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Most recent Notice of Funding Opportunity was published in 2023 and is already closed; one award has been made.
Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network (FADI-EDEN) is sponsored by USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). This funding opportunity supports the resilience of the U. S.
food and agriculture sector to biosecurity risks, extreme weather events and disasters, cyber threats, and other shocks.
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Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network (FADI-EDEN) | NIFA The lifecycle of grants and cooperative agreements consists of four phases: Pre-Award, Award, Post-Award, and Close Out. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture is committed to serving its stakeholders, Congress, and the public by using new technologies to advance greater openness.
The Data Gateway enables users to find funding data, metrics, and information about research, education, and Extension projects that have received grant awards from NIFA. This website houses a large volume of supporting materials. In this section, you can search the wide range of documents, videos, and other resources.
Technical Assistance Webinar: The Equipment Grants Program (EGP) The Equipment Grants Program seeks to provide eligible institutions with the opportunity to acquire a shared-use piece of equipment/instrument that supports their research, research training, and extension goals. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture provides leadership and funding for programs that advance agriculture-related sciences.
Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network (FADI-EDEN) The goal of the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network (FADI-EDEN) program is to maximize the resilience of the U.S. food and agriculture sector to biosecurity risks, extreme weather events and disasters, cyber threats, and other shocks.
The goal of the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network (FADI-EDEN) program is to maximize the resilience of the U.S. food and agriculture sector to biosecurity risks, extreme weather events and disasters, cyber threats, and other shocks.
NIFA supports the resilience of the U.S. food and agriculture sector to biosecurity risks, extreme weather events and disasters, cyber threats, and other shocks through the FADI-EDEN funding opportunity .
It is necessary to mitigate threats to sustain the overall competitiveness of U.S. agriculture to maintain an abundant food supply for people and livestock, to support the farmers, ranchers and workers who drive the U.S. food and agriculture sector, and to sustain the vitality of rural communities, rural and urban agriculture infrastructure, and agricultural businesses.
Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network The goal of the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network (FADI-EDEN) program is to maximize the resilience of the U.S. food and agriculture sector to biosecurity risks, extreme weather events and disasters, cyber threats, and other shocks. It is necessary to...
Currently Funded Projects Previously funded EDEN projects In accordance with section 1472(c) of NARETPA, applicants may be: State agricultural experiment stations, State cooperative extension services, all colleges and universities, other research or education institutions and organizations, Federal and private agencies and organizations, individuals, and any other contractor or recipient, either foreign or domestic, to further research, extension, or teaching programs in the food and agricultural sciences of the Department of Agriculture.
Failure to meet an eligibility criterion by the application deadline may result in the application being excluded from consideration or, even though an application may be reviewed, will preclude NIFA from making an award. The FADI-EDEN Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) was published in 2023.
One award was made through a competitive grants process, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). All applications for funding were submitted electronically through Grants. gov .
The process required pre-registration which could take up to one month. We encouraged all potential applicants to begin the registration process as soon as possible. Reviewers from universities, government, community-based organizations, for-profit and non-profit organizations, and from the emergency management community provided peer assessment and made a funding recommendation.
NIFA funded one Extension project through a standard grant, and the award is a cooperative agreement that is issued on a continuation basis.
A continuation award is an award instrument by which NIFA agrees to support a specified level of effort for a pre-determined period of time with a statement of intention to provide additional support at a future date, provided that performance has been satisfactory, appropriations are available for this purpose, and continued support would be in the best interest of the federal government and the public.
The award recipient is required to acknowledge USDA NIFA funding in all presentations, publications, news releases, etc. The award recipient is required to collect and submit outcome-based data to USDA NIFA through annual progress reports and a final technical report and to share these reports with the EDEN Executive Committee.
The Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative was authorized in section 1484 of National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (NARETPA), 7 U.S.C 3351 .
Under this authority available to the Secretary, the Secretary shall use funds made available to carry out agricultural research, education, and extension activities for continuation of partnerships with institutions of higher education and other institutions to help form stable, long-term programs to enhance the biosecurity of the U.S. These agreements are issued using NIFA’s authority section 1472 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (NARETPA) , 7 U.S.C.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Applicants must meet all the requirements discussed in the RFA. Generally, Extension professionals and organizations that can contribute to disaster education and resilience in the food and agriculture sector. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network (FADI-EDEN) is funded by USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
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