
• Presidential Initiatives
• Interdepartmental Priorities
• Regional, State, Local Priorities

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Coordination of Integrated Programs and Resources

• Databases, interactive software
• National, regional conferences
• Satellite video teleconferences
• Communication transfer technologies

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CSREES Food Safety ProgramsNational Food Safety
Initiative

• National Research Initiative
• Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems

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Pest ManagementCompetitive Grants
Dr. Dennis Kopp
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Pest Management Competitive Grants Programs for
2000!
Section 406 - Integrated Activities Crops at
Risk (CAR) Risk Avoidance and Mitigation Program
(RAMP) Methyl Bromide Transitions Program
(MBTP) Pest Management Centers
(PIAP funding)
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CAR

• Crops at Risk
• from FQPA Implementation
• (New Program)

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C AR

• 1.0 million is available in FY 2000 for
  intermediate length projects (2 - 4 year
  duration) with a budget of not more than 200,000
  per year
• For development of new multiple tactic pest
  management strategies for farmers
• Focuses on crops or cropping systems at risk from
  implementation of FQPA and other related
  regulatory actions

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RAMP
FQPA Risk Avoidance and Mitigation Program for
Major Food Crop Systems (New Program)
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RAMP

• 4 million is available in FY 2000 for long term
  projects (up to 5 years in duration) with a
  maximum budget of 500,000 per year
• Emphasis on development and implementation of
  innovative bio-intensive pest management systems

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RAMP

• Involves multiple cropping systems defining
  agroecosystems
• Addresses major acreage cropping systems
• Multi-state or regional in scope

RAMP
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MBTP
Methyl Bromide Transitions Program (New
Program)
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MBTP

• 2.0 million is available in FY 2000 for 10 to 12
  short- to intermediate-term projects (up to 2
  years)
• Supports the discovery and implementation of
  practical integrated management alternatives to
  methyl bromide

MBTP
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MBTP

• Includes field trials and other demonstration
  projects
• Supports the technology transfer through
  education and outreach programs

MBTP
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Pest Management Centers
(PIAP Funding)
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CENTERS
Grant process

• 4.5 million is available for FY 2000
• 4 centers will be established reflective of
  CSREES regions

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CENTERS Grant Process
Grant process

• Grants will be for a period of 3 years with
  annual funding
• Relevancy and merit reviews will be used to
  evaluate proposals

CENTERS
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CENTERS Functions
Functions

• Implement an information network between Federal
  and State partners and stakeholders
• Integrate existing programs at a regional level
  (IPM, PMAP, PAT, CAR, IR-4, RAMP,
  PMIDSS, MBTP)

CENTERS
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CENTERS Functions
Functions

• Administer Grants as appropriate
• Identify and engage Institutional Partners
• Broker / Facilitate Opportunities

CENTERS
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Water Quality Program
Dr. Timothy Strickland
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Water Quality Program Objectives

• Identification and resolution of agriculturally
  related WQ problems
• Coordination of university capabilities in
  partnership with federal initiatives

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Water Quality Program Priorities

• Place-based activities
• Target USDA and other federal priority issues and
  locations
• Include strong partnerships with information
  users

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Water Quality Program Priorities

• Reduce uncertainty in information used in policy
  and management decision-making
• Provide clear and effective outputs and
  milestones

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Water Quality Program Priorities

• Facilitate communication among regional database
  and reporting systems
• Facilitate regular assessments of WQ condition,
  research needs and program efficacy / impact

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Water Quality Program Integration

• Extension Education Grants
• Integrated Research, Education and Extension
  Grants

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Water Quality Program Integration

• National Facilitation Grants
• Regional Coordination Grants

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Question Answer Period