Specialty Crop Research Initiative
Agency: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Assistance Listings
- 10.309 -- Specialty Crop Research Initiative
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
Important dates
- Archived: September 13, 2015
- Closed: August 14, 2015
Complete, pre-applications must be received by 5:00 pm Eastern Time on June 1, 2015. Complete, invited full applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 14, 2015.
Award details
- Expected project funding: $23,000,000
- Expected awards: Not specified
Award min.
Not specified
Award max.
Not specified
- Funding opportunity number:USDA-NIFA-SCRI-004959
- Cost sharing or matching requirement:Yes
- Funding instrument type:
- Grant
- Opportunity Category:Mandatory
- Opportunity Category Explanation:Not specified
- Category of Funding Activity:
- Agriculture
- Category Explanation:Not specified
History
- Posted date: April 1, 2015
- Archive date: September 13, 2015
- Version: 2
Summary
Jump to documentsThe Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program (CDRE) is authorized in the Agricultural Act of 2014 (H.R. 2642) to award grants to eligible entities to conduct research and extension activities, technical assistance and development activities to: (a) combat citrus diseases and pests, both domestic and invasive and including huanglongbing and the Asian citrus psyllid, which pose imminent harm to United States citrus production and threaten the future viability of the citrus industry; and (b) provide support for the dissemination and commercialization of...
relevant information, techniques, and technologies discovered pursuant to research and extension activities funded through SCRI/CDRE and other research and extension projects targeting problems caused by citrus production diseases and invasive pests.
Eligibility
Miscellaneous
- Other
Additional information on eligibility
For SCRI/CDRE, applications may be submitted by Federal agencies, national laboratories, colleges and universities, research institutions and organizations, private organizations or corporations, State Agricultural Experiment Stations, individuals, or groups consisting of two or more of these entities.
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| 15-cdre_ready_to_post.pdf | Specialty Crop Research Initiative/Citrus Disease Research and Extension | Apr 1, 2015 01:54 PM UTC |
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