Potato Breeding Research
Agency: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Assistance Listings
- 10.200 -- Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
Important dates
- Archived: June 20, 2019
- Closed: May 21, 2019
Award details
- Expected project funding: $2,250,000
- Expected awards: 4
Award min.
$130,000
Award max.
$900,000
- Funding opportunity number:USDA-NIFA-SRGP-006734
- Cost sharing or matching requirement:No
- Funding instrument type:
- Grant
- Opportunity Category:Discretionary
- Opportunity Category Explanation:Not specified
- Category of Funding Activity:
- Agriculture
- Category Explanation:Not specified
History
- Posted date: March 21, 2019
- Archive date: June 20, 2019
- Version: 2
Summary
Jump to documentsThe purpose of this grant program is to support potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) research programs that focus on varietal development and testing and potato varieties for commercial production. As used herein, varietal development and testing is research using conventional breeding and/or biotechnological genetics to develop improved potato varieties. Aspects of evaluation, screening and testing must support variety development.
Eligibility
Miscellaneous
- Other
Additional information on eligibility
Applications may only 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 1962 McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Act, Pub. L. 87-778, as amended (16 U.S.C. 582a et seq.), and accredited schools or colleges of veterinary medicine
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| FY_19_Potato_Research-REVISED.pdf | Potato Breeding Research - Revised | Apr 1, 2019 04:21 PM UTC |
| FY_19_Potato_Research.pdf | FY '19 Potato Breeding Research RFA | Mar 21, 2019 03:26 PM UTC |
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